SSE legislation

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2 publications

• Innovation and the Social Economy: The Quebec Experience

  Edited by Marie J. Bouchard, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, Canada., 2013

  UQAM

• The Changing Boundaries of Social Enterprises

  OECD, January 2009

2 Videos

• UNRISD’s Guidelines for Local Governments on Policies for Social and Solidarity Economy by Nunchi

  February 2021

• SEC. 862. Opportunities for employee-owned business concerns through Small Business Administration loan programs.

  United States of America

  August 2018

2 pedagogical tools

• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

  Book of Illustrations

  2020

  La Via Campesina

• Social and Solidarity Economy: Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Development : The reader 2014 (ILO Academy)

  Social and Solidarity Economy Academy, 28th July – 1st August 2014, Campinas, Brazil.

  Marcelo Alejandro Vieta, Arildo Mota Lopes, Nancy Néamtan, Leandro Pereira Morais, Augusto Togni de Almeida Abreu,, Roberto Marinho Alves da Silva, Leonardo Pamplona, Peter Utting, Antonella Noya, 2014

  BIT/ILO

12 case studies

• Les politiques de l’ESS : une approche comparée : Le Maroc

  Chaire TerrESS et GSEF

  par Juliette Garine-Wichatitsky, Lého De Bohan, Léa El Zein, Anna Giraud, March 2023

  Chaire TerrESS, GSEF

• Public Policies for the Social and Solidarity Economy and their role in the Future of Work: The case of Tunisia

  International Labour Organization (ILO) Publication

  Dr. Akram Belhaj Rhouma, March 2020

  BIT/ILO

• Responsible Public Procurement: A De-Commodification of Public Markets? A Case Study in the City of Nantes, France

  3rd EMES-Polanyi International Seminarn Welfaire societies in Transition, Roskilde, April 2018

  Leslie Carnoye, April 2018

  EMES

• Food production in solidarity economy: an issue that goes beyond laws

  Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, vol. 36, núm. 1, julio, 2016, pp. 12-14, Brasil

  Simone WESCHENFELDER, Bruna de OLIVEIRA, Luiza Barth BAGATINI, Micheli SAUERESSIG, Cecília Colling WILHELM, André Luciano VIANA, 2016

  Redalyc

• Public policies for the Social and Solidarity Economy: Towards a favourable environment. The case of the Philippines.

  Benjamin R. Quiñones, Jr., 2015

  BIT/ILO

• A framework law for the Québec social economy

  Brief Reliess n°10

  October 2013

  RELIESS

• Social Economy and Public Policy Development: A South Korean Case

  Eun Ae Lee, Young-Sik Kim, September 2013

• Italian social cooperative

  Brief Reliess n°8

  March 2013

  RELIESS

• Overview of the Legal Framework for Inclusion of Informal Recyclers in Solid Waste Management in Brazil

  WIEGO Policiy Brief n°6

  Sonia María Dias, May 2011

• Sustainable Development Act

  Brief Public Policy Profile CCRPèS - CSERP

  Sarah Amyot, May 2010

  RELIESS

• Solidarity Co-operatives Enabling Legislation

  Brief Public Policy Profile CCRPèS - CSERP

  Sarah Amyot, May 2010

  RELIESS

• Social Enterprise Promotion Act: The Case of South Korea

  Asian Dialogue on Oeconomy.

  Lee Prof Kwang Taek, 2010

48 Analyses/working papers/articles

• The adoption on 18 April 2023 of UN Resolution A/RES/77/281 “The promotion of the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development”

  The RIPESS contribution - A detailed account.

  Yvon Poirier, December 2024

  RIPESS Intercontinental

• The International Handbook of Social Enterprise Law

  January 2023

• Mapping social and solidarity ecosystems around the world

  OECD Global Action on Promoting Social and Solidarity Ecosystems

  2023

• Legal Compendium on the Social and Solidarity Economy

  ILO - Cooperatives and the World of Work No. 15

  May 2022

  BIT/ILO

• Designing Legal Frameworks for Social Enterprises Practical Guidance for Policy Makers

  OCDE

  April 2022

• ICA-EU Partnership Legal Framework Analysis. Regional report: Africa

  November 2021

• ICA-EU Partnership Legal Framework Analysis. Regional report: Americas

  November 2021

• ICA-EU Partnership Legal Framework Analysis. Regional report: Asia and Pacific

  November 2021

• ICA-EU Partnership Legal Framework Analysis. Regional report: Europe

  November 2021

• Guide to the writing of law for the Social and Solidarity Economy

  ESS Forum International

  David Hiez, August 2021

• Guidelines for Local Governments on Policies for Social and Solidarity Economy

  Publication UNRISD

  Hamish Jenkins, Yi Ilcheong, Samuel Brülisauer, Kameni Chaddah, January 2021

  UNRISD

• International Journal of Cooperative Law

  Issue 3 - 2020

  Editors Iphigenia Douvitsa, Cynthia Giagnocavo, Hagen Henrÿ, David Hiez, Ian Snaith, 2020

• National Social Enterprise Policy for Ireland 2019-2022

  Government of Ireland

  July 2019

• Toward a global legal culture of the SSE entreprise? An international comparison of SSE legislation

  RECMA 2019/3 (No 353), p. 74-88.

  Gilles Caire, Willy TADJUDJE, July 2019

• Solidarity Economy Lawyering

  Renee Hatcher, Solidarity Economy Lawyering, Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice Vol. 8 (2019).

  Renee Hatcher, June 2019

• Legal provsions for Social and Solidarity Economy actors. The case of LAW 4430/2016 in Greece

  International Journal of Cooperative Law, Issue II, 2019

  Sofia ADAM, 2019

• International Journal of Cooperative Law

  Issue 2- 2019

  Editors Iphigenia Douvitsa, Cynthia Giagnocavo, Hagen Henrÿ, David Hiez, Ian Snaith, 2019

• Social and Solidarity Economy for the Sustainable Development Goals. Spotlight on Social Economy in Seoul

  Unsrid, July 2018

  UNRISD

• Legislation and Public Policies in support of Social Solidarity Economy (SSE). First steps & Elements of a practical Guide.

  Yvon Poirier, Françoise Wautiez, Béatrice Alain, January 2018

  RIPESS Intercontinental

• International Journal of Cooperative Law

  Issue I - 2018

  Editors Iphigenia Douvitsa, Cynthia Giagnocavo, Hagen Henrÿ, David Hiez, Ian Snaith, 2018

• A European statute for Social and Solidarity-based Enterprise

  Directorate General for Internal Policies Department C: Citizens’ rights and Constitutional Affaires Legal Affairs, European Parliament

  Antonio Fici, February 2017

• Chapter 4. Promoting Social and Solidarity Economy through Public Policy

  October 2016

  UNRISD

• Solidarity economy in Europe : an emerging movement with a common vision

  European Summer School Prague July 16-26, 2016

  Jason Nardi, July 2016

• Social Economy. STUDY.

  Directorate General for Internal Policies. Policy Department A: Economic and Scientific Policy of the European Parliament, May 2016

• Legal and political recognition of social solidarity economy (SEE). An overview on SSE public policies and guidelines.

  Yvon Poirier, January 2016

  RIPESS Intercontinental

• The Story of the ILO’s Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No.193) A review of the process of making ILO Recommendation No. 193, its implementation and its impact

  ILO Publication

  May 2015

  BIT/ILO

• Municipalities and Social Economy. Lessons from Portugal

  Working paper CIRIEC N° 2015/14

  João Salazar LEITE, May 2015

• Family farming products on menus in school feeding: a partnership for promoting healthy eating

  Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, Online

  Hélida Ventura Barbosa Gonçalves, Diogo Thimoteo da Cunha, Elke Stedefeldt, Veridiana Vera de Ross, May 2015

• Strategija razvoja društvenog poduzetništva u Republici Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od 2015. do 2020. godine

  Croatia

  2015

• Can the social sector of the economy in Mexico converge on the concept of social economy?

  Paper presented at the 5th Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy (CIRIEC) International Research Conference on Social Economy Social Economy in a Globalized World.

  Carola Conde Bonfil, 2015

• Regulation on collaboration between citizens and the city for the care and a regeneration of urban commons

  City of Bologna, Italy

  City of Bologna, December 2014

• The Portuguese Law on Social Economy

  Working paper. CIRIEC N° 2014/12

  Deolinda Aparício Meira, December 2014

• International Conference Unlocking the Potential of the Social Economy for EU Growth. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WORKING GROUPS

  Social Economy Conference, EU, Rome, November 17-18, 2014

  November 2014

• The Social and Solidarity Economy in Ecuador: opportunities and challenges

  MINCA Ecuador

  Sara Calvo, Andres Morales Pachon, June 2014

• Social Economy, Its Perception and Possibilities of Its Development in Conditions of the Slovak Republic

  4th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy University of Antwerp, 24-26 October 2013

  Lenka Pcolinská, October 2013

• Legal Frameworks on Social and Solidarity Economy: What is the Role of Civil Society Organizations in Policy Making?

  Think pieces for the UNRISD conference “Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy”. 6-8 May 2013

  Rafael Peels, May 2013

  UNRISD

• Pan-European cooperative law: Where do we stand?

  Euricse WP 47|13

  Antonio Fici, 2013

• Worldwide regulation of co-operative societies – an Overview

  Euricse WP 53|13

  Hans-H. Münkner, 2013

• Social entrepreneurship in Croatia: a framework for development

  Euricse WP 61|13

  Davorka Vidović, 2013

• Policy Brief on Social Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial Activities in Europe.

  ©OECD/European Union publication

  Antonella Noya, Emma Clarence, 2013

• Social economy: Laying the groundwork for innovative solutions to today’s challenges

  European Commission in Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2012

  December 2012

• Guidelines for cooperative legislation, third revised edition

  ILO Publication

  December 2012

  BIT/ILO

• Social Cooperatives in Greece Introducing New Forms of Social Economy and Entrepreneurship

  International Review of Social Research. Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2012, 151-171

  Ioannis NASIOULAS, June 2012

• Study on the implementation of the Regulation 1435/2003 on the Statute for European Cooperative Society (SCE)

  Final Study Part II. National Reports 5 October 2010

• Social economy: going local to achieve the Strategy Europe 2020. Romania Case

  Cristina Barna, 2012

• Greek Social Economy at the crossroads Law 4019/2011 and the institutionalization challenge

  Working paper CIRIEC N° 2011/10

  Ioannis NASIOULAS, 2011

• Study on the implementation of the Regulation 1435/2003 on the Statute for European Cooperative Society (SCE)

  Final Study Executive Summary and Part I: Synthesis and comparative report

  October 2010

• Money Soup: A Legal Guide to Bartering, Giving, and Getting Stuff without Dollars

  Janelle Orsi, 2010

  SELC

One charter/manifesto

• RIPESS EUROPE contribution on the Recommendation of the Council of the European Union of November 9th, 2023 on developing social economy framework conditions

  November 2023

  RIPESS Europe

One public contribution

• The Citizen’s Basic Income to Build Democracy and Justice

  Essay presented to NOPOOR Project in Paris, June 12 2012

  Eduardo Matarazzo Suplicy, June 2012

11 articles

• ILO holds discussion on research findings on the social and solidarity economy in Kyrgyzstan

  December 2023

  BIT/ILO

• 10 years of the French 2014 law on SSE

  Article of RIPESS Europe newsletter, October 2023

  October 2023

  RIPESS Europe, MES

• Improvements in the new Social Economy Law (Spain)

  Article of RIPESS Europe newsletter, May 2023

  May 2023

  RIPESS Europe, REAS

• New Basque Equality Law: implications for the 3rd social sector

  Article of RIPESS Europe newsletter, october 2022

  REAS Euskadi, October 2022

  REAS Euskadi, RIPESS Europe

• REAS Rioja welcomes the Law of Social and Solidarity Economy of La Rioja

  Article of RIPESS Europe newsletter, september 2022

  REAS RIOJA, September 2022

  RIPESS Europe, REAS

• To promote the development of SSE: A framework law in the making in Morocco

  Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - March 2022

  Article from Aujourd’hui le Maroc, February 15, 2022, by Ouchagour Leila, March 2022

  RIPESS Europe

• REAS Euskadi: draft Law on Rural Development

  Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - November 2021

  Reas Euskadi, November 2021

  RIPESS Europe, REAS Euskadi

• Bases for a Social and Solidarity Economy Law in Catalonia

  Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - January 2021

  REAS, Red de Redes, January 2021

  RIPESS Europe, REAS

• Tunisia : a new law on SSE !

  Article from the RIPESS Europe newsletter - December 2020

  Annie Berger, December 2020

  RIPESS Europe, MES

• Japanese Workers Cooperatives Act is adopted

  Article of CICOPA, 8 December 2020

  December 2020

• Historic Federal Law Gives Employee-Owned Businesses Access to SBA Loans

  Article of Non Profit Quarterly, august 14 2018

  Steve Dubb, August 2018

Web sites :

• Observatorio Español de la Economia Social
• Biblioteca de leis da Ecosol (na Rede de saude mental e economia solidaria)
• Portal de la economia popular social y solidaria
• RELIESS - Politiques Publiques en Economie Sociale et Solidaire
• Centro Italiano di Documentazione sulla cooperazione e l’economia sociale
• IUS Cooperativum
• Observatorio de Políticas Públicas para la Economía Popular, Social y Solidaria - OPPEPSS