Local and Territorial Development Plans and the Social and Solidarity Economy

This entry explains the relationship between local and territorial development plans and programmes, and SSE, particularly the contribution of well-crafted, comprehensive and adaptive development plans and programmes to SSE. It introduces national or subnational development plans and programmes featuring SSE as a core element to achieve defined social, economic and environmental goals; and SSE-specific development plans and programmes that focus on developing the SSE and SSE ecosystem. The entry also introduces cases from developed and developing countries where SSE actors co-construct local and territorial development plans and programmes, as well as good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation of local and territorial development plans for SSE.