COOP Champions

John Bliek, Enterprises Specialist at ILO Office for the Andean Countries

18 April 2019

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.

Event

Technical Meeting to Promote an Exchange of Views on the Further Development and Implementation of the Integrated Strategy to Address Decent Work Deficits in the Tobacco Sector

Safety and health in agriculture

Serbia ratifies the Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 (No. 184)

29 March 2019

Serbia becomes the 17th country to ratify this convention.

News

Strengthening cooperatives in Jordan to improve livelihoods and advance decent work for Jordanian workers and Syrian refugees

28 March 2019

Drawing on the earlier work and pilot interventions, the ILO will further strengthen cooperatives in Jordan within the framework of a new Dutch-funded project on advancing decent work for Jordanian workers and Syrian refugees in the agriculture sector.

News

Towards building a coherent strategy of cooperative development in the Andean Region

27 March 2019

The ILO has been engaging with cooperatives and rural producers’ organizations in the Andean Region with a view to developing a coherent strategy on cooperative development for decent work in selected countries.

ILO 100 on the International Women's Day

ILO continue to engage more women in its project activities in Timor-Leste

14 March 2019

The 2019 International Women’s Day celebration in Timor-Leste coincided with the ILO's celebration of its 100th anniversary of advancing social justice and promoting decent work.

Video

ILO’s Employment Intensive Investment Programs in Timor-Leste promoting gender equality and women's empowerment

11 March 2019

Currently in Timor-Leste, the ILO is implementing two Employment Intensive Investment Programs, with the overall goal of promoting social and economic benefits from improved road access for women and men in rural Timor-Leste.

ILO 100 on the International Women's Day

Seminar for International Women’s Day 2019: Think equal, build smart and innovate for change

Each year International Women’s Day (IWD) creates an opportunity to explore new ways of removing barriers and accelerating progress for gender equality.

News

Sri Lanka’s first ever ‘eco-recommended’ fisheries

27 February 2019

With the support of the ILO Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) project funded by the Australian government, two blue swimming crab fisheries in Sri Lanka become the country’s first ever ‘eco-recommended’ fisheries. The five-year collaborative efforts involved the local seafood industry, government agencies and fishery cooperatives.

News

A youth cooperative launched to develop the honey value chain in northwestern Tunisia

26 February 2019