Publications

Publications of the UNTFSSE:

Advancing the 2030 Agenda through the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE, 2022)

Also available in Spanish and French.

The UNTFSSE’s contribution to the EU request for recommendations for the future EU Action plan on Social Economy (UNTFSSE, 2021)

What role for the Social and Solidarity Economy in the post COVID-19 crisis recovery (UNTFSSE, 2020)

Also available in Spanish, French and Korean.

Mapping of Intergovernmental Documentation on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE, 2018)

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE, 2018)

Mainstreaming Social and Solidarity Economy - Opportunities and Risks for Policy Change (UNTFSSE, 2016)

Realizing the 2030 Agenda through Social and Solidarity Economy - UNTFSSE Position Statement (2016)

Also available in French and Spanish.

Social and Solidarity Economy and the Challenge of Sustainable Development - UNTFSSE Position Paper (2014)

Also available in Spanish and Portuguese.

Raising the Visibility of Social and Solidarity Economy in the United Nations System (UNTFSSE, 2014)

SSE Publications of Members and Observers:

Accelerate Action to Revamp Production and Consumption Patterns - The Circular Economy, Cooperatives and the social and solidarity Economy (UN DESA, 2011)

Platform Labour in Search of Value - A study of worker organizing practices and business models in the digital economy (ILO, 2021)

The Social Economy as a Paradigm for the Present and Future of Europe - Elements for an Action Plan (EURICSE, Diesis, SEE, 2021)

Mapping responses by cooperatives and SSE organizations to forced displacement (ILO, 2020)

Social Economy and the COVID-19 crisis - Current and future roles (OECD, 2020)

Políticas de fomento de la economía social y solidaria - Estudio de caso de la Ciudad de México (UNRISD, 2020)

Public Policies Fostering the Social and Solidarity Economy in Barcelona 2016-2019 (UNRISD, 2020)

Public Policies Enabling the Social and Solidarity Economy in the City of Montreal (UNRISD, 2020)

Policy Systems and Measures for the Social Economy in Seoul (UNRISD, 2020)

Creating an Enabling Environment for the SSE through Public Policies in Durban, South Africa (UNRISD, 2020)

Sustainable Development Impact Indicators for Social and Solidarity Economy (UNRISD, 2019)

The Contribution of the Social and Solidarity Economy and Social Finance to the Future of Work (ILO, 2019)

Also available in French.

Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems (ILO, 2019)

Executive summaries are available in English, Spanish, French and Italian.

ILO Country Case Studies on SSE Public Policies (2015-2019)

International Comparative Social Enterprise Models, ICSEM - A Working Papers Series (2015-2019)

The Madrid Declaration - The Social Economy, a business model for the future of the European Union (2017)

Also available in Spanish.

The Ljubljana Declaration - Developing social economy enterprises in Southeast Europe (2017)

Also available in French.

The External Dimension of the Social Economy (EESC, 2017)

Social and Solidarity Economy and the Future of Work (ILO, 2017)

Also available in Spanish and Italian.

Putting the “Local” in Economic Development - The Role of the Social and Solidarity Economy (ILO, 2017)

Also available in Spanish.

A literature analysis of organisational growth challenges of Cooperatives (CSEND, 2017)

Policy Brief on Scaling the Impact of Social Enterprises (OECD, European Commission, 2016)

Also available in French and German.

The Implications of Social Farming for Rural Poverty Reduction (FAO, 2015)

Social and Solidarity Finance, Tensions, Opportunities and Transformative Potential - An UNRISD event brief (2015)

Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia - A South-South and triangular cooperation perspective (ILO, 2015)

Mobilize Social Business to Accelerate Achievement of Timor‐Leste MDGs (UNDP, 2015)

Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (2015)

Cooperatives and the World of Work - ILO Issue Brief Series (2015)

Advancing gender equality - The co-operative way (ILO, 2015)

ESS et Nations Unies, un rapprochement récent (Pour la solidarité – European Think and Do Tank, 2014)

UNRISD Occasional Papers Series on Social and Solidarity Economy (2014)

Social and Solidarity Economy: Beyond the Fringe (UNRISD, 2014)

Social and Solidarity Economy, a new path to Sustainable Development - An UNRISD Beyond 2015 brief (2014)

Social and Solidarity Economy - Is There a New Economy in the Making (UNRISD, 2014)

Readers of the ILO Academies on SSE (2010-2014)

Cooperatives and the Sustainable Development Goals (ILO, 2014)

Cooperatives and the SDGs, a contribution to the post-2015 debate - An ILO and ICA brief (2014)

What is Social and Solidarity Economy and why does it matter? (UNRISD, 2013)

Think Pieces Series on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNRISD, 2013)

Social and Solidarity Economy: A Pathway to Socially Sustainable Development? (UNRISD, 2013)

Policy Brief on Social Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurial Activities in Europe (OECD, European Commission, 2013)

Cooperatives in social development and the observance of the International Year of Cooperatives (UN Secretary-General, 2013)

Also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.

The Changing Boundaries of Social Enterprises (2010, OECD)

Also available in Korean.
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