Guidance and resources for the cooperative, social and solidarity economy
SSE: Legislation and policy
2 July 2018
The International Labour Organization supports the establishment of a conducive environment consistent with the nature and diversity of the social and solidarity economy to promote decent work and harness the fullest potential of social and solidarity economy entities, to contribute to sustainable development and sustainable enterprises, in line with international labour standards, particularly the Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193).
Report of the United Nations Secretary-General
Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development
Advancing the 2030 Agenda through the Social and Solidarity Economy
Cooperatives and the World of Work No. 16 - Legal Compendium on the Social and Solidarity Economy
Social Protection & Cooperatives Spotlight - Mobilizing social and solidarity economy units towards universal social protection
Report VI
Decent work and the social and solidarity economy
South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: Alignment of the policy with national, regional and international frameworks
South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: An evaluation of the policy development process
South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: A study of its characteristics and conditions
The national strategy for the Jordanian cooperative movement 2021–2025
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia Towards an Enabling Policy Environment
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia - Setting the scene
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia Spotlight on Republic of Korea
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia - Spotlight on China
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia - Spotlight on Philipines
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia - Spotlight on Malaysia
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia - Spotlight on Japan
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia - Spotlight on Indonesia
Public Policies for the Social and Solidarity Economy and their role in the Future of Work: The case of Tunisia
Cooperatives and the Future of Work
Cooperatives & Social Solidarity Economy - Responses to key issues in the report of the Global Commission on the Future of Work
Public policies for social and solidarity economy: Assessing progress in seven countries
Country case study
Public policies for the social and solidarity economy: Towards a favourable environment The case of the Republic of Korea
Public policies for the Social and Solidarity Economy: Towards an enabling environment. The case of South Africa
Policy brief
Findings of the Assessment of Service, Consumer and Handicraft Cooperatives in the West Bank: Challenges and Opportunities
Public Policy in the social and solidarity economy: Towards a favourable environment - The case of Europe
Public policies for the Social and Solidarity Economy: Towards a favourable environment The case of the Philippines
The Story of the ILO’s Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No.193) A review of the process of making ILO Recommendation No....
Promoting cooperatives: An information guide to ILO Recommendation No. 193
Cooperatives and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Contribution to the Post-2015 Development Debate. A policy brief
South Africa SME Observatory : The potential of non-profit organizations in the Free State Province to adopt a social enterprise approach
Guidelines for cooperative legislation, third revised edition
Policy Brief 10 - The Resilience of Social and Solidarity Enterprises: the Example of Cooperatives
Working Paper No. 18 - Cooperative policy and law in east and southern Africa: A review
Working Paper No. 14 - Cooperatives in Tanzania mainland: Revival and growth
Working Paper No. 13 - Economic empowerment of Swazi society through cooperative development
Working Paper No. 1 - Reinventing the wheel? : African cooperatives in a liberalized economic environment
Working Paper No. 17 - Cooperatives in Zanzibar: Decline and renaissance
Working Paper No. 8 - Cooperatives and development: a case of citizen economic empowerment in Botswana
Working Paper No. 15 - Cooperatives: The sleeping economic and social giants in Uganda
Working Paper No. 12 - The hope for rural transformation : A rejuvenating cooperative movement in Rwanda
Working Paper No. 2 - Enterprise future lies in cooperation : entrepreneur cooperatives in Africa : an introductory paper
Working Paper No. 16 - Bearing the brunt of a liberalized economy : a performance review of the cooperative movement in Zambia
Working Paper No. 10 - Surviving liberalization : the cooperative movement in Kenya
Working Paper No. 7 - Cooperatives in Africa: The age of reconstruction - synthesis of a survey in nine African countries
Working Paper No. 9 - Cooperatives: a path to economic and social empowerment in Ethiopia
Cooperating out of poverty - the renaissance of African cooperatives movement
Study on generating employment through micro and small enterprise and cooperative development in Lao PDR
Cooperatives in Asia: From reform to reconstruction
ILC.89/Report V(1)
Promotion of cooperatives
ILC.89/Report V(2)
Promotion of cooperatives