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Labels fortheSocial Economy Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Labels for the SocialEconomy This work is published under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD and the President of the EuropeanCommission. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views ofthe Member countries of the OECD or of the European Union. This document was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can inno way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union. The names of countries and territories and maps used in this joint publication follow the practice of the OECD. This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty overany territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. ISBN 978-92-64-97432-6 (print)ISBN 978-92-64-93603-4 (PDF)ISBN 978-92-64-70121-2 (HTML) Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED)ISSN 1990-1100 (print)ISSN 1990-1097 (online) European UnionISBN 978-92-68-31426-5 (PDF)Catalogue number: KE-01-25-217-EN-N Photo credits:Cover © Daniel Balakov/Getty Images Plus. Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found at: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/support/corrigenda.html.© OECD/European Union, 2025 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. By using this work, you accept to be bound by the terms of this licence(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Attribution– you must cite the work.Translations– you must cite the original work, identify changes to the original and add the following text:In the event of any discrepancy between the original work and thetranslation, only the text of the original work should be considered valid.Adaptations– you must cite the original work and add the following text:This is an adaptation of an original work by the OECD and the European Union. The opinions expressed andarguments employed in this adaptation should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD, its Member countries or of the European Union.Third-party material– the licence does not apply to third-party material in the work. If using such material, you are responsible for obtaining permission from the third party and forany claims of infringement.You must not use the OECD’s or European Commission’s respective logo, visual identity or cover image without express permission or suggest the OECD or European Commissionendorse your use of the work.Any dispute arising under this licence shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Arbitration Rules 2012. The seat of arbitration shallbe Paris (France). The number of arbitrators shall be one. Preface The social economy has gained prominence inEU andOECD countries as a driver of job creation(accounting for 6.3% of the EU workforce)and economic activity with social impact.Over the past decade,ithas been increasingly recognised as a major contributor to economic development, employment,entrepreneurship, social inclusion, thegreen and digitaltransition, democratic participation and communityresilienceat both the national and subnational levels.This momentum is growing worldwide, withalmostallEU andOECD countrieshavingadopted at least one law, policy, strategy or plan to recognise,promoteand harness the potential of thesocial economy. Social economy organisationsarepioneersand vehiclesfor social innovation,often developingnew waysto combineeconomicand social valuethat later become mainstream.Examples of this includeethicalfinance,organic food movementsand circular economy practices, all of which were spearheaded by thesocial economy. However, despite their significant contributions, social economy entities often struggle with visibility,funding, recognitionand scaling. Their hybrid models, which typically have social aims, sometimescombined with environmental objectives, can fall between the cracks of conventional regulatory andsupport systems, particularly for entities with market-based approaches and activities. Recognising its strategic importance, the European Union and the OECD have been working closelytogether to create an environment that can further strengthen the impact of the social economy. Thisincludes efforts to develop and reinforce legal frameworks, adopt robust approaches to social impactmeasurement, improve access to markets and finance and build sector-specific expertise to integrate thesocial economy more effectively into mainstream economic and social policies. In addition, the EuropeanUnion adopted the Action Plan on the Social Economy in 2021 and the Council recommendation ondevelopingsocial economy framework conditions in 2023,and,in 2022 the OECD adopted theRecommendation on the Social and Solidarity Econom