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Realizing that disconnected silo-based efforts cannot effectively address these interrelated conditions on their own, innovators within the community development field have increasingly experimented with a different approach that speaks to…
This toolkit outlines a range of policies and practices through which politicians, citizens, community and civic groups, charitable foundations, unions, and businesses are endeavoring to sustain community and civic assets…
This guide is a reference tool on the social economy. It was designed for people developing educational activities on the social economy to provide them with reference materials and tools…
This special issue of the journal Canadian Public Policy explores current ways in which partnerships between government and social economy can strengthen communities. The articles reflect the wide variety of…
A primary goal of this report is provide a broader overview of larger questions of value chain finance—such as how various kind of capital (philanthropic, government, private) can work together…
Public interest in cooperatives has surged since the global financial crisis, as people cry out for an alternative to business-as-usual. In spite of their many benefits for individuals, businesses, and…
This paper looks at how the social and solidarity economy (SSE) discourse has been deployed at a regional level by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and Southern American…
COPAC has been engaged in building cooperatives and promoting alternative models of local development for over ten years. This guide is a result of these years of grassroots practice and…
This research began with an aspiration and a thesis. The aspiration is to create a robust social enterprise sector in Manitoba, especially in Winnipeg. The thesis is that other jurisdictions…
This report is the outcome of a comprehensive research process that includes interviews with 97 social enterprise and community economic development (CED) practitioners and five focus groups. The interviewed practitioners…
This issue of Beyond 2015 examines sustainable development opportunities through the social and solidarity economy. Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) is an approach to development that addresses the structural causes of…
In 2010/2011, the Foundation for Rural Living (FRL) partnered with Eko Nomos and C Lang Consulting to deliver the Rural Social Enterprise Project (RSEP). Over 150 rural non-profits and social…
