Social and Solidarity Economy (Sse): Definition, Actors, Regulations

 

The Social and Solidarity Economy brings together all the economic structures whose status, organization, functioning, and activity are based on the principles of solidarity, equity, and social utility. The main the objective of these structures is to promote job creation with a view to integration and/or reintegration, as well as greater social cohesion.

Mainly constituted as associations, mutual societies, cooperatives or foundations, SSE companies adopt participatory and democratic management and decision-making systems, with strict supervision of the use of financial results (no personal profit, reinvestment of profits).

Subject to approval, they have access, in part of their resources, to dedicated public funding.

Social and Solidarity Economy Actors (SSE)

The development of the SSE and its support depend essentially on its recognition by the public authorities (from the highest political authorities to local decision-makers) and by the economic world as a whole. The various actors of the Social and Solidarity Economy have therefore gradually structured themselves in such a way as to work in complementarity to defend and promote the values of the SSE and encourage its funding through the establishment of both public and private partnerships.

In France, among the most representative organizations, we can cite:

             The National Council of Regional Chambers of Social Economy (CNCRES)

             The associative movement

             Coop FR (cooperatives)

             The Movement of Social Entrepreneurs (Moves)

             The National Federation of French Mutuality (FNMF)

             The Movement for the Solidarity Economy (MEE)

             The Federation of integration enterprises ...

Note that in 2012, a minister delegate was appointed to take charge of specific issues of the Social and Solidarity Economy and Consumption.

The economic weight of the SSE (Social and Solidarity Economy)

As part of its Europe 2020 Strategy, the European Union is developing a series of measures in favor of SSE, both for reasons of economic growth and social cohesion. The relative weight of the SSE in the economy as a whole is indeed increasingly significant (see our article: “The social and solidarity economy in full growth”). For France alone, the 2015 figures are as follows:

             2.37 million employees

             221,325 structures labeled ESS

             10.5% of total employment

             13.9% of private jobs

             15% of female employment

             + 25% of employees since 2000

             600,000 positions available by 2020 (creation and replacement of retirees)

Social and Solidarity Economy: regulations

SSE was the subject in France of Lawn ° 2014-856, promulgated in July 2014 and completed in September 2016. This law is intended to set and consolidate the rules and governance of the Social and Solidarity Economy, as well as its financing methods. In particular, it opens up the ESS to structures with the commercial status that opt for its principles and integrate objectives of social utility.

The law also provides for an updated approval system called ESUS (Solidarity Company of Social Utility). This approval is necessary to obtain a certain number of dedicated supports and funding.

Social and solidarity economy (SSE): examples and companies

Find examples, approaches and businesses of the social and solidarity economy here.

The social and solidarity economy: a new entrepreneurial model serving the general interest?

The social and solidarity economy being in full development, arouses the interest of many companies. Social entrepreneurship and social intrapreneurship are now among the issues most questioned by companies. Cooperation between SSE and traditional economy tuition is increasing and diversifying, to the point that some see SSE as the emergence of a new model of entrepreneurship, capable of permanently changing the way in which companies (including the largest) are doing business.

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