COOP Champions

Özge Berber-Agtaş, ILO Office for Turkey in Ankara

06 July 2017

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.

News

ILO COOP eNewsUpdate No. 1, February 2017

14 February 2017

The ILO Cooperatives Unit launched its eNewsletter on 1 July 2016, this electronic newsletter replaces the previous paper version. The newsletter includes articles on various events, projects, training and meetings related to the work of the ILO and Cooperatives.

News

A passion, mission - organizing waste pickers.

21 December 2016

During “The Potential of Cooperatives & the Role of Waste Pickers in the Recycling Sector” workshop in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December 2016, ILO COOP spoke to Manuel Mateu an Engineer from the Movement of Excluded Workers (MTE) in Argentina, about his work as an organiser of waste pickers.

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The dreams and reality of a waste picker

21 December 2016

During “The Potential of Cooperatives & the Role of Waste Pickers in the Recycling Sector” workshop in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December 2016, ILO COOP spoke to Fehmi Celikok, a waste picker from Turkey, about his life as a waste picker

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Step forward for waste pickers in Turkey

21 December 2016

A workshop “Understanding the Role of Waste Pickers and their Cooperatives in Waste Management and Recycling”, organized by the ILO and the Ministry of Customs and Trade was held in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December.

News

ILO COOP NewsUpdate Issue No. 3

06 September 2016

Spotlight on Cooperatives

Turkey’s first youth-led social cooperative

02 September 2016

Youth Deal Cooperative from Turkey is the first cooperative featured in this new series.

Cooperatives

Meetings and field visits in Ankara, Şanlıurfa and Harran to support Syrians and local communities through cooperatives

15 August 2016

Cooperatives

ILO workshop highlights importance of cooperatives in creation of decent jobs for waste pickers

11 August 2016

International Year of Cooperatives

Healing pharmacies

12 November 2012

As the International Year of Cooperatives draws to an end, ILO News looks at how cooperatives in Turkey offer customers easier and safer access to medicines.