News, stories and statements on cooperatives
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ILO’s new training package on “The role of cooperatives in eliminating Child Labour” is now available
01 July 2021
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Validation workshops underway for study on trade union and cooperative partnerships in the informal economy
01 July 2021
A series of validation workshops are underway for the assessment on ‘Organizing workers in the informal economy of selected African and Latin American countries: The potential of trade union and cooperative partnerships’.
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ILO COOP/SSE participates in a webinar on women’s collective entrepreneurship
01 July 2021
The webinar, organized by SEWA, IMAGO Global Grassroots and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations focused on women’s collective enterprises and building an enterprises support system.
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The International Cooperative Alliance and the ILO organize a webinar to mark the World Day against Child Labour
30 June 2021
The awareness raising training package on “The role of cooperatives in eliminating Child Labour” was also launched during the webinar on June 9, 2021.
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ILC Daily Show features questions and answers on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy
30 June 2021
During the 2021 International Labour Conference, the ILO hosted a virtual Daily show, which featured questions and answers on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy on June 17, 2021.
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ILO COOP/SSE participates in the first Robert Owen Academy Annual Lecture
30 June 2021
The first Robert Owen Academy Annual Lecture on “Post pandemic community - regeneration through co-operative multi agency partnerships” took place virtually on June 12, 2021.
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Members and observers of the United Nations Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) co-organized a session at the Vth World Forum on Local Economic Development
29 June 2021
UNDP, GSEF, UNRISD, ILO, and the UNTFSSE held virtually a session on “Integrated territorial systems for Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE): building a framework for analysis and planning’’ on 1 June 2021
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The PAJESS project participates in a session of the Vth World Forum on Local Economic Development
29 June 2021
Mr. Tarek Mahjoub, Regional Director of Vocational Training and Employment at the Ariana Governorate in Tunisia shared the experience of the PAJESS project during the session "Integrated territorial systems for the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE): building a framework for analysis and planning".
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ILO COOP/SSE participates in Annual Summit organized by the Cooperative Bank of South Sudan
29 June 2021
The Summit organized by the Cooperative Bank of South Sudan took place on 17 June 2021 bringing government officials, representatives from donor organizations, NGOs, international development partners, cooperative societies as well as youth.
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The ILO participates in a UN Expert Group Meeting on cooperatives and the COVID19 pandemic
29 June 2021
The first ever virtual Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on “The Role of Cooperatives in Economic and Social Development: Recover Better from the COVID19 Pandemic” took place on June 2-4, 2021.