News, stories and statements on cooperatives
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ILO contributes a message on cooperatives at the Urban and Rural Development Week of EXPO2020 Dubai
09 November 2020
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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
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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.
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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.
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ILO COOP eNews - October issue
30 October 2020
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The ILO chaired a session on civil and public initiatives to consolidate the SSE at the GSEF Global Virtual Forum
29 October 2020
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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