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55 laws

• Draft Law - The Framework Act on the Social Economy (FASE)

  Republic of South Korea - 2020

  2020

• 74/119 Cooperatives in social development

  Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 2019

  United Nations, December 2019

• National Social Economy Draft Green Paper

  South Africa Economic Development Department - 25 February 2019

  February 2019

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Mutual Reforms) Act 2019 - No. 37, 2019

  Australia

  2019

• Nonprofit Law in Poland 2019

  Republic of Poland

  2019

• 2018/ZAKON O SOCIJALNOM PREDUZETNIŠTVU I ZAPOŠLJAVANJU U SOCIJALNIM PREDUZEĆIMA (Draft law on SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES)

  Serbia - 1688-13Lat

  November 2018

• Social and Solidarity-based Enterprises ACT Decree 240 - 25 of October 2018.

  State Gazette Republic of Bulgaria

  October 2018

• SEC. 866. Opportunities for employee-owned business concerns through Small Business Administration loan programs.

  In John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, United States

  August 2018

• O sociálnej ekonomike a sociálnych podnikoch a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov (Act 112/2018 on Social Economy and Social Enterprises )

  Republic of Slovakia

  March 2018

• Noteikumi par sociālās atstumtības riskam pakļauto iedzīvotāju grupām un sociālā uzņēmuma statusa piešķiršanas, reģistrēšanas un uzraudzības kārtību (Cabinet Regulation No. 173 (2018) - Regulations Regarding the Population Groups at Risk of Social Exclusion Risk and Procedures for Granting, Registration and Supervision of the Status of a Social Enterprise)

  Latvia - 27/03/2018

  March 2018

• Noteikumi par Sociālo uzņēmumu komisiju (Cabinet Regulation No. 101 (2018) - Regulations Regarding the Social Enterprise Commission)

  Latvia - 20/02/2018

  February 2018

• UN Resolution A/RES/72/143 : Cooperatives in social development

  Adopted on 19 December 2017

  United Nations, December 2017

• Sociālā uzņēmuma likums (Social Enterprise Law)

  Latvia - 12/10/2017

  October 2017

• DIRECTIVE 2014/24/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC

  OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion

  February 2017

• Resolution 71/221. Entrepreneurship for sustainable development (21 December 2016)

  December 2016

  ONU

• Social Solidarity Economy and Development of its Agents (Entities) and other provisions - 31/10/2016

  Hellenic Republic

  October 2016

• 特定非営利活動促進法 Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities (Amendment of Act No. 70 of 2016)

  Japan

  2016

• LAW No. 65/2016 FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISES

  Republic of Albania

  2016

• The Social Enterpise Act White Paper

  The Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business, Malta

  June 2015

• įsakymas DĖL SOCIALINIO VERSLO SKATINIMO 2015–2017 METŲ VEIKSMŲ PLANo patvirtinimo-(Law Order no. 4-207 of the Minister of the Economy on the ‘Concept of Social Entrepreneurship’(April 2015))

  REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

  April 2015

• Microfinance NGOs Act n°10693

  Republic of Philippines

  2015

• List by ILO of national laws on cooperatives (by country)

  2015

  BIT/ILO

• National Basic Living Security Act (Article 18. Self-Support Company) [Enforcement Date 01. Jul, 2015.] [Act No.12933, 30. Dec, 2014., Partial Amendment]

  Republic of South Korea

  December 2014

• Lov om registrerede socialøkonomiske virksomheder

  Denmark - Law 711/2014 of 25 June 2014 - Act. 711

  June 2014

• LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS , no. 74/2014

  Official Gazette Republic of Croatia

  June 2014

• Social Services and Well-being (Wales) 1 Overview of this Act Act 2014 2014 anaw 4

  UK - Wales

  2014

• Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014

  UK Public General Acts 2014 c. 14

  2014

• Social Economy Act (Bill 27 (2013, chapter 22)

  National Assembly, Quebec

  October 2013

• ЗАКОН УКРАЇНИ Про соціальні підприємства (2012-2013-draft Law on Social Enterprises )

  Ukraine

  2013

• SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PROMOTION ACT (Enforcement Date 01. Feb, 2012.] [Act No.11275, 01. Feb, 2012., Partial Amendment

  Republic of South Korea

  February 2012

• Social cooperatives under Business Corporations Act (90/2012)

  CZECH REPUBLIC

  2012

• Zakon o socialnem podjetništvu (ZSocP) (Law 20/2011 of 7 March 2011 Act on Social Entrepreneurship (2011))

  Republic of Slovenia

  2011

• Law 4019/2011 on Social Economy and Social Cooperative Enterprise

  Hellenic Republic

  2011

• RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE NATIONAL FRAMEWORK PLAN FOR THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

  Republic of the Philipiines

  2010

• Magna Carta of Women Republic Act 9710

  Republic of the Philipiines

  2009

• No. 71 of 2008: Companies Act, 2008. provisions concerning non-profit companies

  Government Gazette, Republic of South Africa

  2008

• بتعديل بعض أحكام قانون التعاون الإسكانى قانون رقم 122 لسنة 2008 (Law 14/1981 amended by Law 122/2008 on co‐operative housing Law )

  Republic of Egypt

  2008

• MAGNA CARTA FOR SMALL EXTERF’RISES” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Republic Act 9501

  Republic of the Philipiines

  2007

• LÖG um evrópsk samvinnufélög (Act No. 92/2006 respecting European Cooperative Societies)

  Iceland

  June 2006

• USTAWA 1205. z dnia 27 kwietnia 2006 r. o spółdzielniach socjalnych (Law of 2006: Act on Social Co-operatives)

  Republic of Poland

  2006

• The Community Interest Company Regulations 2005

  UK Statutory Instruments 2005 No. 1788

  2005

• DERNEKLER KANUNU (Law on Associations)- n°5253, 4/11/2004

  Turkish Republic

  November 2004

• LAW ON SOCIAL ENTERPRISES - 1 June 2004 No IX-2251

  REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

  June 2004

• Community interest companies (CIC) under Companies Act (2004)

  UK Public General Acts c.27

  2004

• Act on Social Enterprises No. 1351/2003

  Republic of Finland

  2003

• No. 53 of 2003: Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003.

  Republic of South Africa

  2003

• ILO Recommendation 193 concerning Promotion of Cooperatives Adoption: Geneva, 90th ILC session (20 Jun 2002)

  R193 - Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193)

  June 2002

  BIT/ILO

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9178 BARANGAY MICRO BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (BMBEs) Act of 2002

  Republic of the Philipiines

  2002

• PREFERENTIAL PROCUREMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK ACT N°5 of 2000

  Republic of South Africa

  2000

• Mittetulundusühingute seadus (Non-Profit Associations Act 1996)

  Estonia

  1996

• Poland Law on associations - Parliamentary Act April 7, 1989

  Republic of Poland

  1989

• LAW ON FOUNDATIONS 6 April 1984 (Dz. U. of 1991 No 46, item 203)

  Republic of Poland

  1984

• AMUTOT LAW, 5740-1980 (Law on Associations)

  Israel

  1980

• Laki säätiölain voimaanpanosta (Foundations law of 1930 (latest amendment process completed in 2015).

  Republic of Findland

  1930

• Yhdistyslaki (Law on association of 1919 (latest amendment in 1989)

  Republic of Findland

  1919

5 publications

• Le droit des coopératives en Afrique : réflexions sur l’Acte uniforme de l’OHADA

  Willy TADJUDJE, EPURE, Editions et Presses Universitaires de Reims, November 2021

• Innovation and the Social Economy: The Quebec Experience

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

  UQAM

• 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

• 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

A pedagogical tool

• 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

9 case studies

• 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

• 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

41 Analyses/working papers/articles

• 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

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

  Publication UNRISD

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

  UNRISD

• 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

• International Journal of Cooperative Law

  Issue 3 - 2020

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

• 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

• Guidelines for cooperative legislation, third revised edition

  ILO Publication

  December 2012

  BIT/ILO

• Relevance and Challenges of Legal Foundations for NPO-Banks in Japan

  NPO – Bank network provides loans to socially-requested needs through a fund provided by the civil society and used for civil society projects. This presentation reviews the banking legal framework in Japan and its implication for NPO Banks.

  June 2012

  RELIESS

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

2 articles

• 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
• COHDESSE - Consejo Hondureño del sector social de la economia
• 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