News, stories and statements on cooperatives

  1. News

    ILO contributes a message on cooperatives at the Urban and Rural Development Week of EXPO2020 Dubai

    09 November 2020

  2. News

    On the occasion of ILO COOP Centennial, APCE presents a selection of 12 articles that have shaped our understanding of cooperatives and wider social and solidarity economy

    06 November 2020

  3. Article

    Supporting the cooperative movement in Jordan

    04 November 2020

    Steering Committee for the Jordan Cooperative Development Strategy holds meeting with ILO to discuss strategy development and way forward.

  4. Article

    ILO COOP/SSE Chiefs across time

    03 November 2020

    This page provides bibliographies of the chiefs and heads of the ILO's Cooperatives Unit since its establishment in 1920.

  5. News

    ILO COOP eNews - October issue

    30 October 2020

  6. News

    The ILO chaired a session on civil and public initiatives to consolidate the SSE at the GSEF Global Virtual Forum

    29 October 2020

  7. ILO COOP 100 Interview

    ILO COOP 100 Interview with Colombia Pérez Muñoz, Director of the Institute of Social Economy and Co-operativism INDESCO - Cooperative University of Colombia

    28 October 2020

    Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). The interviews reflect on their experience and contributions in the past and shares their thoughts on the future of cooperatives and the SSE in a changing world of work.

  8. News

    ILO COOP 100 Symposium will be held on 16-17 November 2020

    27 October 2020

    To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its Cooperatives Unit (COOP), the ILO is bringing together policy makers, researchers and practitioners working with cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) for a two-day international symposium.

  9. News

    A joint initiative of the UNTFSSE and SOCIOECO: online archive on social and solidarity economy (SSE) laws

    27 October 2020

    In a joint initiative with the UNTFSSE, Socioeco.org, the virtual library on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) was updated with additional frameworks laws and related to SSE.

  10. News

    The ILO Participates in a session on Gender and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) at the GSEF Global Virtual Forum

    27 October 2020

    Representatives from ILO COOP and ILO Pretoria participated and presented at a session on women in SSE institutions that took place on October 20 as part of the GSEF Global Virtual Forum