On the occasion of the municipal elections of March 2020, RTES offers a MunicipalSSE kit for future municipal and inter-municipal teams wishing to support the Social and Solidarity Economy. It was presented on January 22nd on the occasion of the RTES Board of Directors meeting. A total of twenty sheets will gradually be published by the RTES, dealing with the levers available to the municipal block and fields of activity. This action carried out by the RTES is part of a collegial approach with the actors of SSE France and the SSE Lab, “No municipal elections without SSE”.
The MunicipalSSE kit aims to provide tools for future teams:
- What is SSE? Why support it locally? What are the links with the competences of the communal unit? What are the first keys for the implementation of a structured voluntary policy?
- What can be the principles and mechanisms of communes and inter-communalities to support the development of SSE (knowing and mobilizing the actors of your territory, public procurement, access to land, SCIC, co-construction and evaluation, territorial animation, transversality, resources that can be mobilized by local authorities…)?
- How to illustrate very specifically the way in which the different thematic public policies can integrate SSE (mobility, food and agriculture, urban policy, waste, business revitalisation, digital, youth, culture & sport, silver economy, …).
THE COLLEGIAL APPROACH LED BY THE RTES WITH SSE FRANCE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE SSE LAB, TO HELP PROMOTE THE SOLUTIONS PROVIDED BY SSE.
The joint press release states:
“The upcoming municipal elections must make it possible to respond to the democratic, social and environmental emergencies raised by citizens in recent years. The Social and Solidarity-based Economy (SSE) is a solid response and must be strengthened at all levels. …
Local authorities have an essential role to play in providing incentives and support with a global vision, and in their role as regional leaders. This can take the form of the co-construction of multi-year plans to act transversally within the local authorities but also in conjunction with the inter-municipal and regional levels.
We are convinced that action can be taken here and now. Everyone of us in our networks is making proposals that concern citizens, elected officials, economic players, researchers, etc. Together, we invite you to consult our various advocacy materials in view of the municipal elections and to get involved with us. Let’s network, at different levels, to bring together the transitions in the territories! “
Article written by the RTES team
