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The 3 rd Academy on SSE Agadir, 8 April 2013 Roberto Di Meglio , ILO

The Social and Solidarity Economy and Decent work. The 3 rd Academy on SSE Agadir, 8 April 2013 Roberto Di Meglio , ILO. Content. Decent Work: a definition Social and Solidarity Economy: principles, actors and data Youth Employment and Decent Work: data

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The 3 rd Academy on SSE Agadir, 8 April 2013 Roberto Di Meglio , ILO

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  1. The Social and Solidarity Economy and Decent work The 3rdAcademy on SSEAgadir, 8 April 2013Roberto Di Meglio, ILO

  2. Content • Decent Work: a definition • Social and Solidarity Economy: principles, actors and data • Youth Employment and Decent Work: data • Youth Employment through Social and Solidarity Economy

  3. What is meant by Decent Work? “Decent work sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives. It involves opportunities for work that are productive and deliver a fair income, security in the workplace and social protection for families, better prospects for personal development and social integration, freedom for people to express their concerns, organize and participate in the decisions that affect their lives and equality of opportunity and treatment for all women and men.” “

  4. Four Pillars Rights at work, in particular the fundamental principles and rights at work; Employment, livelihoods and income; Social security and working conditions; Social dialogue between governments, workers and employers

  5. Declaration on Social Justice for a fair Globalization (2008) “Convinced that in a world of growing interdependence and complexity and the internationalization of production: (...) productive, profitable and sustainable enterprises, together with a strong social economy and a viable public sector, are critical to sustainable economic development and employment opportunities”

  6. The Social and Solidarity Economy: many different terms….

  7. … but commoncharacteristics • Social Economy entities differ from other forms of enterprises • and social organizations in that they:

  8. Five Families

  9. Clicker questions Ten Facts on Social and Solidarity Economy

  10. Worldwide, there are 750.000 cooperative societies with one billion individual member-households and • 10 million employees • 100 million employees • 500 million employees

  11. The OECD estimates that • 5% • 10% • 25% of the citizens of the European Union are directly related to the Social Economy, be it as producers or as consumers, savers, tenants, insured, students or volunteers

  12. Micro health insurance schemes: in French speaking Africa, some 336 schemes with • 71.000 • 1.7 million • 5.7 million beneficiaries have been established.

  13. At the European level, the SSE represents approximately 3 % 6 % 8 % of total employment

  14. Tenfacts on Social and SolidarityEconomy 1 2 3 4 5

  15. Tenfacts on Social and SolidarityEconomy 6 7 8 9 10

  16. Social economy and Decent Work Social economy organizations and enterprises can create Decent Work; Social economy enterprises and organizations can make existing work more decent.

  17. Clicker questions Ten Facts on the youth employment crisis

  18. 10 % 20 % 40 % of the world’s unemployed are young people

  19. On average, young people are nearly • Two • Three • Four times more likely to be unemployed than adults

  20. Young women face • more • less • similar difficulties than young man

  21. Young people are • more prone to unemployment and under employment • more prone to unemployment, under employment and informality • more prone to unemployment, under employment, informality and discouragement than other groups

  22. Ten facts on the youth employment crisis 1 2 3 4 5

  23. Ten facts on the youth employment crisis 6 7 8 9 10

  24. DecentWorkDeficits • Work in the informal economy is often characterized by • small or undefined workplaces • unsafe and unhealthy working conditions • low levels of skills and productivity • low or irregular incomes • long working hours • lack of access to information, markets, finance, training and technology.

  25. Informal Economy and Decent Work “To promote decent work, it is necessary to eliminate the negative aspects of informality while at the same time ensuring that opportunities for livelihood and entrepreneurship are not destroyed, and promoting the protection and incorporation of workers and economic units in the informal economy into the mainstream economy” Conclusions concerning decent work and the informal economy, 90th Session of the ILC, June 2002

  26. The Social Economy as a Bridge

  27. OUR “COLLECTIVE BRAIN” ON SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY WWW.ITCILO.ORG/SOCIALECONOMY

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