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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Paul Hazen, the Executive Director of the U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with cooperative and wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy makers, researchers and practitioners from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during...

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Study visits at SSE Portugal (II)

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 1: Social and Solidarity Economy: an overview, values and principles

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 6: Localizing Sustainable Development Goals: SSE as trigger of Local...

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 3: SSE, just transition to climate-neutral and circular economy: innovative ways...

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 5: The importance of statistical instruments in measuring the SSE

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 4: Financial mechanisms for innovative SSE ecosystems

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 7: SSE as tool for social cohesion, peace and resilience

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 6: SSE, Local Economic Development and social innovation

The ILO and the JCA organize a joint webinar on the social and solidarity economy in Japan

On 16 December, 2021, ILO Office for Japan and the Japan Cooperative Alliance (JCA) co-hosted an online webinar, "TSUNAGARU by the Social and Solidarity Economy”.

The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its third technical symposium

The technical symposium took place virtually from 6 to 10 December 2021.

The report on “Assessment of the needs of social economy units and identification of priority value chains for the creation of decent jobs...

The Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts (MINPMEESA) of Cameroon and the ILO conducted a study on evaluation of the potential of the Social Economy in Cameroon.

ILO Director-General was a keynote speaker at the 33rd World Cooperative Congress

Joining online at the World Cooperative Congress, Mr Ryder noted that a human-centred recovery requires recognition of cooperatives as critical social and economic actors to build more resilient communities, and to strengthen local economies.

The relationship between cooperatives and the wider SSE was explored during two events around the World Cooperative Congress

The relationship between workers’ organizations and cooperatives explored at the World Cooperative Congress

Cooperative society of solid waste collectors of Mbeubeuss-Bokk Diom is established

December 10 2021 was a historical day for the waste collectors at the MBEUBEUSS landfill, as it marked the birth of the “Cooperative society of solid waste collectors of Mbeubeuss-Bokk Diom”.

ILO highlights intervention models on building sustainable local communities through cooperatives

The ILO presented its experiences of working with cooperatives on child labour in global supply chains and forced displacement contexts during the 33rd World Cooperative Congress.

ILO discusses the role of cooperatives in promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in value chains

The ILO was invited to participate and present in the panel “Strengthening our Cooperative Identity by supporting ethical value chain management” organized in the framework of the ICA’s 33rd World Cooperative Congress.

The ILO Director General and the Portuguese Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security opened the 12th Academy on Social and...

The official opening of the 12th edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy took place virtually on November 15th, 2021.

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - High level panel 1: A human-centred recovery. Impacts of and responses on the COVID-19...