All news: cooperatives

Think.Coop and Start.Coop adaptations to the groundnut supply chain, developed by ILO PROSPECTS in Sudan, are available in Arabic now

Digital Technology: A Game Changer in the Fight Against Child Labour in Uganda's Agriculture Sector

To support the design of financial services coupled with non-financial productive and welfare services in selected agricultural supply chains. The project integrates child-sensitive measures in financial services to reduce the risk of child labour...

ILO strengthens cooperation with Korean partners on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy

The ILO mission sought further opportunities to work together with the Korean government institutions, universities and cooperative partners.

COPAC members meet with UN DESA taking over the rotating chair responsibilities

Representatives from UN DESA, ILO, FAO, UNRISD and the ICA participated in the meeting that took place in hybrid format in Brussels and online on March 21, 2023.

ILO COOP meets with the African Union delegation to discuss collaboration on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy

The meeting took place on March 15, 2023 at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva with the participation of ILO Cooperatives Unit and African Union Commission representatives from the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and...

42nd Regular Meeting of The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)

The 42nd UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on 7 March 2023. It brought together around 30 participants from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, ECLAC, UNDP, UNDESA, UNCTAD and OECD) and eleven observer organizations (Catalyst2030, CIRIEC, CSEND, EMES,...

Enterprise formalization

Promoting enterprise formalization in Malaysia through community-based training for local MSMEs

The ILO initiated workshops for MSMEs in Sarawak Province, Malaysia in collaboration with the Kuching South City Council using ILO's Community Based Enterprise Development (C-BED) training tools.

ILO DG Houngbo provides a video message for the opening session of the OECD conference on the Social and Solidarity Economy

The OECD event on “Inclusion, innovation and inspiration: Shaping our future with the social and solidarity economy” took place on March 20-21, in person in Paris and online.

ILO organizes orientation session to strengthen the understanding around the social and solidarity economy in Thailand and Vietnam

The ILO organized an orientation session to guide the national researchers in Thailand and Vietnam in undertaking mapping studies for the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in Asia project.

ILO sends a video message to parallel event at UNCSW67 on women’s leadership in cooperatives

Organized by the Working Women’s Forum - Indian Cooperative Network for Women (WWF-ICNW), the event on “Innovating Networks for Women’s Cooperative Leadership through Capacity Building” took place on 14th March 2023 during the 67th session of the...

My.COOP - Managing your agricultural cooperative: Training of Trainers, 9 October - 31 December 2023

My.COOP is a training package and programme on the management of agricultural cooperatives.

ILC resolution concerning decent work and the social and solidarity economy discussed at an event organized by INGOs

The webinar was organized by INSP!R, WSM, WIEGO, RIPESS and IYCW, with the participation of the ILO, to discuss future opportunities and challenges for the social and solidarity economy following the Resolution concerning decent work and SSE that...

Member States, international organizations and civil society organizations call for international recognition of the Social and Solidarity...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Akkanut Wantanasombut – founder of community-based social and solidarity economy platform

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

ILO joins Expert Dialogue on Dignified Work for all at the 61st Session of the Committee on Social Development

The Expert Dialogue on Dignified Work for all, as organized by ATD Fourth World, took place on Tuesday February the 7th evening.

The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on cooperative statistics holds its 3rd meeting

National researchers from Italy, Türkiye, Korea, Costa Rica and Tanzania have presented an analysis of the statistics in their countries on cooperatives. They also provided comparisons to the international guidelines concerning statistics of...

ILO COOP sends a video message to the LegaCoop Emilia-Romagna Congress on cooperative identity

The LegaCoop Emilia-Romagna Congress focusing on “Enterprise of the Future” took place on February 16, 2023 in Bologna with national and regional representatives from Legacoop.

ILO DG speaks at a session on the social and solidarity economy at the World Government Summit 2023 session

The session on “How the Social Economy Shapes a Better Future for Humanity” took place on February 12, 2023 at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

ILO holds second regional advisory committee to share updates on strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia project

The project’s national researchers and regional advisory committee members exchanged around the progress of the research on the social and solidarity economy in Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Vietnam on 6 February 2023.

COOP Champions

Youssef Fennira Chief Technical Advisor, Responsible for Enterprises/SSE Cluster and Youth focal point, ILO Tunisia

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...