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08/26/2026

Organic Law of Popular and Solidarity Economy

Original names of the law: Ley Orgánica de Economía Popular y Solidaria

Year: 2011

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Work & Workplace rights

Description

The Organic Law of the Popular and Solidarity Economy regulates organizations and economic activities based on solidarity, cooperation, and social inclusion, promoting equitable and sustainable development in Ecuador.

Selected provisions
Article 3 - Purpose

The purpose of this Law is: a) To recognize, promote and strengthen the Popular and Solidarity Economy and the Popular and Solidarity Financial Sector in their exercise and relationship with other sectors of the economy and with the State; b) To enhance the practices of the popular and solidarity economy that are developed in the communes, communities, towns and nationalities, and in their productive economic units to achieve Sumak Kawsay; c) To establish a common legal framework for the natural and legal persons that make up the Popular and Solidarity Economy and the Popular and Solidarity Financial Sector; d) To establish the regime of rights, obligations and benefits of the persons and organizations subject to this law; and, e) To establish the public institution that will exercise the leadership, regulation, control, promotion and support. "Objeto.- La presente Ley tiene por objeto: a) Reconocer, fomentar y fortalecer la Economía Popular y Solidaria y el Sector Financiero Popular y Solidario en su ejercicio y relación con los demás sectores de la economía y con el Estado; b) Potenciar las prácticas de la economía popular y solidaria que se desarrollan en las comunas, comunidades, pueblos y nacionalidades, y en sus unidades económicas productivas para alcanzar el Sumak Kawsay; c) Establecer un marco jurídico común para las personas naturales y jurídicas que integran la Economía Popular y Solidaria y del Sector Financiero Popular y Solidario; d) Instituir el régimen de derechos, obligaciones y beneficios de las personas y organizaciones sujetas a esta ley; y, e) Establecer la institucionalidad pública que ejercerá la rectoría, regulación, control, fomento y acompañamiento.
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