By Rafael Chaves Ávila , president of the Scientific Commission of CIRIEC-Spain, member of the EU Expert Group on Social Economy and Social Enterprises (GECES)
"For their common mission to provide effective responses to major global problems, such as inequality and the climate crisis, and for their governmental mission to solve the economic and social problems of their territories and their citizens, especially the most vulnerable, all the countries of the planet have, since last April, a first-rate regulatory reference that legitimises and gives concrete form to a new public policy, the social economy policy."
The social economy sector, represented in Europe by Social Economy Europe (SEE), has expressed its "great satisfaction" with the adoption of the resolution 'Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development' by the UN General Assembly. For the president of SEE, Juan Antonio Pedreño, this resolution "is an important milestone for the social economy, as it places it at the centre of the international scene, reinforcing once again its importance in providing economic solutions with a posi