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COOP Champions

Charles Bodwell, Enterprise Development Specialist at ILO DWT Bangkok

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...

Training of trainers workshop on cooperative development conducted towards promoting a sustainable vanilla sector in Madagascar

Eight trainers were trained on ILO’s tools and methodologies on cooperative development with a view to tapping into the potential of cooperatives to promote decent work in the vanilla value chain.

ILO launches new tools in Bolivia to promote cooperativism

Local authorities and specialists from social organizations in La Paz were trained on Think.Coop and Start.Coop training methodologies with a view to providing better job opportunities for rural and informal economy workers.

Training of Trainers Workshop on Think.Coop, Start.Coop and My.Coop conducted in the Central African Republic

My.Coop – Building capacity of cooperatives towards involving Syrian refugees and Jordanian farmers in agricultural value chains

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package was adapted to the Jordanian context and rolled out with cooperatives in northern Jordan to improve their capacities to help Syrian refugees and Jordanian farmers participate in...

SCORE

Swiss high-level delegation visits wood processing company

The delegation with representatives from the Swiss Government, employers and workers’ organizations visited Tien Hung Furniture Co., a Binh Duong-based wood processing company which has sucessfully participated in SCORE Training.

The first roll-out of My.Coop in the Northern Province of Zambia

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package has been translated into Bemba and rolled out for the first time in the Northern Province of Zambia.

Labour market

Cooperation with Switzerland in labour market policies and up-skilling to help VN gain more and better jobs

The agenda of labour market policy and up-skilling is becoming more important than ever as Viet Nam is entering a new era of deeper international integration.

Forced and child labour

Major progress on forced labour and child labour in Uzbekistan cotton fields

International Labour Organization monitors say that forced labour during the cotton harvest in Uzbekistan has been significantly reduced. As in previous years child labour is no longer a concern.

Think.COOP introduced nationally for Cambodian agriculture cooperatives

The national consultation workshop on Think.COOP was organized on the 7th and 8th of November 2018 in Phnom Penh, with participants from all of Cambodia’s 25 provinces and a municipality.

Project launch

Clear Cotton project seeks halt to child labour in West Africa and Pakistan

Four-year project co-funded by the EU kicks off with workshop participants vowing to make cotton production sustainable.

ILO’s participation in the 17th National Cooperative Congress in Colombia

ILO participated in the 17th National Cooperative Congress in Cartagena, Colombia, to share ILO’s cooperative development initiatives in the world of work.

Promoting decent work opportunities for youth in rural areas of SADC countries

Governments, employers and workers from SADC countries agree to enhance decent work for women and youth in rural areas by promoting inclusive pro-employment policies.

ILO Head for Africa on official visit to Rwanda

The Regional Director for Africa, Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon will undertake a working visit from 20- 21 August 2018 to Kigali, Rwanda to take part in the International Conference on Youth Employment in the agricultural sector and strengthen...

Employment Promotion

Lao PDR explores linkages between rural employment and climate change

ILO training workshop highlights climate change challenge to long-term prospects and planning for increased rural employment in Lao PDR

Advancing decent work in the rural economy through cooperatives in post-conflict Northern Province in Sri Lanka

ILO participates in the African cooperative development conference

ILO participated in a conference on advancing African cooperatives’ contributions to the 2030 Agenda with a focus on achieving SDG2.

My.Coop training organized for skills development of vulnerable youth in Haiti

My.Coop – Training on agricultural cooperative management was organized in Haiti within the framework of a Norwegian-funded ILO project on addressing education and skills gaps for vulnerable youth.

My.Coop roll-out trajectory in Myanmar

A first training of trainers on My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative was conducted in Myanmar after the translation and adaptation of the modules to Burmese context.

My.Coop adapted in Rwanda with sugar cane farmers

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package gets another adaptation in Rwanda.