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  1. News

    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.

  2. Article

    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.

  3. Document

    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

  4. Document

    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.

  5. 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.

  6. Document

    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

  7. 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.

  8. News

    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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.