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ILO COOP/SSE contributes a video message to a side event at the HLPF organized by the ICA on resilience of cooperatives in times of crisis
21 July 2020
ILO’s Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Unit Manager, Ms Simel Esim, contributed a video message to a virtual side-event organized by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) at the High Level Political Forum on 16 July 2020.
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ILO trains Ghanaian businesses on business digitization and e-commerce
20 July 2020
In an attempt to circumvent the odds of COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Ghana Project educates SMEs on business digitalization and e-commerce. This initiative is aimed at equipping SMEs with the knowledge and the drive to design and promote their businesses in the digital space.
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Expression of Interest – External Collaborator to Consolidate Technical Inputs and Knowledge Generated under the Initiative for Labour Migration, Employment and Reintegration in Nigeria and Ghana into a Handbook on Maximizing the Contribution of Labour Migration to Development
20 July 2020
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Request for Proposal - Consultancy for an assessment of financial and non-financial service providers in Nigeria
20 July 2020
Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains in Africa (ACCEL Africa) is a Dutch-funded regional project with particular focus on the specific supply chains, namely Cacao, Coffee, Cotton, Gold and Tea. ACCEL Project seeks to support the improvement of the national legislations and policies to better address child labour. In addition, cooperate with governments, social partners, local farmers, communities, industries, and international buyers to institutionalize innovative solutions that address child labour root causes.
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COVID-19 and the world of work
Jump-starting a green recovery with more and better jobs, healthy and resilient societies
16 July 2020
As economies restart, there is an opportunity to develop public and private policies to address the current climate change crisis gradually and foster the transition to a green economy. The reconstruction of the economic fabric should lay the foundations for environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive production and consumption as we move into the future.
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Expression of Interest - Sustaining Peace and Improving Social Cohesion through the Promotion of Rural Employment Opportunities for Youth in Conflict-Prone areas.
15 July 2020
Consultancy for a needs assessment for strengthening social cohesion & peacebuilding through cooperative development
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Green Economy and COVID19
The green economy is crucial to the COVID-19 recovery process’
15 July 2020
At the UN High Level Political Forum event on the Green Economy and COVID19 recovery, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder states that "we must address now the existential challenges of climate change and environmental sustainability." The ILO will play its part in building back better and greener.
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The UNTFSSE virtual event: “What role for the Social and Solidarity Economy in the post COVID-19 crisis recovery?”
14 July 2020
Speakers from UNTFSSE member organizations reflected on roles of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in a “better recovery” from COVID-19.
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ILO COOP 100 Interview
Mr Akira KURIMOTO, Chair of the ICA-AP Research Committee and former Professor at the Institute for Solidarity-based Society at Hosei University, Japan
13 July 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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Publication
Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises and the Post- COVID-19 Rapid Response
07 July 2020
The brief provides guidance to policymakers on how to address reform priorities in the medium- to long-term and reconfigure their policy settings toward a more resilient and robust economy driven by sustainable micro, small and medium enterprises and more productive and decent employment.