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The French Territorial Clusters of Economic Cooperation (TCECs) are emerging forms of cooperation between social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations, public authorities, and private for-profit companies, all based in the same geographical area. The South Aquitaine TCEC aims at integrating the issue of labor market intermediation within a broader project aiming at giving an SSE footprint to local development. This article reviews the sociohistorical, political, and economic process of formation of this system of stakeholders, before examining its effects on the local labor market and its ecosystemic dimension.