We Love Reading participated in “How can the International Recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy help achieve the SDGs through social and inclusive innovation?” event organized by the UN.
The objective of the event is to raise awareness on the positive development impact of the social and solidarity economy, that can help localize the SDGs and render the recovery more inclusive, resilient and sustainable using experiences shared by Member States and civil society.
The Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) encompasses enterprises, organizations and other entities that are engaged in economic, social, and environmental activities to serve the collective and/or general interest, which are based on the principles of voluntary cooperation and mutual aid, democratic and/or participatory governance, autonomy and independence, and the primacy of people and social purpose over capital in the distribution and use of surpluses and/or profits as well as assets.
Prof. Rana Dajani said: “Social entrepreneurs are the core and critical component of the Social and Solidarity Economy because the produce a quality outreaching of services to the last mile the poorest of the poor. We can get there and we can give them the best services, and because government want to foster the citizenship and the sense of belonging that makes everything easier if people feel they belong and that’s what social entrepreneurs do when they develop solutions they foster that feeling of belonging agency, ownership, and intrinsic motivation that allows the people themselves to identify their own solutions that are more sustainable, cost effective and keep going event after the governments change ”
In July 2019 the International Pact for Impact Alliance was established in Paris, bringing together more than 30 countries under the leadership of France around the Social and Solidarity Economy and Inclusive Economy. On 4 March 2022 the Alliance launched a call for mobilization around a draft UN resolution on SSE for sustainable development. Throughout 2022, the Alliance worked with a working group of interested States from all continents on the technical aspects of such a resolution. The resulting text is a basis for future exchanges by member States at the UN in New York, where such a resolution should be tabled, negotiated and adopted.
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