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The Regroupement économique et social du Sud-Ouest (RESO) is a community economic development corporation working for the economic and social revitalization of districts in Montreal’s Sud-Ouest.
{{CDEC
|president=M. Gilles Paquette (Collège Syndicats)
|postalcode=H3K 1G6
|director-general=M. Pierre Morrissette (poste 229)
|address1=1751, rue Richardson, bureau 6509
|web=www.resomtl.com
|telephone=Tél. : 514-931-5737 • Téléc. : 514-931-4317
|serves=Southwest Montreal
|city=Montréal
|employees=50
|started=1985
}}


[[is a::CDEC]]


[[Category:Montreal social organization]]
== Details ==
 
Departments: Services to businesses and organizations (including Social Economy enterprises), Employability
services (job seeking and training assistance for unemployed adults), and a Youth job centre.
 
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)
 
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== Transformed by Community Economic Development summary ==
 
Southwest Montréal - from an [[industrial centre]] to poverty. [[PEP]] and RESO successful [[intervention]] through [[citizen engagement]] of socio-economic partners - organization must be composed of [[elected]] representatives of different sectors of the community (four from business, four from [[community organizations]], two union [[leaders]], two associate members known for their influence. Board grew to include local institutions, residence and elected municipal officials), committees and forums, AGM;
[[Collaboration]] supporting key [[community projects]], [[economic]], employment and [[recreational]] [[tourism]] plans; [[employment support]] and [[advice]] to [[entrepreneurs]],
[[maintained]] [[industrial zoning]], [[networking]] between businesses, workshops for training, secondary
school for adults developed with [[industry]], [[unions]] and [[literacy]] organizations.  [[Unemployment]] in the SW still exceeds [[Montréal]] average, but decreased by 5%.
 
Issues of: A partnership, or [[farming out]] government work?
Political and [[financial]] autonomy.
 
* http://library.athabascau.ca/drr/redirect.php?id=29557 - "Transformed by community economic development"
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