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Jeun'ess in numbers: 2023 retrospective

Four Modules on the SSE are now available in Portuguese and Russian

In 2023, ITCILO Turin developed two modules for an online open access awareness-raising package on social and solidarity economy (SSE) for the UNTFSSE. With financial support provided to the ILO by the Government of Luxembourg, these modules were...

ILO joins discussion on cooperative economy and cooperatives in Viet Nam

The ILO Country Office for Viet Nam participated in the annual Cooperative Economy and Cooperatives Forum 2024, highlighting the role of cooperatives in contributing to the transition to the formal economy and expanding social protection to advance...

ILO supports the transformation of the Cooperative Sector in Kenya

Between January 22 – 31, 2024 the ILO worked with key Government departments along with the Cooperatives University of Kenya, and Cooperatives Alliance of Kenya, to finalize the drafting of the Kenya Cooperative Transformation Strategy.

ILO participates in the Framework Conference of the Ibero-American Network for the Promotion of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

This network, driven by Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain and Portugal, aims to consolidate a regional group that promotes the SSE.

ILO joins a regional network meeting on the social and solidarity economy in Asia and the Pacific

The regional conference showcased the landscape of social and solidarity economy actors contributing towards the Sustainable Development Goals and strengthened the regional network on the social and solidarity economy in Asia-Pacific region.

Research workshop on Cooperatives for a Sustainable Transformation in Africa held in Kenya

Workshop on cooperatives for a sustainable transformation in Africa takes place in Nairobi, launching a collaborative research initiative.

ILO hosts meeting aimed at developing robust cooperative sector in Suriname

Key concepts based on internationally renowned approaches.

COOPERATIVE IS BEAUTIFUL: The rise of cooperatives as a tool for formalising the informal sector in Senegal

The cooperative, in the spotlight of the Senegalese economy, is becoming an essential instrument for formalising players in the informal economy.

The ILO contributes to the Roots of Resilience Conference that took place in Kerala

IT For Change and the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC) held the 'Roots of Resilience - Building Platform Cooperatives for Sustainable and Feminist Local Economies' conference from 30 November to 2 December 2023 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala....

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Matthew Epperson, Business Director, Savvy Co-op

“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)....

ILO-led training builds business capacity of 30 agro-cooperatives in Suriname and leads to discussions with Government on national plan

Programme designed through collaboration with FAO under Suriname Agriculture Market Access Project.

ILO shares highlights on statistics of cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy from the 21st ICLS

At the December 14, 2023 webinar on statistics concerning cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy, the ILO shared highlights from the 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians with 80 participants.

UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) holds its 46th virtual meeting

On 13 December 2023, the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) organized its final meeting of the year. This was the 46th regular meeting of the Task Force since it was established in 2013.

ILO’s policy dialogue reveals potential to promote the social and solidarity economy in Thailand

The ILO convened a policy dialogue on the social and solidarity economy’s contribution to decent work and sustainable development on December 15, 2023. The meeting provided an opportunity to review the workplan for the study on the Social and...

Understanding the contribution of the social and solidarity economy to sustainable development in Mongolia

On November 30, 2023 participants at the Mongolian Entrepreneurship Conference 2023 explored ways that social and solidarity economy entities in Mongolia can contribute to decent work and Sustainable Development Goals.

Portraits from PROSPECTS - Visualizing change in host and refugee communities

Depicting stories of host and refugee individuals with improved self-reliance and resilience, an exhibition led by ILO PROSPECTS programme at the colonnade of ILO Headquarters will underpin ILO’s approaches promoting inclusive socio-economic growth...

ILO holds discussion on research findings on the social and solidarity economy in Kyrgyzstan

The workshop was held in hybrid format, in Bishkek and online, to review and validate the findings of the study on the Social and Solidarity Economy in Kyrgyzstan.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Leire Mugerza Garate, President of the Mondragon Congress and Eroski's Governing Council President, Basque Country, Spain

“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)....

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Julie Chartrand-Beauregard, Strategic Advisor and Executive Assistant, Directorate of Collective Entrepreneurship at the Ministry of...

“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)....