Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Knowledge Base

The project seeks to generate sound and convincing evidence about the size, outreach and socio-economic importance of the SSE, including cooperatives, through desk and field research and the collection of statistics. Such evidence will be used to enhance awareness about the potential of SSE to sustainable and inclusive development among policy-makers, civil society, academia and development partners. This will then pave the way for a more substantive and visible involvement of SSEOEs in the pursuit of the SDGs, which ultimately will improve the people’s lives around the world. The project is composed of: i) Component I (SSE research and capacity building in Asia) seeks to generate a comprehensive overview, in both qualitative and quantitative terms, of the SSE landscape in six Asian countries, followed by capacity-building and improved policy-making at the national level. Component II (coop statistics) applies quantitative research methods to field-test statistical guidelines in six pilot countries, identify good practices, develop a core set of statistical variables and elaborate a comprehensive manual on cooperative statistics.

Project symbol

RAS/21/53/KOR

Admin unit

COOP/SSE

Start date

01/07/2021

End date

30/06/2024

Total allocation

1061898

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

967557

Development Partners

Republic of Korea, Ministry of Labour

Country/Countries

Asia and the Pacific - regional

Outcomes

Outcome 4: Sustainable enterprises for inclusive growth and decent work