News, stories and statements on cooperatives

  1. News

    ILO Americas participates at the XXII Virtual Regional Conference of Cooperatives of the Americas, November 5, 2021

    15 November 2021

  2. News

    The ILO undertakes activities supporting the development of cooperatives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

    09 November 2021

    A Cooperative Support Programme (CSP) in the OPT is launched with support from the Italian Government

  3. News

    The ILO holds launch event for its project on the development of cooperatives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

    09 November 2021

    The launch will take place on November 24, 2021 to highlight the project activities and to improve coordination and communication between partners.

  4. News

    ILO COOP/SSE discusses WIEGO report on enabling social protection in the informal economy through worker-led schemes in Africa

    09 November 2021

    The SNI and WIEGO research report on "Enabling social protection within the informal economy: Lessons from worker-led schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo" financed by OSF was launched at a webinar jointly organized with StreetNet International on November 4, 2021.

  5. News

    ILO sheds light upon the role of cooperatives in the elimination of child labour at the Academy on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

    29 October 2021

    The two sessions organized in the framework of the Academy provided insights of the ILO’s work with cooperatives toward the elimination of child labour and presented practical cases of cooperatives that take action to combat child labour.

  6. News

    ILO country briefs from the Social and Solidarity Economy project in Asia

    28 October 2021

  7. Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

    Sung Ho Kim, International Cooperation Department, KFCC

    28 October 2021

    “Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with cooperative and wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy makers, researchers and practitioners from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work. On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Sung Ho Kim from the International Cooperation Department at KFCC.

  8. News

    At a WIPO programme, the ILO shares how the cooperative model can be used by indigenous women entrepreneurs

    27 October 2021

    ILO contributed to the second edition of the WIPO Program for Indigenous and Local Community Women Entrepreneurs that took place in October 2021.

  9. News

    The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in GSEF2021

    26 October 2021

    The leadership and staff of ILO contributed to a number of sessions at GSEF2021.

  10. News

    The UNTFSSE organized a session as part of the 8th EMES conference on statistics

    25 October 2021

    The UNTFSSE session discussed opportunities and challenges around statistics concerning the SSE.