The Commission for Social Development will convene its sixty-third session from 10 to 14 February 2025. On 13 February 2025, a multistakeholder forum will be held from 15.00 to 16.30 to focus on “Promoting Solidarity and Social Cohesion through Cooperatives, the Social and Solidarity Economy as a path for achieving the SDGs”.
The Forum will discuss country experiences in developing the social and solidarity economy and observing the International Year of Cooperatives by addressing questions such as: How important is having specific legal frameworks for the growth of the social and solidarity economy? What actions have been taken to develop comprehensive, internationally comparable statistics on the social and solidarity economy? How are the social and solidarity economy acknowledged in education curricula, capacity-building and research initiatives? How are social and solidarity economy actors involved in national policymaking processes? How can the Second World Summit for Social Development promote the role of the social and solidarity economy?
Panellists are invited to structure their 8-minute presentations around solutions and strategies for addressing gaps in the implementation of the 1995 Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and its Programme of Action and the 2030 Agenda, with a view towards shaping a new consensus for the Second World Summit for Social Development to safeguard progress in the long run.
The outcome of the discussion will be reflected in the Chair’s summary as part of the inputs from the Commission for Social Development to ECOSOC’s high-level segment, the 2025 High-Level Political Forum and the Second World Summit for Social Development.
More information and link to connect to the live streaming will be available soon. Download the concept note below:
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