United Nations
Social and solidarity economy
The social and solidarity economy encompasses companies, organisations and other entities that carry out economic, social and environmental activities of collective or general interest, based on the principles of voluntary cooperation and mutual aid, democratic or participatory governance, autonomy and independence, and the primacy of people and social purpose over capital in the distribution and use of surpluses or profits, as well as assets.
Activities
Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Grenada
ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.
News
Cooperatives are Called On to Play a Leading Role in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Productive Transformation
A two-day regional gathering, organized in the framework of the International Year of Cooperatives 2025, was inaugurated today by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Nicolás Grau Veloso, Chile’s Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism; and José Alves de Souza, President of Cooperatives of the Americas.
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Instituciones y políticas públicas para el desarrollo cooperativo en América Latina
6 April 2022 | Publication
Esta investigación examina la situación del sector cooperativo, su institucionalidad y las políticas públicas en la materia en ocho países de la región. Se observa que en la última década ha tenido…
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