Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy

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Date: 6 - 8 May 2013

Time: 09.00 - 17.45
Location: GB Room and Room II, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland
Counterpart(s): ILO, UN-NGLS, Hivos
Project Title: Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy

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As interest in alternative production, finance and consumption grows in the face of global crises, this conference will explore the potential and limits of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) — organizations such as cooperatives, women’s self-help groups, social enterprise and associations of informal workers that have explicit social and economic objectives, and involve various forms of cooperation and solidarity.

Through this event UNRISD aims to raise the visibility of debates about SSE within the United Nations system and beyond, and contribute to thinking in international policy circles about a post-2015 development agenda.

This conference is being co-organized with the ILO in collaboration with UN-NGLS.

Key questions

• Can SSE make a real difference to food security, rural development, gender equality and decent work?
• What is the role of governments, civil society and the private sector?
• Can SSE expand while remaining integrative and rights-based?

Sessions include

• Conceptualizing SSE
• SSE, Welfare Regimes and Social Service Provisioning
• SSE and Local Development
• Poster Session for PhD Candidates
• SSE, Public Policy and Law
• SSE and Gender Dynamics
• Political Economy of SSE and Collective Action
• Scaling up SSE through the Market
• SSE, Resilience and Sustainability
• Priorities for Research, Policy and Action

More information

• Click to view the provisional agenda
• Find out about the Practitioners' Forum
• Click to view the SSE Project Brief
• Find out more on the project page for the associated UNRISD project, Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy
• See the SSE think piece series

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To register for the conference, please use the online registration link provided on the top right of this page.

Registration for this conference is free of charge. We are unfortunately unable to offer conference participants funding for travel and accommodation.

Related events

• UN-NGLS (UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service) will be organizing a special session on alternative finance and complementary currencies during the afternoon of 8 May 2013 following the end of this conference.
• From 8-12 April 2013, the International Labour Organization is holding the third edition of the Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy in Agadir, Morocco. For more information please see the website.
• International Journal of Labour Research Seminar: "Trade unions and cooperatives: Challenges and Perspectives", taking place on 9 May at the ILO in Geneva. For more information please contact Pierre Laliberté at laliberte (a) ilo . org.