In order to illus­trate what the social and sol­i­dar­i­ty econ­o­my (SSE) is, the Chantier de l’é­conomie sociale, in part­ner­ship with the Cen­tre de la fran­coph­o­nie des Amériques, has devel­oped two capsules.

The cel­e­bra­tion of Social and Sol­i­dar­i­ty Econ­o­my Month makes it pos­si­ble to reflect the Que­bec real­i­ty in this area. From the man­u­fac­tur­ing sec­tor to infor­ma­tion tech­nol­o­gy, media and agri-food, Que­bec’s social econ­o­my is divid­ed into 20 dif­fer­ent eco­nom­ic sec­tors. There are 7,000 busi­ness­es, coop­er­a­tives and NPOs that account for more than 150,000 jobs. The social econ­o­my in Que­bec gen­er­ates more than 17 bil­lion dol­lars annu­al­ly, which is equiv­a­lent to almost 8% of the GDP of the province of Quebec*.

* Social econ­o­my work­shop, Novem­ber 13, 2013

Also avail­able with Span­ish subtitles:
“¿ Qué es la economía social?” :
“The impact of the social econ­o­my”:

Thematics : Social economy