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Sector based assemblies: Manufacturing Enterprises; [[Services and New Economy businesses]]; Retailers and Self-Employed Persons; Financial institutions; Unions; Social economy enterprises; Community organizations; [[Health and education institutions]]; Cultural organizations; and Participants in RESO activities.

RESO (Regroupement economique et social du Sud-Ouest) was the first CDEC.

http://www.lescdec.qc.ca/data/downloads/Fev_07_socialeconomy.pdf - Social economy and local development in Montréal (Morrisette)