'STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SOLIDARITY ECONOMY POLICY IN ASIA - CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP' ENDS TOMORROW

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 (Bernama) -- The ‘Strengthening Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) Policy in Asia - Capacity Building Workshop' is being held from March 29 to 31.

It is co-hosted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL), Republic of Korea, and the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency.

According to a statement, the workshop involves 38 professionals including government insiders and social entrepreneurs from China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Korea.

It is a part of the ‘Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia’ Project conducted through a joint agreement on Sept 5, 2019 between the ILO and the MOEL.

ILO focused on the role and importance of decent job creation and SSE and signed a joint agreement with the MOEL, Korea.

The project continues from 2019 to 2021, consists of mapping (comparative) studies of six Asian countries, an international academic conference, and capacity building workshop.

The programme is for understanding the challenges of post-COVID-19 SSE by policy practices and cases in Asia particularly about the COVID-19, informal economy, and rural areas, boosting the stakeholder capacity and building a network.

Particularly, the workshop invites the policy stakeholders in the Philippines, where a national level of policy amendment is ongoing regarding the SSE. It is anticipated to be meaningful to develop the Asia SSE by sharing Korea's experiences.

-- BERNAMA