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The Social and Solidarity Economy as an agent of social innovation in Africa

An ILO research report on the contribution of SSE to social innovation in Africa is now available in English and French

ILO introduces learning tool to strengthen cooperatives in Iraq’s agricultural sector

With the support of the European Union, the ILO has introduced its global learning tools Think.Coop  and Start.Coop in Iraq, designed to enhance the role of cooperatives in advancing decent work and boosting productivity.

The global advisory committee of the ILO’s initiative on statistics of cooperatives holds its kick-off meeting

The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on implementing the Guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives held its kick-off meeting.

Advancing the 2030 Agenda through the Social and Solidarity Economy

The second position paper of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy revisits the role of Social and Solidarity Economy in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and calls for a stronger enabling environment and policy...

ILO Office for Türkiye’s new report on Empowering Women Through Cooperatives offers strategy recommendations

Representing an output of ILO’s work to empower women through cooperatives and enable them to participate more in employment and cooperative management, the Report offers four distinct but complementary strategies formulated in the framework of...

Addressing capacity gaps of cooperatives towards creating decent jobs and profitability for its members

In Uganda, the ACCEL project provides opportunities to vulnerable youth through life and technical skills training

Event on ILO Recommendation 193 and the Social and Solidarity Economy organized by ICA AP and ILO

The International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) and the ILO jointly organised an event titled “ILO Recommendation 193 and the Social and Solidarity Economy : Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region” on the 9th of August.

The African Union holds a Consultative Meeting of Civil Society Organizations on its draft Ten-Year Strategy on the Social and Solidarity...

The Consultative Meeting took place on 24th-25th August 2022 in Windhoek, Namibia with the participation of representatives of cooperatives, associations, and international organizations. ILO participated in the meeting with a presentation on the...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Juan Antonio Pedreño, the President of the Spanish Confederation of Social Economy Enterprises (CEPES), the President of Social Economy...

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

ILO holds a regional advisory committee kick-off meeting toward strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia

The regional advisory committee kick-off meeting of the second phase of the project on strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia was held on August 11, 2022.

COOP Champions

Martin Gasser, Senior Programme Officer at the Sustainable Enterprises and Economies Programme at the ITCILO Turin

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...

A Training of Trainers Workshop conducted in Gaza Strip, OPT on ILO’s Think.Coop and Start.Coop tools

The Training of Trainers Workshop, that took place on 15th - 23rd of August 2022, aimed at building knowledge and skills of participants from national institutions.

ILO participates in the conference “Social Economy: Primacy of People”

The first event of the Monitoring Committee of the Luxembourg Declaration under the Italian Presidency took place in Trento at the presence of national, European and international organizations’ representatives.

Member States strongly support tabling a resolution on Social and Solidarity Economy for Sustainable Development at the United Nations...

During the side-event “Role of Social and Solidarity Economy in achieving the SDGs: Potential General Assembly Resolution,” Member States recognized the role of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in contributing to the attainment of Agenda 2030...

ILO provides a platform for policy dialogue to accelerate the development of social enterprises in Malaysia

The webinar provided a policy platform to explore ways to strengthen the social enterprise ecosystem in Malaysia, including an overview of global, regional and national trends, presentation of the recently launched Malaysia Social Entrepreneurship...

ILC Conclusions on decent work and the SSE

UNTFSSE special meeting on operationalizing the action plan 2022-2024

The UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy organized a virtual meeting to discuss recent milestones and future joint work.

On the occasion of the 100th International Day of Cooperatives, ILO Director-General issues a statement

On the 2022 International Day of Cooperatives, that focuses on how cooperatives help build a better world, ILO DG Guy Ryder highlighted how cooperatives prioritize people and decent work and contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive future.

International organizations and policymakers affirmed the historic momentum around the Social and Solidarity Economy

A High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) side-event held on July 5th discussed the role of the social and solidarity economy in building back better and promoting sustainable development.