Projects on cooperatives and social and solidarity economy
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Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Knowledge Base
1 July 2021 - 31 December 2023
The project aims to contribute towards creating an enabling legal and policy framework that could enhance the visibility and raise awareness about the contribution of SSE towards achieving inclusive and sustainable development and decent work.
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Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia
1 July 2021 - 31 December 2023
The project aims to contribute to raise awareness on the concept of the social and solidarity economy, and develop and strengthen policies on the SSE in Asia and the Pacific region.
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Cooperative Support Programme for Palestine (CSP-OPT)
1 June 2021 - 31 May 2024
The project aims to enhance employment and livelihood opportunities for Palestinian women and men by activating a supportive institutional, regulatory and promotional environment for autonomous and economically self-reliant cooperatives.
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Joint COOP/Social Finance research initiative on Social and solidarity economy and social innovation in Africa
1 December 2020 - 30 November 2021
The main objective of this research project is to identify and analyse social innovation cases and experiences initiated by Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) in Africa.
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JEUN’ESS: Promotion of Social and Solidarity Economy and Creation of Decent Jobs for Tunisian Youth
1 September 2019 - 31 August 2024
The JEUN’ESS project aims to create decent jobs for young people in disadvantaged areas and support the transition to the formal economy through the promotion of the social and solidarity economy (SSE). The project proposes an approach based on the promotion and strengthening of collective entrepreneurship through SSE organizations and mechanisms.
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Support to Tunisian youth through social and solidarity entrepreneurship
1 August 2019 - 31 December 2021
The central objective of the project is to create decent jobs for young men and women in disadvantaged regions through the promotion of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) and its organizations.
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Land and Rights – Paths to Social and Solidarity Economy in Palestine
28 January 2019 - 27 January 2020
The project aims at contributing to the respect of economic and social rights for the Palestinian population.
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Dignità in campo in Italy
1 December 2018 - 31 December 2020
The main aim of the project is to prevent new forms of labour exploitation in the agricultural sector and to promote new practices in social economy through pilot actions in two territories in Italy.
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Research Project on "Financial mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems"
1 April 2018 - 31 December 2019
Supported by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social and Solidarity Economy of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, this project aims at fostering a better understanding of the global ecosystems, i.e. the relations and interactions between a number of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) stakeholders favouring SSE, and the financial mechanism that supports and consolidate them.
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EMPOWER: Building peace through the economic empowerment of women in Northern Sri Lanka
9 January 2018 - 8 June 2019
The objective of this project is to increase access to economic empowerment, social integration, resilience and peacebuilding participation for conflict affected women in Mullaitivu, one of the most conflict-affected Northern Districts of Sri Lanka. The project is funded by the UN Peace Building Fund and implemented by the ILO, WFP, and Puthukkudiyiruppu Women Entrepreneurs’ Cooperative Society.