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This hybrid event organised by CEPES with the support of the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Economy will address the initiatives to be taken by Member States - such as Spain - to assure a successful implementation of the Social Economy Action Plan at national level.

CEPES welcomes the adoption by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) of a Resolution and a Recommendation, respectively, to promote the social economy at the international level in coordination with the governments of its member countries. The ILO Resolution, which addresses the role of the Social Economy in promoting decent work, was adopted during the plenary session of the International Labour Conference in which representatives of the 187 governments that compose it participated together with representatives of trade unions and employers. The OECD Recommendation was adopted by the Council of Ministers of its 34 Member States, and calls on countries to develop ecosystems favourable to the social economy through the design of enabling legal frameworks and to facilitate access to finance;

The Intergroup on Social Economy of the European Parliament, in a telematic meeting held yesterday before more than 400 personalities from the community institutions, from the Member States and from the entities of the Social Economy, places the European Action Plan for the Social Economy as a pillar of social and economic reconstruction after the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

On 28 June, the European Economic and Social Committee (CEPES) hosted the 2nd European Day of Social Economy in Brussels, bringing together senior officials from the European Institutions and Member States. They all called on the European Commission to include in its 2018 Work Plan the launch of a European Action Plan for the Social Economy.