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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Aylin Çiğdem Köne, Professor of Development Economics, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....

New challenges, new opportunities

The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. There is probably no worker or business in the world that has not been affected. The latest ILO estimates show that working hour losses have worsened during the first...

Syria: IV Brussels Conference

Statement by the ILO Director-General to the Brussels IV Conference supporting Syria and the region

“Let us focus on building back better with a human-centred approach with and for refugees and their host communities,” ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has said to the Brussels IV Conference on supporting the future of Syria and the region, convened...

ILO COOP participates in Open Innovation Campus session on health cooperatives and the pandemic

Roundtable on Compliance with International Labour Standards by EU and EAEU Member-States in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

On May 15, the application of international labour standards (ILS) by EU and EAEU Member-States within the context of the COVID pandemic was discussed during a round table of le-gal academics, practitioners and a representative of the International...

ILO publishes infographics on the labour market situation of Syrian workers in Turkey

Based on data from the TURKSTAT Household Labour Force Survey from 2017, the infographics present numbers and characteristics of the Syrian labour force in Turkey.

Social dialogue and the Future of Work

Enhancing social partners’ and social dialogue’s roles in a changing world of work

A new report by the ILO in cooperation with the European Commission looks at how the social partners in European countries are adapting to sweeping changes in the world of work.

ILO and TURKSTAT Sign Cooperation Protocol to Reduce Gender Pay Gap in Turkey

The Cooperation Protocol aims to calculate gender pay gap and take steps to reduce accordingly, and contribute to ultimately achieving gender equality and improving decent work conditions for women

The National Technical Team, Who Prepared Turkey’s first-ever Action Plan on Women's Employment, Holds Its First Meeting for Effective...

The National Technical Team (NTT) held its first meeting on 14 January 2020 in Ankara in the Phase II of the project to effectively monitor and ensure implementation of Turkey’s first-ever Action Plan focusing on women’s employment, created in the...

ILO Office for Turkey Releases a Book on 100 Years of ILO-Turkey Relations

Director Özcan: “Telling the story of 100 years of Turkish relations with ILO, the longest-standing organisation of our present international system, the book is a valuable work that casts light on an important but not well known process through...

SADA Women’s Cooperative in Turkey was selected as one of the 10 projects for scaling up by the Paris Peace Forum

The cooperative was formed by women from host and refugee communities to undertake collective income generation activities with the support of the ILO. The cooperative was selected as one of ten projects to be scaled up and mentored by the Paris...

ILO COOP sends a message of support for a Local Workshop of Young European Cooperators’ Network

ILO kicks off a project on social and solidarity economy policies in Asia

An official of ILO COOP participated in a kick-off meeting of the ILO project on strengthening the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in Asia, held in conjunction with the annual conference of the Asian Solidarity Economy Council (ASEC), Asian hub...

“Social Compliance” booklets which were prepared in cooperation with ILO Office for Turkey and İstanbul Apparel Exporters’ Association...

SADA Women’s Cooperative at Antalya Festival of Women’s Cooperatives

SADA Women’s Cooperative supported under the Project “Strengthening the Resilience of Syrian Women and Girls” being implemented by UN Women with ILO and ASAM as implementing partners participated in the 2nd Festival of Women’s Cooperatives organised...

Gaziantep University and SADA Women’s Cooperative Holds Joint Workshop

The Shoe-upping Workshop of SADA Women’s Cooperative supported under the Project “Strengthening the Resilience of Syrian Women and Girls” being implemented by UN Women with ILO and ASAM as implementing partners held a 5-day workshop with instructors...

SADA Women’s Cooperative in Turkey selected for the Paris Peace Forum

Roll-out of Think.Coop continues in Turkey, now also extending to rural areas

ILO’s Think.Coop training tool has been rolled out in Turkey by Youth Deal Cooperative - Turkey’s first youth-led social cooperative that aims to provide sustainable employment solutions for disadvantaged groups including youth.

SADA Women Development and Solidarity Centre Completes the Sixth Round of Seminars

The seminars on rights at work and fundamental rights in Turkey were held on 17-25 June 2019 in the GESOB Events Hall with the participation of beneficiaries who completed the basic life skills and occupational training courses in the SADA Women...

Lessons learned from the ILO’s Refugee Response Programme in Turkey - Supporting livelihood opportunities for refugees and host communities

This report examines lessons learned in the ILO Turkey’s Refugee Response Programme, which supports mainly Syrian refugees, but also includes non-Syrian refugees, and host communities.