© International Training Centre of the ILO 2007 By Mathieu de Poorter - EMP/COOP1 ILO Social Economy Tools and Strategies Results of the Survey on the integrative nature of SE within ILO DW pillars (May 2009)

© International Training Centre of the ILO Training Centre of the ILO2 Objectives of the survey 1. Identification of ILO instruments relevant to the social economy 2. Identification of intervention areas of ILO departments, units and programmes in the promotion of SE 3. Taking stock of technical cooperation and assistance activities supporting SE initiatives in Africa

© International Training Centre of the ILO Training Centre of the ILO3 1. Main ILO legal instruments Declaration on Social Justice for a fair Globalization (2008) R193, Promotion of cooperatives (2002) R189, Job Creation in SMEs (1998) ILC Resolution on the promotion of sustainable enterprises (2007) GB policy statement on Microfinance for DW (Nov 2005) MoU between the ILO and the ICA (2004) Etc.

© International Training Centre of the ILO Training Centre of the ILO4 2. ILO intervention areas Standards (e.g. IPEC) Employment (e.g. COOP, SEED, SFP, INVEST, POL/CEPOL) Protection (e.g. STEP) Social Dialogue (e.g. ACTRAV) Informal AssociationsSimplified form of cooperatives Associations ROSCAs Tontine, money lenders MFIs Small scale infrastructure investment of local interest Mutual health organisations (social security and social protection) Micro-entrepreneurs associations (social security, AIDS and OSH) Associations Women’s self-help groups (SHG) SHG federations Informal workers organisations Etc. Formal Cooperatives Social enterprises Associations Cooperatives (financial, banks, production, services, consumers…) Social Enterprises Municipal saving banks Postal banks Registered MFIs Small scale infrastructure investment of local interest Mutual insurance organisations Cooperatives Cooperatives of production Cooperative farms Cooperatives of construction workers Guilds (associations) Etc.

© International Training Centre of the ILO Training Centre of the ILO5 Standards (e.g. IPEC) Employment (e.g. COOP, SEED, SFP, INVEST, POL/CEPOL) Protection (e.g. STEP) Social Dialogue (e.g. ACTRAV) Urban Cooperatives Social enterprises Associations Cooperatives (financial, banks, production, services, consumers…) Social Enterprises Women’s and Youth entrepreneurship development Municipal saving banks Postal banks Registered MFIs Small scale infrastructure investment of local interest Mutual organisations (health and insurance) Cooperatives Associations Cooperatives of construction workers Guilds Rural Cooperatives Social enterprises Associations Cooperatives (financial, banks, production, services, consumers…) Social Enterprises Women’s and Youth entrepreneurship development Municipal saving banks Postal banks Registered MFIs Small scale infrastructure investment of local interest Mutual organisations (health and insurance) Cooperatives Associations Cooperative farms Guilds

© International Training Centre of the ILO Training Centre of the ILO6 3. Technical activities Advice on policy and law 3 levels of interventions: macro (e.g. cooperative policy and law, and design of public policies / HIV/AIDS, OSH), national (e.g. work, transport and education policies), local (e.g. dialogue facilitator between public, private and local communities). Improve and sustain access to finance Level of interventions: national (e.g. formulation of financial policies), local (e.g. micro-finance/insurance tested while tracking effects on the different dimensions of DW) Capacity building Level of interventions: national and meso (e.g. financial literacy for workers’ organisations, trainings for SME managers, organisations serving entrepreneurs, governments), local (e.g. entrepreneurs, workers’)

© International Training Centre of the ILO Training Centre of the ILO7 Towards an ILO work plan for contributing to the Plan of Action OutcomesStrategyUnit(s) Global level Cooperative policy and law (taxation of cooperatives, accounting standards, etc.) EMP/COOP Regional level iii. Women Entrepreneurship Development (WED) Project Know About Business (KAB) materials on SE Social Entrepreneur of the Year award (Central America) Cooperative Facility for Africa (COOPAfrica) EMP/SEED EMP/COOP National level 3.4.Programme d’Appui aux Structures Mutualistes d’Epargne et de Crédit (PASMEC) Training and support to policy dialogue on social security, HIV/AIDS and OSH Model for the sustainable management of forest resources by farmers communities and their associations (Mali) SFP ILO AIDS Social Protection Sector EMP/INVEST Micro and Meso levels Strategy and Tools against social Exclusion and Poverty (STEP) Child Labour Monitoring (Community committees of surveillance Work Improvement in Neighbourhood Development (WIND) projects SECSOC IPEC ACTRAV