IMPLEMENTING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: WHAT ROLE FOR SOCIAL AND SOLIDARIT Y ECONOMY?

Implementing the S ustainable D evelopment G oalsWhat Role for S ocial and S olidarity E conomy?

I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY (UNTFSSE)

25–26JUNE

International Labour OfficeGeneva, Switzerland

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Implementing the S ustainable D evelopment G oalsWhat Role for S ocial and S olidarity E conomy?

About this ConferenceThis event is part of a series of conferences resulting from the Call for Papers “Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy?” which was launched by the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) in 2018 and organized by UNRISD. With the Call for Papers, the UNTFSSE aimed to identify and mobilize research from different regions and territories which, by critically examining the role of SSE, can contribute to the Task Force’s efforts to scale up and promote SSE as means of implementation of the SDGs.

The primary working language of the conference will be English (ENG). Simultaneous interpretation [English (ENG), French(FR), Spanish(SP)] will be available for the plenary sessions, and for selected parallel sessions. For interventions or sessions in Korean (KOR), interpretation into English (ENG) will be provided.

The Government of the Republic of Korea (represented by Statistics Korea) and the ILO have provided support for this Conference. The Call for Papers was carried out with the support of seed funding from the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Social Economy and Economic Solidarity of Luxembourg, in addition to UNRISD institutional funds.

ThemesSocial and Solidarity Economy for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality

Tracing the Evolution of Social and Solidarity Economy in Different Local Contexts

Institutions and Policies for Scaling and Integrating Social and Solidarity Economy

Theories, Concepts and Impact Measurement

Social and Solidarity Economy as an Eco-social Approach for the Sustainable Development Goals

Social and Solidarity Economy for Food and Agriculture

O R G A N I Z E D B Y

A N I N I T I AT I V E O F T H E U N T F S S E

F U N D I N G PA R T N E R S

IMPLEMENTING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: WHAT ROLE FOR SOCIAL AND SOLIDARIT Y ECONOMY?

Leaving No One BehindWhat Role for Social and Solidarity Economy?

How can the social and solidarity economy effectively contribute to the integration of those left behind by declining social assistance and create solidarity for these vulnerable groups?

S P E A K E R S

MARCO GIUGNIProfessor, Department of Political Science and International Relations; Director, Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite), University of Geneva

CHIARA AURORA DEMALDÈResearch Assistant, University of Trento (Italy)

MARIA MEXIMember, InCite, University of Geneva; Senior Research Fellow, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

SIMEL ESIMHead and Senior Technical Specialist, Cooperatives Unit, International Labour Organization (ILO)

CHRISTOPHE DUNANDDirector, Réalise Genève; Lecturer, Haute Ecole de Gestion, Geneva, Switzerland

Moderator

ILCHEONG YISenior Research Coordinator, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

24 JUNE 17:30–19:00

PHIL 201, University of Geneva, Boulevard des Philosophes 22 1204 Geneva. See map.

I N C O L L A B O R AT I O N W I T H

Les Philosophes

Getting to UNIGE Philosophes from Cornavin train stationBus 1 (Direction Hôpital Trois-Chêne Petit Bel-Air); Philosophes stop

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

C O N F E R E N C E P R O G R A M M E

8:15–9:00 REGISTRATION

9:00–10:00

ENG, FR, SPARoom II

Opening SessionCHOKRI BEN HASSENMinister of Social and Solidarity Economy, Tunisia

MOUSSA OUMAROUDeputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships, ILO

ELAYNE WHYTE GÓMEZAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations and to Other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland

CHRISTOPHE ITIERHaut Commissaire à l’Economie sociale et solidaire et à l’innovation sociale

VIC VAN VUURENDirector, Enterprise Department, ILO; Chair of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)

LAURENCE KWARKSecretary General, Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF)

≡ PAUL LADDUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

10:00–10:30ENG, FR, SPARoom II

Keynote SpeechARIEL GUARCOPresident, International Co-operatives Alliance

10:30–10:45 COFFEE BREAK

10:45–12:00 Parallel Sessions (I)

AENG, FR, SPA // Room II

BENG // Room III

CENG // Room IV

Motivaciones de las mujeres gallegas para el emprendimiento cooperativo [Motivations of Galician Women for Cooperative Entrepreneurship]ANA OLVEIRA BLANCO and MARÍA BASTIDA DOMÍNGUEZ (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

Association for Sarva Seva Farms (ASSEFA)—India: 50 Years of Sustainable DevelopmentYVON POIRIER (Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy, RIPESS) and KUMAR LOGANATHAN (Sarvodaya Action Research Centre)

Italian Community Co-operatives Responding to Economic Crisis and State Withdrawal: A New Model for Socio-Economic DevelopmentMICHELE BIANCHI (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy) and MARCELO VIETA (University of Toronto, Canada)

Empoderamento e participação feminina na Economia Social e Solidária: em busca da equidade [Women’s Empowerment and Participation in the Social and Solidarity Economy: In Pursuit of Equity]VANÊSSA PEREIRA SIMON (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil)

Why We Need Cooperatives to Make the Business World More People-Centred: The Emilia-Romagna ExperienceVERA NEGRI ZAMAGNI(University of Bologna, Italy and SAIS Europe of the Johns Hopkins University, United States)

Cooperatives as a Means of Fostering Integrated and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of NepalKANAK KANTI BAGCHI (University of North Bengal, India) and GANESH PRASAD GAUTAM (Nepal Rastra Bank, Nepal)

Caficultura sostenible, comercio justo y construcción de paz: el caso de COSURCA, Cooperativa del Sur del Cauca, Colombia [Sustainable Coffee Growing, Fair Trade and Peace Building: The Case of COSURCA, Cooperativa del Sur del Cauca, Colombia]MARCO COSCIONE (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile)

Establishing a Sustainable Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystem: The Case of Daegu, Republic of KoreaEUN SUN LEE (Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)

Scaling up Regional SSE Practice to the National Level? Opportunities and Challenges from Ýzmir, TurkeyAYLIN ÇIĞDEM KÖNE and GÜNES KURTULUŞ (Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey)

Mujeres y cooperativas promovidas por programas sociales en Argentina: Respuestas y desafíos para la reducción de las desigualdades [Social Programmes for Women and Cooperatives in Argentina: Responses and Challenges for Reducing Inequalities]MALENA VICTORIA HOPP (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Le domaine de la santé comme extension des activités des coopératives : Un projet pilote au Kenya et au Cameroun [Extending Cooperative Activities to the Health Sector: A Pilot Project in Kenya and Cameroon]JEAN-PIERRE GIRARD (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)

Institutional Voids: Impediment to the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in South African MunicipalitiesSOKEIBELEMAYE NWAUCHE (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa) and FREDERIK CLAEYÉ (Lille Catholic University, France / Nelson Mandela University, South Africa)

≡ EVA CANTELESSE Forum International

≡ VICTOR MESEGUERSocial Economy Europe

≡ LAURENCE KWARKGlobal Social Economy Forum (GSEF)

25 JUNE

International Labour OfficeGeneva, Switzerland

ThemesSocial and Solidarity Economy for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality

Tracing the Evolution of Social and Solidarity Economy in Different Local Contexts

Institutions and Policies for Scaling and Integrating Social and Solidarity Economy

Theories, Concepts and Impact Measurement

Social and Solidarity Economy as an Eco-social Approach for the Sustainable Development Goals

Social and Solidarity Economy for Food and Agriculture

KEYSSE: Social and Solidarity Economy≡ Moderator

IMPLEMENTING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: WHAT ROLE FOR SOCIAL AND SOLIDARIT Y ECONOMY?

12:00–12:30 Lunchtime Special EventsABuilding the SSE Movement from the Local to GlobalENG // Room IVOrganized by Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS)

BEuropean Social Economy Regions Initiative (ESER)ENG // Room IIIOrganized by European Commission

LAURA CICCIARELLIRIPESSJUDITH HITCHMANUrgenci International Network of Community Supported Agriculture Global (France)YVON POIRIERRIPESSDENISON JAYASOORIANational University of Malaysia, Malaysia

PATRICK KLEINSocial Economy Team Leader, DG GROW – Advanced Technologies, Clusters and Social Economy Unit

12:30–14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00–15:15 Parallel Sessions (II)AENG, FR, SPA // Room II

BENG // Room III

CENG // Room IV

Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos nos Restaurantes Universitários de uma universidade pública do Brasil: interfaces com a Agenda 2030 [The Food Acquisition Programme in the University Restaurants of a Brazilian Public University: Interfaces with the 2030 Agenda]LUDYMILA SCHULZ BARROSO, ELIZIANE NICOLODI FRANCESCATO RUIZ (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), and ROZANE MARCIA TRICHES (Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Brazil)

More Than Monitoring: Developing Impact Measures for Transformative Social EnterpriseSTEPHEN HEALY (Western Sydney University, Australia), KELLY DOMBROSKI (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), DAVID CONRADSON (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), GRADON DIPROSE (Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, New Zealand), JOANNE MCNEILL (Western Sydney University, Australia), ALISON WATKINS (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

Closing the Loop: Can Social and Solidarity Organizations Accelerate the Circular Economy?VALERIE JULIE BOITEN (Independent Researcher, Belgium)

La comercialización solidaria de alimentos: un camino hacia la sostenibilidad en la producción y el consumo [Solidarity Marketing of Food: A Path Towards Sustainability in Production and Consumption]MONTSERRAT MIÑO (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Platform Cooperatives: The Social and Solidarity Economy and the Future of WorkRAYMOND SANER, LICHIA YIU and MELANIE NGUYEN (Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development, CSEND)

Waste Pickers’ Solidarity Economy Addressing Sustainable Development GoalsJUTTA GUTBERLET (University of Victoria, Canada)

Sistemas Locales de Economía Social y Solidaria (SLESS): innovación, sostenibilidad, equidad e inclusión [Local Systems of Social and Solidarity Economy: Innovation, Sustainability, Equity and Inclusion]UNAI VILLALBA-EGUILUZ (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain), ANDONI EGIA (Agencia de Desarrollo Local de Beterri Buruntza Udalak, Spain), and JUAN CARLOS PÉREZ DE MENDIGUREN (Universidad del País Vasco, Spain)

The Role of Cooperatives in Facilitating the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: An Experience from Nova Scotia

YICHEN SHEN, PETER TYEDMERS, MICHELLE ADAMS, and LOUIS BEAUBIEN (Dalhousie University, Canada)

Eco-Social Innovations in Europe: How Social and Solidarity Economy Actors Can Promote the Sustainable Development GoalsINGO STAMM (Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland), TUULI HIRVILAMMI (Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, University of Jyväskylä), AILA-LEENA MATTHIES (Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, University of Jyväskylä) and KATI NÄRHI (University of Jyväskylä)

Un acercamiento al aporte de las prácticas de Economía Social Solidaria al logro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en Costa Rica [Social and Solidarity Economy Practices and Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Costa Rica]YASY MORALES CHACÓN (Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica)

≡ ILCHEONG YIUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Community Forestry Projects in Malaysia: People’s Participation in Implementing the SDGsDENISON JAYASOORIA(National University of Malaysia, Malaysia)

≡ ROBERTO DI MEGLIOInternational Labour Organization (ILO)

≡ LAURA CICCIARELLIIntercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS)

15:15–15:30 COFFEE BREAK

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

15:30–17:00ENG, FR, SPARoom II

Co-organized by International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy (CIRIEC) and SSE Forum International

Special Session—Social and Solidarity Economy Impacts for the Sustainable Development GoalsThe Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in IndiaREEMA NANAVATYGeneral Secretary, SEWA

The Maranhão State Reference Center for Solidarity Economy (CRESOL): State Government and SSE Entrepreneurs Joining Forces in BrazilLEANDRO MORAISProfessor and Researcher, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil

How Agricultural Cooperatives Achieve the SDGs ADORACIÓN MOZASProfessor, University of Jaén; President of CIRIEC-España

DiscussantsARIEL GUARCOPresident, ICAALAIN COHEURCo-President, SSE Forum International.

≡ ALAIN ARNAUDInterim President, CIRIEC

17:30–20:30 Reception

The reception is sponsored by the International Geneva Welcome Centre (CAGI) and Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH)

Every conference participant is welcome!

♥ Our catering partner actively supports the social integration of vulnerable young people and uses locally grown, seasonal products.

La Pastorale

ILO

La Pastorale “La Maison de Maître” 106 Route de Ferney 1202 Geneva

8:15–9:00 REGISTRATION

9:00–10:15 Parallel Sessions (III)

AENG, SPA, FR // Room II

BENG // Room III

CENG // Room IV

Des solutions sociales et innovantes pour une gestion durable des déchets au Maroc [Innovative Social Solutions for Sustainable Waste Management in Morocco]FATIMA ARIB(Université Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech, Morocco)

Building Meaningful Participation into Economic Decision MakingJODIE THORPE, JOHN GAVENTA and EVERT-JAN QUAK (Institute of Development Studies, UK)

Social Economy and the Foodshed in Greece: Local Pathways and Constraints through the Lens of SDGsMARIA PARTALIDOU (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) and THEODOSIA ANTHOPOULOU (Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece)

L’apport des monnaies sociales complémentaires au développement local durable [What Complementary Currencies Bring to Local Sustainable Development]PASCALE DELILLE (Université Clermont Auvergne et Université Rennes 2, France; RIUESS—Réseau Inter-Universitaire de l’ESS)

From the Economic to the Social Value Contribution of the Social Economy: A Methodological Approach for Assessing the Social Value Created, with an Application to SpainROSA BELEN CASTRO (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain), MARÍA ISABEL MARTÍNEZ (Abay Analistas Económicos y Sociales, Spain), ROSA SANTERO (Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain), NURIA GUILLÓ (Abay Analistas Económicos y Sociales, Spain)

How Community-Supported Agriculture Contributes to the Realization of the SDGsJUDITH HITCHMAN (Urgenci International Network of Community Supported Agriculture Global, France)

Aportes de las Organizaciones de la Economía Social y Solidaria (OESS) a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS): Un estudio de 6 Organizaciones rurales en Colombia [Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations and the SDGs: A Study of Six Rural Organizations in Colombia]ANA SILVA (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá, Colombia) and MARIETTA BUCHELI (Université de Sherbrooke, Canada and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá, Colombia)

Hacia una evaluación integral de la ESS: Una propuesta de operacionalización desde Argentina [Towards Integrated Evaluation of the Social and Solidarity Economy: An Example from Argentina]

RUTH MUÑOZ (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina) and EDUARDO OMAR CURA (Universidad Nacional de Luján and Auditoría General de la Nación, Argentina)

Building Sustainable Local Food Solutions: How Canadian Indigenous Communities Are Using the Social and Solidarity Economy to Implement Zero Hunger

JENNIFER SUMNER, M. DERYA TARHAN (University of Toronto, Canada) and J. J. MCMURTRY (York University, Canada)

El papel de las entidades de la economía social en la inclusión laboral de las personas con discapacidad [Fostering Labour Market Inclusion of Persons with Diasabilities: The Role of Social Economy Entities]MARÍA JOSÉ CALDERÓN-MILÁN and BEATRIZ CALDERÓN-MILÁN (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)

≡ FULVIA FARINELLIUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

≡ AHMAD MUKHTARFood and Agricultural Organization (FAO)

≡ JEAN FABRESSE Forum International

10:15 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK

26 JUNE

International Labour OfficeGeneva, Switzerland

ThemesSocial and Solidarity Economy for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality

Tracing the Evolution of Social and Solidarity Economy in Different Local Contexts

Institutions and Policies for Scaling and Integrating Social and Solidarity Economy

Theories, Concepts and Impact Measurement

Social and Solidarity Economy as an Eco-social Approach for the Sustainable Development Goals

Social and Solidarity Economy for Food and Agriculture

KEYSSE: Social and Solidarity Economy≡ Moderator

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

10:30–12:00

ENG, FR, SPA, KORRoom II

Special session organized by the Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Special Session—Maximizing Social Impact of SSE for Inclusive Cities through Innovative Partnerships of Local GovernmentsFostering socio-entrepreneurial, socio-political and socio-community inter-cooperation through SSE for comprehensive local development

ESTER VIDALCity of Barcelona

Seoul Social Economy 2.0 Promotion Plan (2019–2022) to create a city where social economy can be experienced in citizen’s everyday lifeJOONHYUNG LEE City of Seoul

Social and Solidarity Economy for a controlled and inclusive urbanization of African cities : Case of KampalaEDISON MESEREKA City of Kampala

Achieving SDGs in the city by raising youth social entrepreneurship through public-private-civil partnershipBYUNG HOON LEE Hyundai Motors

≡ ANTONELLA NOYAOECD

Opening and closing remarksLAURENCE KWARKSecretary General, GSEF

12:00–12:30 Lunchtime Special EventsAThe Role of Local Governments in Promoting SSE—Networking Session for Government Representatives and Policy Makers

ENG // Room IIOrganized by Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF)

BSSE and South-South and Triangular Cooperation

ENG // Room IIIOrganized by International Labour Organization (ILO)

ESTER VIDALCity of BarcelonaJOONHYUNG LEE City of SeoulEDISON MESEREKA City of KampalaBYUNG HOON LEE Hyundai Motors

JÜRGEN SCHWETTMANN International Consultant

LEANDRO MORAISUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Brazil)GIANLUCA SALVATORIEURICSEANITA AMORIMILO PARDEVROBERTO DI MEGLIOILO Enterprises/COOP

12:30–14:00 LUNCH BREAK

KEYSSE: Social and Solidarity Economy≡ Moderator

IMPLEMENTING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: WHAT ROLE FOR SOCIAL AND SOLIDARIT Y ECONOMY?

14:00–15:15 Parallel Sessions (IV)AENG, FR, SPA // Room II

BENG // Room III

CENG // Room IV

El Balance Social de la XES: 10 años midiendo el impacto de la ESS en Cataluña [The XES Social Balance: 10 Years of Measuring SSE Impact in Catalonia]RAQUEL ALQUÉZAR CRUSELLAS (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain and Xarxa d’Economia Solidaria, Spain) and RUBEN SURIÑACH PADILLA (Xarxa d’Economia Solidaria, Spain)

Decent Work and Gender Equality: The ‘Capuchinhas’ Cooperative of Serra do MontemuroTERESA CUNHA (University of Coimbra, Portugal) Via Skype

Applying Principles of the Social and Solidarity Economy for Reconstruction in DarfurELHAFIZ ADAM (Warefur International Organisation, Sudan/Australia) and HELENA GRUNFELD (Victoria University, Australia)

A inextricável relação entre a Economia Social e Solidária (ESS) e a Agenda 2030: o caso dos Assentamentos e a redução da pobreza e da fome em Araraquara, SP, Brasil [Social and Solidarity Economy and the 2030 Agenda: Alleviating Hunger and Poverty in Human Settlements in Araraquara, Brazil]LEANDRO MORAIS (Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil)

Gender, SSE and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Building Sustainable Peace in Nepal and India

SMITA RAMNARAIN (University of Rhode Island, United States) and SUZANNE BERGERON (University of Michigan Dearborn, USA)

Work Integration Social Joint Ventures: Between Incremental and Transformative Change

ANTOINE RIEU (Université Paris Diderot and ESSEC Business School, France) and CLAUDINE LECLERC (SocialCOBizz)

Una primera aproximación a la articulación de reportes en las cooperativas en el marco de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible [Monitoring and Reporting on Cooperatives in the Context of the SDGs]JUAN FERNANDO ÁLVAREZ (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia) and MIGUEL ÁNGEL ALARCÓN (Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, España)

Social and Solidarity Economy as a Driving Force in Localizing the SDGs and Scaling Up Impact: The Case of Women’s Self Help Groups in IndiaANUP KUMAR DASH(formerly, Utkal University, India)

Mapping Solidarity in the United States EconomyMALIHA SAFRI(Drew University, United States)

Les Objectifs de Développement Durable, un référentiel d’action et d’évaluation pour les initiatives d’économie sociale et solidaire? [The Sustainable Development Goals, a Reference for Action and Evaluation for Social and Solidarity Economy Initiatives?]GENEVIÈVE FONTAINE(Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France and Institut Godin, France)

≡ VALENTINA VERZEInternational Labour Organization (ILO)

≡ WENYAN YANGUnited Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA)

≡ ANTONELLA NOYA Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (TBC)

15:15–15:30 COFFEE BREAK

15:30–17:00 Closing Session

Part A15:30–16:15

ENG, FR, SPARoom II

Reporting key messages and insights drawn from parallel sessions

JUDITH HITCHMANUrgenci International Network of Community Supported Agriculture Global (France)

DENISON JAYASOORIANational University of Malaysia, Malaysia

LAURA CICIARELLIRIPESS

ANTONELLA NOYAOrganization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

≡ ILCHEONG YIUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Part B16:15–17:00

ENG, FR, SPARoom II

Plenary discussion—The way forwardIntroduced byYVON POIRIERIntercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS)

PAUL LADDUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

ThemesSocial and Solidarity Economy for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality

Tracing the Evolution of Social and Solidarity Economy in Different Local Contexts

Institutions and Policies for Scaling and Integrating Social and Solidarity Economy

Theories, Concepts and Impact Measurement

Social and Solidarity Economy as an Eco-social Approach for the Sustainable Development Goals

Social and Solidarity Economy for Food and Agriculture

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Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy? UNTFSSE International Conference

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Chokri Ben HassenChokri Ben Hassen is Minister to the Head of Government of Tunisia, in charge of the social

and solidarity economy. Chokri Ben Hassen holds a master’s degree in law and is a senior financial services inspector. He served as a delegate (local government) from 2006 to 2009, and was then appointed Secretary General of the Mahdia Governorate from 2009 to 2012. In 2015 he was appointed Governor of Kairouan. Mr Ben Hassen’s last position was State Secretary to the Minister for Local Affairs and the Environment.

Elhafiz AdamElhafiz Adam (Bassy) is co-founder of WAREFUR International Organisation, where he

is responsible for developing strategies for economic development. He has been a peace activist since before his arrival as a refugee in Australia in 2000, and he is a member of the Darfur Community Association there, including serving as its president for a few years. Elhafiz Adam is an MBA student in Innovation and Leadership at the University of Canberra.

Miguel Ángel AlarcónMiguel Ángel Alarcón is a Professor at the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences,

Albacete, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM). His research interest include social networks analysis, measurement of the social economy, social and sustainability balance, and national accounts and sectoral aggregate accounts.

Juan Fernando ÁlvarezJuan Fernando Álvarez is a Professor at the Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies of the

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. His research interests include valuation of social and solidarity economy companies, social balance and logic of organizations.

Anita AmorimAnita Amorim has been Head of the Emerging and Special Partnerships Unit, of

the Partnerships and Field Support Department of the ILO since 2008. She was one of the initiators and designers of the South-South and triangular cooperation strategy that was adopted by the ILO Governing Body in 2012. Currently she promotes the consolidation of an ILO strategy for South-South and triangular cooperation, with a special focus on ILO flagships and cross-cutting drivers. She worked for eight years in the programme to combat child labour. From 1992-2000 she worked for UNESCO, in charge of right to education negotiations, and the promotion of the Culture of Peace. She is Brazilian with a double bachelor’s in history and political science and a double master’s in history of art and history (respectively from UNICAMP, EHEI, Sorbonne and EHESS).

Theodosia Anthopoulou Theodosia Anthopoulou is a Professor at Panteion University of Athens, and Director of the MSc in

Social and Solidarity Economy at the Faculty of Social Science, Hellenic Open University. Her main research interests include social and rural geography,

alternative economic spaces and food networks, localized agri-food systems, and territorial development. A recent publication (with Dimitris Goussios) is “Re-embedding Greek Feta in localities: Cooperation of small dairies as a territorial development strategy” in A. Kalfagianni and S. Skordili (eds.) Localizing Global Food Short Food Supply Chains as Responses to Agri-Food System Challenges (Routledge, 2018).

Alain ArnaudGraduate of the University of Paris-Assas in Economics and the National

School of Customs, Alain Arnaud has held positions of responsibility in state administration, health, social protection, and the financial sector. He began his career in the Judicial Service of the National Directorate of Customs Investigations, for which he became responsible, and he was in charge of the communications department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. He then held various positions in the French mutualist movement, including Chief Executive Officer of the Banque Française Mutualiste, President of the Mutualité Fonction Publique (MFP), President of the IMM, mutualist hospital in Paris, Board Member of the Mutualité Française. He was also a Board Member of the National Health Insurance Fund. He is now President of a specialized financing company, INTER INVEST, and Vice-president of the Mutuelle des Douanes. He also holds the presidency of CIRIEC-France.

Fatima AribFatima Arib is a Professor of Sustainable Development Economics at Cadi Ayyad University

in Marrakech. She holds a Doctorate in Economics from the University of the Mediterranean, funded by the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France; a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Social Sciences (EHESS), France; and several certificates of expertise in environmental economics and climate change adaptation. Her main publications focus on sustainable development, the social economy and the economy of the environment and climate change. As an expert and consultant to several organizations and development agencies, she has contributed to research projects in Morocco and Africa, particularly in relation to the green economy. She is a member of the scientific committees of several national and international journals specializing in development. Fahima Arib is also Director of the African Center for Innovative and Sustainable Solutions (ACISS); Project Manager for Sustainable Development at Cadi Ayyad University; Assistant Director of the Innovation, Responsibilities and Sustainable Development Laboratory (INREDD); and Head of the Master’s Degree in Economy of Environment and Climate Change at the Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences of Marrakech.

Kanak Kanti BagchiKanak Kanti Bagchi is currently a Professor in the Department of Economics, University

of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. His areas of research interest are sustainable development, livelihood security, informal sector labour, issues of poverty and inequality, social and economic

policy, human development, and local development.

Ludymila Schulz BarrosoLudymila Schulz Barroso is a nutritionist and has a master’s degree in

rural development. She is currently the Director of the Food Division at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in southern Brazil, where she coordinates six university restaurants, serving 11,000 meals per day. In this position she implements a public policy called Food Acquisition Program, which fosters the acquisition of healthy foods produced by family farmers and thereby contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals, especially around economic, social and nutritional dimensions. While she was an undergraduate, she partnered with fellow students and professors to establish a nutrition enterprise that has been in operation since 2011.

Michele BianchiMichele Bianchi is an Italian PhD student in Sociology of Governance, Social

Participation and Citizenship at University Carlo Bo (Urbino, Italy). His main research areas are community development and cooperatives. Since 2014, during his master’s degree in social work at the University of Trento (under the supervision of Prof. Carlo Borzaga), he has carried out research on community enterprises and local development. In 2015 he was an intern at Hackney Co-operative Developments, a community interest company based in East London; there he examined their programme of social enterprise development, community engagement in decision-making processes, and the social impact of the Gillet Square project, a participatory urban regeneration plan for a local square. In 2016 he became a PhD student at University Carlo Bo with a research project on the emerging phenomenon of Italian community cooperatives that aims to examine how social networking with local territories enables cooperative community development. From October 2017 to July 2018, he was a visiting PhD fellow at the University of Toronto, where collaborated with Dr. Marcelo Vieta on the study of social capital theories.

Ana Olveira BlancoAna Olveira is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Business Organization and

Commercialization at the University of Santiago de Compostela where she is doing her thesis on the role of women in cooperatives, a role of particular interest given her work as a social economy consultant in the work cooperative Abeluria, S. Coop Galega. Ana Olveira’s research interests are social economy (especially cooperatives), public policies and the gender perspective. These are also themes covered in her most recent publication: Políticas públicas para a economía social en Galicia: Rede Eusumo (with María Bastida and Teresa Cancelo).

Valerie BoitenValérie Boiten is a researcher and consultant specializing in collaborative models

for advancing the circular economy. She works at Prospex Institute, where she designs and moderates multistakeholder dialogues in areas

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such as textile recycling, rare earth elements and biodiversity.

Beatriz Calderón-Milan Beatriz Calderón-Milán holds a PhD in international economics and labour relations

from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain, where she is currently a Professor of Spanish and International Economics. Her research area and main publications are related to measurement of the social economy, the study of several of its organizational forms (cooperatives, non-profit sector and special employment centres). She has participated in several research projects financed by the ONCE Foundation which have resulted in several monographs on the social economy in Spain (with José Luis García-Delgado), and a White Paper on Disability (with José Luis Monzón-Campos). This has led her to focus on the study of the participation of people with disabilities in the labour market and the analysis of their salaries and pensions. She has been part of the ENSITMA (Environmental Strategy Interdisciplinary Team and Management) research group at UCLM since 2008, and is currently participating in the SEBEM (Social Efficiency Benchmarking Model) project, directed by Leire San-José, which aims to develop a model for integrating social value as the backbone of public procurement in Spain.

María José Calderón MilanMaría José Calderón-Milán holds a PhD in Economics and Business

from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain, where she is currently a Professor of Econometrics in the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences. Her research areas and main publications have been very diverse in terms of subject matter: labour economics, social economics, transport economics, health economics and entrepreneurship and innovation, among others. She has collaborated on numerous research projects with international, national and regional scope, for which she has managed large databases, processed microdata and developed statistical and econometric models. She has been part of the ENSITMA (Environmental Strategy Interdisciplinary Team and Management) research group at UCLM since 2008, and is currently participating in the SEBEM (Social Efficiency Benchmarking Model) project, directed by Leire San-José, which aims to develop a model for integrating social value as the backbone of public procurement in Spain.

Eva CanteleEva Cantele has five years experience in the promotion and protection of human rights, in NGOs

and international organizations in the Americas and in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. She has worked on the land and territorial rights of indigenous peoples and farmers in Latin America, judgments on crimes against humanity, transitional justice and national memory processes in the Southern Cone, community radio, and community justice. She holds a degree in international public law, a master’s degree in Latin American studies from Sciences Po Grenoble, France and a specialization in international human rights. She is particularly committed to the protection of social and economic rights. She is the General Delegate of SSE International Forum.

Rosa Belen CastroRosa Belen Castro is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the

University Rey Juan Carlos (Spain); she also collaborates with Abay Analistas Económicos in the development of applied techniques for economic analysis. Her research fields include labour economics, gender studies and social economy impact analysis.

Yasy Morales ChacónYasy Morales Chacón is a historian and an ecologist, with master’s degrees in management

of SMEs and social solidarity economy from the International University of Andalucía (Spain) and in Central American Sociology from the University of Costa Rica. She has self-managed associative experience in organizations of social solidarity economy, coordinates the Program for Development of the Social Solidarity Economy, and is a Professor in the School of Sociology of the University of Costa Rica where she teaches subjects related to communal development with communities and organizations of SSE.

Laura CicciarelliLaura currently works for Chantier de l’économie sociale, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

where she is responsible for external partnerships, governmental and international affairs. Prior to working at the Chantier, Laura worked for the International Labour Organization’s Cooperatives unit. In addition to the organization and coordination of the 8th and 9th ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy, she worked on the coordination of various sessions dedicated to SSE and the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 4th World Forum of Local Economic Development. She also worked on the coordination of a development cooperation project on Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems, and ran the secretariat of the UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy during the ILO’s chairmanship of the UNTFSSE.

Alain CoheurAlain Coheur is Interim President of CIRIEC. He studied at the Faculties of Medicine and Social and

Economic Sciences at the University of Liege, where he began his career at the University Hospital. Throughout his career he has held many roles in the world of mutual benefit societies and international development. He has been a member of the bureau of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) and vice-chairman of the Technical Commission on Mutual Benefit Societies since 2004. From 2007 to 2016 he was President of the Belgian Non-Governmental Organisation “Solsoc” and in 2008, elected President of Social Economy Europe (SEE) until 2015. He is currently Vice-President of Social Economy Europe. He has been a member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) since 2015 and co-spokesperson of its Social Economy Category Group. In 2018 he became a member of the Board of directors of CIRIEC (Belgian section and International).

Marco CoscioneMarco Coscione has been dedicated to fair trade for many years, in research, projects and

political advocacy. From December

2013 to June 2017, he coordinated the fundraising and advocacy area of CLAC-Fairtrade, the Latin American Fairtrade Producers’ Network. Since March 2018, he has been coordinating fair trade activities at the International Center for Social and Cooperative Economy of the University of Santiago de Chile (CIESCOOP-USACH). His recent books on fair trade are: “Los beneficios y retos del comercio justo. Los casos de Cosurca (Colombia) y Banelino (República Dominicana)” (published by CEPAL and CLAC-Fairtrade, author); “El aporte del comercio justo al desarrollo sostenible” (published by CEPAL and CLAC-Fairtrade; co-editor with Nanno Mulder); “La CLAC y la defensa del pequeño productor”, and “Comercio Justo en la República Dominicana: café, cacao y banano” (both published by FUNGLODE, author).

Raquel Alquézar CrusellasRaquel Alquézar Crusellas holds a Doctorate in Social

Anthropology from the University of Barcelona and a degree in history from the University of Zaragoza. She is currently linked to the Grup d’Estudis sobre Reciprocitat (GER) of the Universitat de Barcelona and member of the Social Balance Commission of the XES and the Social Commission of Coop57. Her main research interests are SSE and ethical finance. Her thesis can be consulted at: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/399645

Teresa CunhaTeresa Cunha is a Senior Researcher and Professor at the Centre for Social Studies at the

University of Coimbra, Portugal, where she co-coordinates the Epistemologies of the South Research Programme, the Gender Workshop, and the Winter Advanced School “Feminist Ecologies of Knowledges”. Her main research interests are feminist economy, social and solidarity economies, and economies led by women in the global South. She has authored several books and articles in different countries and languages, of which Women InPower Women: Other Economies Engendered and Led by Women form the Non-Imperial South (CLACSO, 2015) is one of her most relevant.

Omar CuraOmar Cura is Auditor in the National General Audit Office of Argentina (AGN) and Professor at

the National University of Luján (UNLU). He holds a master’s in government auditing (UNSAM), a bachelor’s degree in economics (UBA) and a bachelor’s degree in geography (UBA). His current main research interests are environmental management and audit.

Anup Kumar DashAnup Dash is a Development Sociologist, formerly a Professor at Utkal University,

Bhubaneswar, India. His research interests include social and solidarity economy, sustainability, alternative globalization, gender equality, poverty reduction, microfinance, and social impact assessment.

Pascale DelillePascale Delille holds a PhD in Communication and Information Sciences.

She is an Associate Researcher at the Communication and Societies Laboratory at Clermont Auvergne

University, working on SSE and social innovation. She is a Lecturer in solidarity finance, complementary currencies, and responsible public procurement at the UCA and at the University of Rennes 2. Pascale Delille is also Sustainable Development Advisor (Direction du Pilotage de la Transformation de l’AP-HP, Assistance publique–Hôpitaux de Paris), and served as Director of RIPESS-Europe from 2011 to 2013 and of RIUESS (Réseau interuniversitaire francophone sur l’ESS) from 2016 to 2018.

Chiara Aurora DemaldèChiara Aurora Demaldè received her PhD from the Department of Sociology and Social

Research at University Milano-Bicocca with a thesis on food sustainability and critical consumption in urban systems. Afterwards, she focused on food policies and worked for the assessment phase of the Milan Food Policy. She participated in the first census of Community Supported Agriculture in Europe coordinated by Urgenci. In 2017 she worked for the CORES Net project “Bergamo urban hub of biodiversity and agriculture”, led by Professor Forno in collaboration with the local municipality. Besides mapping the green commercial activities in the city, a web portal was created to facilitate access to green consumption channels. She is currently a researcher for the project “Social and Solidarity Economy, Urban Communities and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups” supported by the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS), carried out with partners from the universities of Geneva, Heraklion and Trento; and in collaboration with the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). The project examines how the social and solidarity economy contributes to solidarity, protecting and integrating refugees, migrants, and the unemployed native-born within local communities and into labour markets, and what enabling policy environments are required.

Roberto Di MeglioRoberto Di Meglio is a Senior Specialist at the International Labour Organization in Geneva. He

mainly works on local development and social and solidarity economy. He began his career with the ILO in 1989 working on cooperatives and local development in Argentina, Bolivia, Central America and the Caribbean, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. From 1999 to 2003 he was assigned to ILO Headquarters in Geneva where he coordinated the activities of the Local Economic Development Programme for Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. As LED Specialist in the ILO Office in Chile, from 2003 to 2008, he published several titles and articles on local economic development, supervised technical cooperation programmes and projects and promoted networking with other international organizations, training centres and academic institutions. Prior to his current position, he led a project on the promotion of decent work and social cohesion at the ILO International Training Center in Turin, Italy. He has co-authored and edited several ILO publications, in particular, “Social and Solidarity Economy: building a common understanding” (2010); “Social and Solidarity Economy: Our common road towards Decent Work” (2011); Social and Solidarity Economy: An opportunity to enhance youth employment” (2013); “Social and Solidarity Economy: Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Development (2014). He is co-editor of a web site, the “Collective Brain” .

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Aminata Diop SambAminata Diop Samb is the General Manager of the City of Dakar’s Municipal Development

and Solidarity Fund (FODEM), a refinancing agency for savings and credit mutuals within the municipality designed to finance project carriers who cannot access conventional types of funding. FODEM also supervises the Business Incubator for the Promotion of Employment through Microentreneurship (CEPEM), a body created by the City of Dakar dedicated to providing entrepreneurial training. She is also a member of several women’s associations committed to promoting gender equality - such as the Senegalese Association of Women Jurists - and she is the Vice-President of the Senegalese Association of University Women (ASFDU). As a business lawyer, Aminata Diop Samb holds a master’s degree in business law and a post-graduate diploma (DESS) in banking law, both from University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar. She has also completed several certifying training courses, including on microfinance in Senegal and on development law by the International Organization for Development Law (IDLO) based in Rome, Italy.

Christophe DunandChristophe Dunand is a social entrepreneur, consultant and lecturer. He taught at IHEID and

currently at Hes-So, particularly on social entrepreneurship and the social and solidarity economy. He is the Managing Director of Réalise, a company specializing in training and direct placement. He co-founded the Geneva Chamber of the Social and Solidarity Economy, the first in Switzerland, which brings together pioneers in sustainable economic development. He also co-founded Demain-Geneva, an association mobilizing for the ecological and social transition in the area. He is a Senior Fellow at the international network of social entrepreneurs “Ashoka”.

Unai Villalba-EguiluzUnai Villalba-Eguiluz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics

I of the UPV/EHU (University of the Basque Country), where he researches post-development and Buen Vivir, links between social and solidarity economy and circular economy, and local development and international cooperation. He has published on these subjects in academic journals such as Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios sobre Desarrollo, Ecological Economics, Community Development Journal and Third World Quarterly.

Simel EsimSimel Esim is a political economist, working in social and economic development for the

past 30 years. She has been the Manager of the Cooperatives Unit at the International Labour Office (ILO) in Geneva since 2012. The Unit, which has been in existence since 1920, serves the ILO constituents on issues related to cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy through research, policy advice, training and development cooperation guided by the ILO Recommendation on the Promotion of Cooperatives, 2002 (R.193). From 2004 to 2012, Simel Esim was a Senior Technical Specialist in the ILO’s Regional Office for Arab States. Prior to the ILO, she worked in the International Center for Research on Women in Washington, DC. In

addition to cooperative and social and solidarity economy development, she has experience working on informal economy, labour migration and gender equality issues. Simel Esim also has policy advocacy, research, capacity building, programme management and evaluation experience. She holds a B.A. in political science, an M.A. in International Economics and Middle East Studies and a Ph.D. in Economics with a concentration in gender and development economics. She speaks Turkish and English, has working knowledge of Italian and Arabic, and is a beginner in French.

Jean FabreFormer Deputy-director of the UNDP office in Geneva, and former UNDP head of

communications for Europe, Jean Fabre is an International consultant and the Founder of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of SSE International Forum and a resource person in the UN Task Force on SSE (UNTFSSE). He is also a member of the Forum for Alternative Wealth Indicators (FAIR) as well as Co-initiator of the Nobel Laureates Manifesto against hunger and for development (1981). He is the Co-founder and former head of the Brussels-based international NGO “Food and Disarmament International” whose campaigns contributed to the creation of the one-billion dollars Italian Aid Fund and of the “Survival Law” in Belgium which funded cooperation projects in over 40 countries. In the 1970s he was frequently in Latin America where he collaborated with unions, farmers, indigenous people and human rights and grass-roots movements.

Fulvia FarinelliFulvia Farinelli has worked at UNCTAD since 1998. Her academic background focuses on

issues related to entrepreneurship and SME development, including innovation, business linkages and global value chains. She is currently coordinating a project on Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and a joint UNTCAD/IOM/UNHCR project on Entrepreneurship and Migration. She holds a PhD on Economic and Policy Studies on Innovation and Technical Change from Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Geneviève FontaineWith advanced degrees in economics and social sciences, Geneviève Fontaine is a graduate

researcher at the University of Paris Est Marne la Vallée and a research fellow at the Godin Institute. She was a founder of the Territorial Pole of Economic Cooperation TETRIS (Territorial Ecological Transition through Research and Social Innovation) based in Grasse, France. Her research deals with the contribution of the commons view and of the capability approach to sustainable development.

Ganesh Prasad GautamGanesh Prasad Gautam is currently serving as Assistant Director in Nepal Rastra Bank

(Central Bank of Nepal), Central Office, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal. His main fields of interest are economics of cooperatives, monetary economics and central banking.

Jean-Pierre GirardJean-Pierre Girard is an Associate Researcher, Guy-Bernier Cooperation Chair and Lecturer at

the École des sciences de la gestion/Université du Québec à Montréal. He is currently coordinating the pilot project (presented at the conference) on the extension of cooperative activities to the health sector in Cameroon and Kenya. A recent publication (with Enzo Pezzini) is Les coopératives, une utopie résiliente (Montréal, Fides, 2018). More information can be found at here.

Marco GiugniMarco Giugni is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and International

Relations, and Director of the Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite), at the University of Geneva. His research focuses on social movements and political participation. He is European Editor of Mobilization: An International Quarterly.

Ariel GuarcoAriel Guarco is elected President of the International Cooperative Alliance.

He is a cooperative leader who has undertaken a cooperative movement development process in his country, Argentina, and has built strong bonds with the rest of the cooperative movement in the American continent by becoming Board Member of Cooperatives of the Americas. Trained in the public services cooperative movement, and specially the electric cooperative movement, he has moved along all institutional positions until today, when he holds the Presidency of COOPERAR, apex organization in the Argentine cooperative movement, since 2011. He started in the cooperative movement over 20 years ago in Coronel Pringles Electric Cooperative, his home town, holding different positions until the presidency, which he has held since 2007. In 2008 he was elected President of the Federation of Electricity and Public Services Cooperatives of Buenos Aires Province– FEDECOBA –, a position he still has today. He has been a member of the International Co-operative Alliance’s Global Board since 2013 and was Deputy Vice-President of Cooperatives of the Americas from 2014 to 2018. He is the author of the book “The Argentine Cooperative Movement – A Hopeful Look into the Future”, and a regular speaker at different universities, seminars, conferences and congresses related to the solidary economy sector both in his home country and abroad.

Jutta GutberletJutta Gutberlet is a Professor of Geography at the University of Victoria, Canada, engaging in

community-based participatory action research geared towards a social and environmental justice agenda. She is the author of Urban Recycling Cooperatives: Building Resilient Communities (Routledge, 2016).

Stephen HealyStephen Healy is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western

Sydney University. His research has concentrated on the relationship between economy, subjectivity and the enactment of new modes of life across an array of concerns: health care reform policy, cooperative

and regional development, and the solidarity economy movement. In each instance his abiding concern has been to apply insights from Marxian and psychoanalytic theory to understand the desires, fantasies and anxieties that compose the restive human subject. His current project, with Katherine Gibson and Jenny Cameron, Reconfiguring the Enterprise: Shifting Manufacturing Culture in Australia (DP160101674) is a case study driven approach to reimagining the future of manufacturing in Australia. He is co-author of Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide for Transforming Our Communities (UMP 2013), and has been published (among others) in Antipode, Geoforum, Economic Geography, Gender, Place and Culture, Professional Geographer, New Zealand Geographer, Journal of Political Ecology and Rethinking Marxism. Stephen is a founding member of the Community Economies Research Network (CERN).

Judith HitchmanJudith Hitchman has 45 years of international experience in interpersonal

communication training and participatory management, specializing in managing cultural differences within international networks of sustainable local development as well as global processes. In recent years she has focused on working as a food sovereignty activist, and is currently president of Urgenci, the global Community Supported Agriculture network, a social movement that now represents approximately 2 million people. She has held the mandate as Consumer Constituency representative in the Civil Society Mechanism of the UN Committee for World Food Security and Nutrition. She also represents Urgenci as a Board Member of the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS). Her contributions focus on promoting how food sovereignty and solidarity economy can provide a genuine rights-based alternative to the existing economic paradigm. The core aspects of her recent work have focused on global food policy especially throughout the UN system, and building bridges between food sovereignty, solidarity economy and agroecology, the key pillars of Urgenci’s work.

Malena Victoria HoppMalena Victoria Hopp is a researcher at CONICET-Gino Germani Research Institute of the University

of Buenos Aires and the Cooperation Cultural Center Floreal Gorini. Her main research interests are social policies; social, solidarity and popular economy; and gender and work.

Christophe ItierChristophe Itier is High-Commissioner for Social and Solidarity Economy and Social Innovation

to the Minister of State, Minister for Ecological and Solidary Transition, France. Holder of a master’s degree in economics, Christophe Itier launched his career in the public sector, within regional authorities working on issues related to education and public health. He has also been secretary general of an organization working on social protection. He then joined Deloitte as senior manager to support several associations in health and social sectors. Starting in 2010 and for 7 years, he managed La Sauvegarde du Nord, a medico-social association of 1,500 employees and 200 volunteers, accompanying each year over 34,000

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people experiencing difficulties. Besides, he created an endowment fund of firms’ sponsorship, presided over by Louis Gallois, and became President of Le Mouves (Movement for Social Entrepreneurs). Christophe Itier coordinated the work related to the elaboration of the section on Social and Solidarity Economy of Emmanuel Macron’s presidential program.

Denison JayasooriaDenison Jayasooria (PhD) is Practice Professor for Public Advocacy at the Institute of Ethic Studies,

National University of Malaysia (UKM), Chair of the Asian Economic Solidarity Council (ASEC) and Board member of RIPESS–Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy. He is the Co-Chair of the Malaysian CSO-SDG Alliance.

Patrick KleinPatrick Klein is Social Economy Team Leader at DG GROW – Advanced Technologies, Clusters

and Social Economy Unit—at the European Commission. His main activities focus on launching specific initiatives and projects in order to establish a more relevant ecosystem for the development of social economy enterprises. He also coordinates the European Commission’s expert group “Social Economy and Social Enterprise” which aims to develop public policies in this area. He has previously worked in access to finance from 2002 to 2011 before joining the European Economic and Social Committee from 2011 to 2014. Patrick has experience in the private sector where he was a consultant for Arthur Andersen and Deloitte from 1997 to 2001. He graduated from the College of Europe (Bruges) and from the University of Law and Political Science of Strasbourg.

Aylin Çiğdem KöneAylin Çiğdem Köne is a Professor of Development Economics at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

whose research covers sustainable development and social and solidarity economy. Her recent work has focused on measuring environmental sustainability in terms of air pollution.

Gunes KurtulusGüneş Kurtuluş is pursuing a master’s degree in economics at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman

University, where she is preparing her thesis on the new cooperative movement in Turkey.

Laurence KwarkLaurence Kwark is the Secretary General of the GSEF Secretariat. Prior to joining GSEF, she served

as UN representative for Pax Romana ICMICA in Geneva, where she also had served as the Secretary General for five years. Over her 30 year career, she has devoted herself to improving human rights and social development in many developing countries particularly in Asia and South America. She has worked for many leading organizations including Terre d’avenir, CCFD-Terre Solidaire, Lebret-Irfed Centre and EMPSA. Laurence holds a master’s degree in sociology from EHESS (Ecole des hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris).

Paul LaddPaul Ladd became Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social

Development (UNRISD) in October 2015. Before taking up this position he worked at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), where he was Director of the team supporting consultations and technical inputs for the 2030 Development Agenda and of the UNDP policy team on “inclusive globalization”. Before moving to New York, Paul Ladd was a Policy Adviser on international development for the UK Treasury, Chief Economist and acting Head of Policy with the UK charity Christian Aid, Economic Adviser at the UK Department for International Development, and Financial Adviser with the Central Bank of Guyana.

Claudine LeclercClaudine Leclerc is the Director of SocialCOBizz Association, a non-profit organization dedicated

to cross-sector social-purpose collaborations action-research. A graduate from a French business school, she worked for five years within the social joint venture Log’ins (a collaboration between XPO Logistics and Ares Association), including four years as its Director.

Byung Hoon LeeByung Hoon Lee is Executive Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Programs

at the Hyundai Motor Group. He previously worked for Hyundai Motors Company (HMC) in sales management, marketing strategy, and new media PR. In particular, he worked in the National Branding Committee as an expert member. He has now been in charge of CSR (corporate responsibility team) at Hyundai Motors Group (HMG) since 2011 and he was promoted to Vice President this year.

Eun Sun LeeEun Sun Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Gyeongnam National

University of Science and Technology in the Republic of Korea. Her research interests include social economy, civil society, and governance. She is the author of “Social enterprise, policy entrepreneurs, and the third sector: The case of South Korea” (Voluntas, Vol. 26, No. 4).

Joonhyung LeeJoonhyung Lee has been an elected city councilor of Seoul City since 2018. He is also a

member of the Committee on Planning and Economy where the budget and program on Seoul’s social economy policies are reviewed. He has been actively supporting the social economy sector by taking a role in the Seoul Social Economy Committee and he is a Steering Committee member of the Seoul Cooperative Support Center. Prior to his work at the city council, he worked as a district council member of Gandong District Council in Seoul and an aide of Gangdong district Mayor. He received his master’s degree from Seoul City University majoring in urban science.

Juan Carlos Pérez de MendigurenJuan Carlos Pérez de Mendiguren is an Associate Professor in the

Department of Business Organisation at the UPV/EHU where he conducts research on solidarity economy, social enterprise, post-development, local development and international cooperation. He has published on these subjects in academic journals

such as Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios sobre Desarrollo, Social Enterprise Journal, Economía Mundial and Revesco: Revista de Estudios Cooperativos.

Victor MeseguerVictor Meseguer joined Social Economy Europe, the EU-level representative

organisation for the Social Economy, in October 2014. He holds a BA in Political Science from the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona. In the framework of an ERASMUS exchange, he studied for a year at the King’s College London. Victor holds two master’s degrees: in Corporate Social Responsibility (University of Murcia) and in European Affairs (European Studies Institute, Université Libre of Brussels).

Edison MeserekaEdison Meserkea is Manager for Business Development and Research at Kampala

Capital City Authority, Uganda. With over 17 years of experience of public service, Edison has coordinated numerous teams and assignments relating to public policy, planning and corporate strategy. As Manager Business Development & Research at KCCA, Edison has been part of the team that spearheaded reforms in the City Administration in Kampala which has attracted attention locally and internationally. He has spearheaded the design and implementation of various programmes and projects in the economic landscape in Kampala. He was also the project team leader for the Kampala Climate Change Action Plan. Edison holds a master’s degree in economic policy management and a bachelor’s in commerce from Makerere University. Areas of interest include; development economics, public policy, strategic planning, sustainable urban development, business and organizational development.

Maria MexiMaria Mexi holds a doctorate (DPhil) in politics and international relations and an MPhil

in political theory from the University of Oxford, an MSc in European social policy with distinction from the London School of Economics, and a BA in history with high distinction from the American College of Greece. She currently holds different positions as senior research fellow at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of Geneva, director of the Athens-based think tank DIKTIO – Network for Reform in Greece and Europe, and a research consultant/expert in employment and social policy providing on-site technical assistance and capacity building to national and regional authorities in Europe and abroad. She has completed postdoc research at the University of Geneva, and she has rich experience in developing and managing numerous research and technical assistance (including capacity building) projects in collaboration with universities, international organizations, consulting agencies and NGOs.

Montserrat MiñoMontserrat Miño holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and recently completed a master’s

in social policies (University of Buenos Aires), where she is currently developing her thesis. She works as a researcher in the Department of Cooperativism, Social Economy and

Self-Management at the Cultural Center of Gorini Floreal Cooperation, and is a founding member of the Collective Solidarity Cooperative, a member of the Chair of Management in Social Economy Organizations (Faculty of Social Sciences, UBA). Her research interest is in alternative forms of commercialization and consumption, and a recently published article is “Review practices, promote new realities: Reflexiones sobre la sostenibilidad en la producción y el consumo desde el cooperativismo” in the magazine Idelcoop.

Leandro MoraisLeandro Morais is a Professor and Researcher of the Department of

Economics and Coordinator of the Center for Extension and Research in Solidarity, Creative and Citizenship Economics (NEPESC) of Universidade Estadual Paulista–Araraquara (Brazil). He is a Member of the International Scientific Council of CIRIEC, Representative of Brazil in OIBESCOOP, and Senior Consultant for the ILO in the areas of social and solidarity economy and South-South cooperation.

Adoración MozasAdoración Mozas-Moral is Professor of University, Department of Business Organization, Marketing

and Sociology at the University of Jaén. She holds a doctorate in economic and business sciences and an Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the same university. She has participated in 50 projects/research contracts and is group leader in 14. She has written 18 books, 31 book chapters, 70 scientific articles that have been published in journals of the highest international and national prestige. She has received 9 Research Awards, 1 Teaching Award. She has made 5 stays in foreign centres. She has held many positions related to university management, including Vice-Rector of Students and Labour Insertion. She is currently President of CIRIEC-Spain and Consejera de Número in the Institute of Giennenses Studies.

Ahmad MukhtarAhmad Mukhtar is an economist, focusing on trade and food security, in the Geneva office of

the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). He deals with issues related to WTO and international trade and represents the FAO in Geneva-based international organizations and Member State delegations. He has over 20 years of experience in public, private and international development sectors, working on national and international/multilateral assignments in the areas of international economic and trade policy, commercial diplomacy, bilateral and regional trade issues and implementation of trade and investment policies. Prior to joining the FAO, in August 2015, he worked with UNCTAD, UNDP, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the WTO, Ministry of Commerce Pakistan, Board of Investment Pakistan and with donor projects of USAID and the EU Technical Assistance. He has also led the multilateral negotiations on Domestic Regulations for Trade in Services as Chairman of the WTO Working Party on Domestic Regulations (2010-2011). He has educational and professional qualifications in Economics (M.A and PGD, PhD in-progress), Law (LL.M and LL.B), Public Policy (MPP), Accounting/Finance (FCMA, PFA), and Biotechnology (PGD).

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Reema NanavatyReema Nanavaty has been working with the SEWA for over 35 years expanding

its membership to over 1.5 million members, making it the single largest union of informal sector women workers. Reema facilitated rebuilding lives and livelihoods of 60,000 earthquake affected rural women and 40,000 riot-affected members. She is leading the rehabilitation programs in Afghanistan and in Sri Lanka; providing vocational training in rural livelihood security to war-affected widows. Reema oversees 4,813 self-help groups (SHG), 160 cooperatives and 15 economic federations across India including 16 states, and also in 7 South-Asian countries, focusing on women’s economic empowerment by building women-owned enterprises, building women-led supply chains, introducing modern ICT-based tools and facilitating Green Energy initiatives and livelihoods. Reema is currently a member of the Advisory Council on Gender of the World Bank Group. She was also a member of the International Labour Organization’s High-Level Global Commission on the Future of Work.

Melanie NguyenMelanie Nguyen was a research assistant at CSEND, where she studied corporate

social responsibility and the impact of technology on the future of work. Her experience also includes an internship at the US-ASEAN Business Council in Washington, DC and a three-month project at McKinsey and Company in Hanoi, Viet Nam.

Antonella NoyaAntonella Noya is the Head of the Social Economy and Innovation Unit at the

Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities. She coordinates the work on social economy, social entrepreneurship and social innovation, including a programme of work with the European Commission on social entrepreneurship. Antonella has a background of political sciences with a specialization in legislative drafting and in the economics of territorial development and urban planning. Antonella sits in various international and national scientific and steering committees and advisory boards (including the French National Steering Group on Social Impact Investing). She represents the OECD at the United Nations Inter-Agency Taskforce on Social and Solidarity Economy, and at the GECES (Group of Experts on Social Economy and social enterprises) coordinated by the EC.

Sokeibelemaye NwaucheSokeibelemaye Nwauche is a PhD candidate at the Nelson Mandela

University, South Africa. Her research interests include social policy, community and socio-economic development.

Moussa OumarouMoussa Oumarou is Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships at the ILO.

Originally from Niger, he completed his advanced studies in France where he graduated as Inspector of Technical Studies and Vocational Training. Mr Oumarou occupied positions in teaching and public administration which led him to occupy several

positions of responsibility such as that of Inspector of Technical Studies and Secretary-General of the Ministry of National Education in Niger. He was appointed Minister of Public Services, Labour, Employment and Social Security from 1997 to 1999. He was a member of the Inter-Ministerial Committee responsible for economic and social reforms, and President of several committees instructed to negotiate for the Government with the social partners. Mr Oumarou started working for the ILO in 2001, as a consultant on social dialogue and as coordinator for the promotion of the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work declaration. In 2006, he joined the ILO headquarters where he served as Senior Labour Administration and Inspection Specialist. In 2011 he was appointed Director of the Industrial and Employment Relations Department. He became Director of the Governance and Tripartism Department in 2013 and subsequently Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships on 1 January 2018. His career earned him the decoration of Chevalier des Palmes Académiques and Chevalier de L’Ordre National de Niger.

Ruben Suriñach PadillaRuben Suriñach Padilla has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University

of Girona and a master’s degree in environmental studies, as part of the Ecological Economics and Political Ecology programme. He is currently the coordinator of the Social Balance project developed by Xarxa d’Economia Solidària; he is a cooperative member in the magazine Opciones de Consumo Responsible and author of the book Las Economías Transformadoras de Barcelona (Barcelona City Council and Montaber).

Maria PartalidouMaria Partalidou is an Assistant Professor in the School of Agriculture, Department

of Agricultural Economics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her main research interests include rural sociology, social economy, community-supported agriculture, gender, and local development. A notable recent publication (with Theodosia Anthopoulou) is “Urban allotment gardens during precarious times: From motives to lived experiences” in Sociologia Ruralis (Vol. 57, No. 2, 2017).

Yvon PoirierYvon Poirier studied Political Science at Laval University in Quebec City (Canada). Afterwards,

he was a college teacher for 29 years until his retirement in 1997. During those years, he was involved in unions at the local, regional and provincial level. He was also involved in many social movements and organizations working in revitalization of poorer neighborhoods, community economic development, international solidarity, and cooperatives. After his departure from teaching, he became more involved in networking, from the local to the global. He has participated in many World Social Forums, and from 2003 to 2013 he co-edited an International Newsletter on Sustainable Local Development. He is Secretary of the Board of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNET) and is its international representative. His most significant international involvement has been in the Intercontinental Network for

the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS) since 2004. He has participated in many RIPESS conferences in different continents, and since October 2013 is a member of the RIPESS Board of directors. He is presently RIPESS Vice-coordinator. He has represented RIPESS at the UN Inter-Agency Taskforce on SSE since 2014. He has had close ties with ASSEFA since 2002.

Smita RamnarainSmita Ramnarain is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Rhode

Island. Her research focuses on the political economy of development in South Asia, specifically the gender dimensions of post-conflict reconstruction, peacebuilding and development; feminization of poverty and female headship; microfinance; and environmental adaptation and resource conflicts. She has carried out field research in Nepal and India for these projects. Her work has been published in diverse and interdisciplinary fora such as Feminist Economics, Gender Place & Culture, and Community Development Journal, and in edited volumes. Smita Ramnarian is also interested in mixed methods research, and has recently contributed to an edited collection, the Handbook of Research Methods in Heterodox Economics.

Maliha SafriMaliha Safri is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Drew

University in Madison, New Jersey. Her published work is in the field of political economy and has appeared in Signs, Antipode, Geoforum, Organization, The Middle East Journal, and many edited book collections, including Making Other Worlds Possible; Knowledge, Class, and Economics. Recent research focusing on the economic geography of social and solidarity economies was supported with a set of collaborative National Science Foundation grants. Maliha Safri has also volunteered in the domain of economic literacy for 18 years with community-based organizations, worker centres, and labour organizations and unions.

Gabriel Salathé-BeaulieuGabriel Salathé-Beaulieu joined UNRISD in January 2019 as a

Research Analyst. He assists Senior Research Coordinator Ilcheong Yi in the Social Dimensions of sustainable Development Programme. He studied Economics, Politics (B.A. Université Laval 2014) and Public Administration (M.A. Carleton University 2016) in Québec, London, Ottawa and Paris. Before working for UNRISD, he worked for the Quebec government’s social economy team for a year and with Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS), in Montreal, for three years. His main interests include public policies supporting social and solidarity economy, social finance, social innovation, evaluation and social impact measurement. Some of his work can be consulted online here (in French).

Gianluca SalvatoriGianluca Salvatori is Secretary General at the European Research Institute on Cooperatives

and Social Enterprises (Euricse), a research foundation promoted by the University of Trento, Italy. Secretary General of the Fondazione Italia

Sociale, a national fund established by the Italian Government for the development of social and solidarity economy. 2009-2014, founder and president of Progetto Manifattura (a company established by the regional government of Trento with the mission of re-developing an old industrial site to host an “innovation hub” on green and clean technologies). 2003-2008, Commissioner of the Autonomous Province of Trento in charge of research, innovation and local development. 1993-2003, manager of an Italian leading research centre focused on high-tech sectors (Bruno Kessler Foundation). Other: European Commission, member of the Expert Group on Social Economy and Social Enterprise; Dynamo Academy, Scientific Director; OECD Trento Centre on Local Development, Chair of the Advisory Board; University of Essex - School of Entrepreneurship and Business, Senior Enterprise Fellow; International Summit of Cooperatives (Quebec), Member of the Program Committee; Festival of Economics – Trento, Co-founder; ITPAR, Indian-Trento Programme for Advanced Research, Co-chair.

Raymond SanerRaymond Saner, titular professor at Basel University and Director of Diplomacy Dialogue,

Geneva, researches alternative economic futures for intergenerational social housing and cooperative trade. He co-organized the first ever panel on trade and cooperatives at the fifth global review of Aid-for-Trade together with ICA and ILO-Coop in 2015.

Jürgen SchwettmannJürgen Schwettmann, a German national, has extensive experience in international

development cooperation, co-operative development, the social and solidarity economy, and rural development, and in policies aiming at formalizing the informal economy. As a retired senior official of the International Labour Organization (ILO) he currently works as an independent consultant for various multilateral and bilateral development cooperation agencies, including the ILO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Prior to his current function, he worked for 27 years at the ILO, holding different positions, including Director of the Partnerships and Development Cooperation Department, Deputy Regional Director for Africa, Director of the ILO Office for East Africa, Chief of the ILO Co-operative Branch, and Regional Advisor on Co-operatives for Eastern, Southern and Central Africa. Before joining the ILO, Jürgen Schwettmann worked as rural finance advisor for the German technical assistance agency GIZ in Cameroon, and as management advisor to several coffee-marketing cooperatives in Cameroon. He holds degrees in banking, business administration and software engineering, and is fluent in German, English and French.

Yichen ShenYichen Shen obtained her master’s degree in environmental studies from the School for

Resource and Environmental Studies (SRES), Dalhousie University. Her academic research and professional interests are in the exploration of innovative approaches to organizational sustainability, especially for socially oriented businesses in local contexts. The work she is presenting at the conference, on the role of cooperatives

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in facilitating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals based on an experience from Nova Scotia, is based on her master’s thesis, which was supported by Dalhousie University, Canadian Co-operative Association, Government of Nova Scotia, Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada, and the Committee on Co-operative Research (CCR) of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA).

Ana SilvaAna Silva holds a PhD in Business Administration, and is currently working as a post-doctorate fellow

at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali, Colombia. She is a member of the Board of Directors of CIRIEC. Her latest publication was on the economic, social and environmental factors of solidarity organizations.

Vanêssa Pereira SimonVanêssa Pereira Simon is a Substitute Professor in the public governance course of the State

University of Santa Catarina (UDESC / CESFI), Brazil, and a researcher associated with the Laboratory of Social Innovation and Sustainability (LISS). She holds degrees in Social Communication (Emphasis in Public Relations) from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and in Administration from Estácio de Sá University; a master’s degree in administration from the State University of Santa Catarina; and a PhD in administration from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, where she is a researcher associated with the Research, Organizational, Rationality and Development (ORD) programme. Her main areas of interest and experience are in organizational studies; social and solidarity economy, and gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Ingo StammIngo Stamm is working as a postdoctoral researcher in the social science department of

the Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. Currently he is part of a research project funded by the Finnish Academy that examines the ecosocial transformation of society and the role of social work and social policy.

Jennifer SumnerJennifer Sumner is a Lecturer in the Adult Education and Community Development Program

of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Her main research interests focus on food and food systems, sustainability, the social economy and rural communities, and she is co-editor of Critical Perspectives in Food Studies (Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2017).

Jodie ThorpeJodie Thorpe is a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies where she leads a

research cluster working on business, markets and the state. She is an expert on the economic inclusion of marginalized women and men.

Vic Van VuurenMr Vic Van Vuuren is the Director of the Enterprise Department at the ILO, Geneva. The Enterprise

Department promotes Decent Work by supporting sustainable enterprises and strengthening the institutions

and governance systems which nurture enterprises. As Director of the Department, Mr van Vuuren oversees a large portfolio of programs that aim to create decent work in supply chains. Mr van Vuuren joined the ILO in 2009 as the Director of the ILO Decent Work Team for Southern and Eastern Africa. Prior to joining the ILO, he was the Chief Operations Officer at Business Unity South Africa and representative for business at the South African Economic, Development and Labour Council (Nedlac). In this capacity he was also an employer member of the ILO Governing Body.

Valentina VerzeValentina Verze joined ILO COOP in 2018 as a Junior Professional Officer on Social and

Solidarity Economy and the Future of Work. Her main areas of work include a range of SSE-related issues, such as: elaboration of research on cooperatives and other SSE enterprises; identification, design, implementation and monitoring of development cooperation projects; development of capacity building tools and strategies; and networking with ILO constituents and other partners in the field of SSE and future of work. Between 2014 and 2018, Ms Verze worked as a manager of development and international cooperation projects in the Mediterranean and the Middle East regions focusing mainly on local economic development, women’s empowerment and refugees’ rights. She holds a joint master’s degree in social economy from the University of Bologna in Italy and Reims Management School in France.

Ester VidalEster Vidal has 24 years of experience in economic management, organization and

strategy for social economy and solidarity companies. She has been the Director of Services for the Cooperative, Social and Solidarity Economy of Barcelona City Council since March 2016. During this time, the service has been promoted and structured to develop new socio-economic development policies in the areas of: promotion of the social and solidarity economy, economy of care, responsible consumption and a more sustainable food model. After graduating in business management and administration, she worked for more than 20 years accompanying entities in the social and solidarity economy in the development of projects, particularly providing economic, strategic and organizational advice. Her specialization is in development of management models with high participation of the members of the organization. She also has multiple experiences as a trainer in different aspects of the cooperative enterprise such as: legal framework of the cooperative, the cooperative of associated work, analysis of financial statements in cooperatives, accounting for cooperatives, responsibilities and functions of the governing bodies, cooperative social management.

Elayne Whyte GómezElayne Whyte is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,

Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations and to Other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland. Having initially worked as a Diplomat and Policy Advisor

to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, she was then appointed Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship from 2000 to 2002. In parallel, Ms. Whyte also held regional positions as Pro Tempore President for both the Central American Security Commission and the regional Conference on Migration. She then worked for several years for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the ILO, among others. She then became Chief of Staff at the office of the Minister of Foreign affairs in San José from 2009 to 2010. In 2010, Ms. Whyte Gómez was nominated Executive Director of the Mesoamerican Project for Integration and Development in San Salvador, El Salvador; a position she held until her current appointment in 2014 As Ambassador, Ms. Whyte Gómez has also held leading positions in the consolidation of disarmament, promotion of peace and respect for international humanitarian law. Elayne Whyte Gómez also has more than 10 years academic experience as a researcher and Professor at the School of International Affairs and the Institute of Latin American Studies at the National University of Costa Rica, from 1995 to 2008, and she is the author of a series of academic publications. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international affairs from Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica (Summa Cum Laude) and a master’s degree in international policy studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, United States.

Ilcheong YiIlcheong Yi is a Senior Research Coordinator in the Social Policy and Development

Programme and in the Social Dimensions of Sustainable Development Programme at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). He joined UNRISD in October 2008. Born in the Republic of Korea, he was trained as a political scientist (B.A. and M.A. from the Department of Political Science, Seoul National University) and as a social policy analyst (D.Phil from Oxford University). His specialization is in the issues of poverty, social policy, labour policy, social economy, and historical analysis of the economic and social development process. Prior to joining UNRISD, Ilcheong Yi was Associate Professor at Kyushu University, Japan (2004-2008), Korea Foundation Visiting Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia (2003-2004), and Visiting Research Fellow at the Stein Rokkan Centre, University of Bergen, Norway (2002-2003). He has fulfilled a number of consultant, field researcher and project development roles for international and national organizations including the ILO, UNRISD, JBIC and KOICA.

Lichia YiuLichia Yiu, E.D. is President of CSEND, Geneva, an ECOSOC accredited NGO, and

Director of its Research Department. She studies the organizational growth challenges of cooperatives, and has recently authored “A literature analysis of organisational growth challenges of cooperatives and their potential contribution to developing countries’ development: An assessment and suggestions for future research” (2017).

Vera Negri ZamagniVera Negri Zamagni is a Professor of Economic History at the University of Bologna and an

Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe of the Johns Hopkins University. Her publications cover reconstruction of historical national income estimates, regional disequilibria, state intervention, business history, the cooperative movement, European integration, role of the family in society, with special reference to Italy. Among her latest publications are An Economic History of Europe since 1700 (Agenda Pub., 2017) and The Italian Economy (Agenda Pub., 2018).

About the UNTFSSE

The UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (TFSSE) aims to raise the visibility of debates about Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) within the UN system and beyond. The members and observers of the Task Force have committed to undertake collaborative activities to:

• enhance the recognition of the role of SSE enterprises and organizations in sustainable development;

• promote knowledge of SSE and consolidate SSE networks;• support the establishment of an enabling institutional and policy

environment for SSE;• ensure coordination of international efforts, and create and

strengthen partnerships.• The work of the Task Force takes the form of joint initiatives among

members: producing reports and briefs, organizing events related to SSE in connection with relevant UN processes and conferences, and creating partnerships and dialogues with governmental and civil society entities.

Members of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (TFSSE) include UN agencies and the OECD

ECLACESCWAFAOILOOECDTDRUNAIDSUNCTADUNDESAUNDP

UNECEUN EnvironmentUNESCOUNHCRUNIDOUN-NGLSUNRISDUN WomenWHOWFP

Observers of the UN SSE Task Force

CITIESCSENDEESCEMESFMDVGSEFICA

MedESSSSE International ForumSocial Economy EuropeRIPESSCIRIEC

SSE Knowledge Hub for the SDGs

The SSE Knowledge Hub for the SDGs is an initiative of the UNTFSSE, with UNRISD serving as the implementing organization. Its main purpose is to enhance awareness of and contribute to the body of knowledge on SSE as a means of implementation for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and

its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The aims of the platform are to synthesize existing knowledge, evidence and information; supplement these with value-added research and analysis; and foster innovative approaches and inclusive dialogue among policy makers and practitioners of SSE in both developed and developing countries.

Access the platform at www.unsse.org/knowledge-hub