Promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy for Sustainable Development

A/RES/79/213View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18k Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development, published in 2024.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2023–2024

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/213	Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development	1,616	81%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/281	Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development	1,338	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

3 entities

(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited
Subprogramme 2	Inclusive social development	59
Subprogramme 9	Poverty and socioeconomic policy	7
Subprogramme 2	Trade, investment and innovation	9

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

3 entities

(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
Subprogramme 2	Inclusive social development	59	—
Subprogramme 9	Poverty and socioeconomic policy	7	—
Subprogramme 2	Trade, investment and innovation	9	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2026

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/288	Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/79/213

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Economic Development Social Development Solidarity Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Encourages Member States to promote and implement national, local and regional strategies, policies and programmes for supporting and enhancing the social and solidarity economy as a possible model for sustainable economic and social development, taking into account national circumstances, plans and priorities by, inter alia, developing specific legal frameworks for the social and solidarity economy, where appropriate, which consider the needs of its workers and entities, making visible, where feasible, the contribution of the social and solidarity economy in the compilation of national statistics and providing fiscal and public procurement incentives, acknowledging the social and solidarity economy in education curricula and capacity-building and research initiatives and reinforcing entrepreneurship and business support, including by facilitating access for social and solidarity economy entities to financial services and funding, and capacity-building, and encourages the participation of social and solidarity economy actors, including through consultative dialogue, in the policymaking process and policy implementation;

Also encourages Member States to cooperate, through relevant settings within and outside the United Nations, to support the exchange of replicable good practices and lessons learned in support of the social and solidarity economy, including through South-South and triangular cooperation initiatives and regional networks, and support the creation of decent jobs;

Further encourages Member States to consider how the social and solidarity economy could contribute to and feature in relevant upcoming multilateral processes, such as the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, the “World Social Summit” under the title “the Second World Summit for Social Development” and the second International Year of Cooperatives in 2025;

Encourages relevant entities of the United Nations development system, including United Nations country teams, to mainstream the social and solidarity economy as part of their planning and programming instruments, including by enhancing research, statistics, knowledge management and capacity-building, particularly the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, so as to provide support to States, upon their request and in accordance with their mandates and to identify, formulate, implement and assess coherent and enabling policy measures and frameworks for developing the social and solidarity economy as a tool for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and in this regard acknowledges the work of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy;

Encourages multilateral, international and regional financial institutions and development banks to support the social and solidarity economy, including through existing and new financial instruments and mechanisms adapted to all stages of development;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report, within existing resources, in collaboration with the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy, on the implementation of the present resolution, taking into consideration the contribution of the social and solidarity economy to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and an inclusive, job-rich, resilient and sustainable recovery, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-first session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development”.

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