Nouveau: création d'un groupe de réflexion sur l'économie sociale et solidaire au sein l'’Institut de recherche des Nations Unies pour le développement social (UNRISD)

UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy

The founding meeting of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy took place on 30 September 2013 in Geneva. This is a new inter-agency partnership that aims to assist countries, mobilize political will and enhance momentum towards mainstreaming the issue of SSE in international and national policy frameworks.

The Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy is a concrete result of the UNRISD Conference, Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy, held in May 2013. At the conference, researchers, policy makers and civil society actors discussed how SSE can contribute to local development, food security, gender equality, environmental protection and health care provisioning.

At the founding meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy, the convenors—UNRISD, ILO, UNDP Geneva Representation Office and UN-NGLS—were joined by representatives of FAO, TDR (the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases),UNAIDS, UN-DESA, UNESCO, UNEP, UNIDO, UN Women, WFP and WHO. Click here to read more about the Inter-Agency Task Force.