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UNTFSSE marks the 10th Anniversary of the SSE Law in Quebec, Canada

11 October 2023

The 10th anniversary of the Social Economy Law of Quebec was celebrated at the National Assembly in Quebec City with the participation of UN agency representatives, OECD and international dignitaries.

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UNTFSSE 4th Technical Symposium: Advancing the Social and Solidarity Economy in Quebec and Beyond

11 October 2023

On October 2-3, 2023, the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) attended its highly anticipated 4th Technical Symposium, in Montreal, Canada.

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ILO takes part in and contributes to the programme of the Global Innovation Coop Summit 2023 in Montreal

29 September 2023

With the theme, “Act Now to lead a circular and digital future the co-operators way,” the Global Innovation Coop Summit’s Montreal event took place on September 28-29, 2023.

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UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) holds its 45th virtual meeting

28 September 2023

The meeting, that took place on September 5th, 2023, had 37 participants, including representatives from 6 member organizations and 13 observer organizations.

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ITCILO Turin conducts Course on the Social and Solidarity Economy

04 September 2023

The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO) Turin distant learning course on the social and solidarity economy took place between August 14 and September 8, 2023, with the participation of workers’ organization representatives from the Latin America and the Caribbean Region.

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The ILO holds meeting on care provision through cooperatives with global and country level updates

01 September 2023

On Wednesday, August 23rd, The ILO’s Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Unit (COOP/SSE) and the Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Branch came together with 27 ILO colleagues from headquarters and the field to discuss progress on the initiative Cooperative Care Provision as a Gender-Transformative Decent Work Solution, initially launched in March 2023.

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First training of trainers’ workshop on Think.Coop and Start.Coop for the aquaculture sector held in Lima

01 September 2023

The ILO and UNIDO organized a regional training of trainers’ workshop on the adaptation of ILO’s Think.Coop and Start.Coop tools to the aquaculture sector in the ILO Office in Lima, Peru, on 21-25 August, 2023.

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44th Regular Meeting of The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)

25 July 2023

The 44th UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. It brought together around 30 participants from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, ECLAC, UNDP, UNDESA, UNCTAD and OECD) and eleven observer organizations (Catalyst2030, CIRIEC, CSEND, EMES, EURICSE, DIESIS, GSEF, Euclid Network, ICA, SSE International Forum, RIPESS).

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ILO COOP/SSE presents and explores collaboration on SSE at KOICA headquarters

24 July 2023

On Thursday July 6, ILO COOP/SSE had the opportunity to present areas of work and potential for collaboration to staff from Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) at their Headquarters in Seongnam.

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Launch of SSE Awareness Raising Package by ILO, ITCILO and UNTFSSE

24 July 2023