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Deputy Director of ILO’s Bureau of Workers Activities (ACTRAV) represents the ILO at a COPAC side event during the UN High-Level Political...

The Deputy Director of ILO’s Workers Activities Department participated at a side event at the 2021 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) organized by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) on...

ILO COOP provides a video message for the 2021 ICA CCR Europe research conference

ILO COOP Manager was asked to provide a video message for the International Cooperative Alliance Committee on Cooperative Research (ICA CCR) EUROPE Research Conference that was held on 7-8-9 July 2021.

ILO COOP held meetings with Statistics Korea and SK for pilot testing of international guidelines on statistics of cooperatives

ILO COOP participates in the conversation with C20 Sherpas on the importance of having cooperatives take part in the G20 discussions

On July 7, 2021 ILO COOP participated in the conversation with C20 Sherpas on the importance of having cooperatives take part in the G20 discussions, as organized by the Italian Cooperative Alliance and the International Cooperative Alliance.

The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 36th regular meeting

The 36th UNTFSSE meeting was virtually held on 27 July 2021 and brought together 35 participants from four UN member organizations (ILO, UNRISD, UNDESA, UNDP-ART), twelve observer organizations (CIRIEC, EURICSE, Catalyst2030, DIESIS, GSEF, Euclid...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Antony McMullen, Cooperative Development Expert

“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)....

The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in a side event on overcoming inequalities through social and solidarity economy

The official side event to the UN High Level Political Forum took place on-line on July 8, 2021 focusing on examples from the social and solidarity economy in overcoming the growing inequalities during COVID19.

Jordan launches national strategy for the cooperative movement, with ILO support

The strategy, launched under the patronage of the Prime Minister, aims to build a prosperous, autonomous, inclusive and self-reliant cooperative movement in Jordan.

Rebuild Better Together – International Day of Cooperatives 2021

ILO Sri Lanka’s LEED+ Project is helping create livelihoods and build resilience for communities in the Northern Province through Cooperatives (Coops)

International Day of Cooperatives

Statement by the ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy for the International Day of Cooperatives - 3 July 2021

Around the pandemic cooperatives, and other social and solidarity economy institutions have stepped up to support their members and communities across sectors and regions. In moving forward beyond the pandemic, it will be important that cooperatives...

ILO’s new training package on “The role of cooperatives in eliminating Child Labour” is now available

ILO COOP participates in a webinar on women’s collective entrepreneurship

The webinar, organized by SEWA, IMAGO Global Grassroots and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations focused on women’s collective enterprises and building an enterprises support system.

Validation workshops underway for study on trade union and cooperative partnerships in the informal economy

A series of validation workshops are underway for the assessment on ‘Organizing workers in the informal economy of selected African and Latin American countries: The potential of trade union and cooperative partnerships’.

ILC Daily Show features questions and answers on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy

During the 2021 International Labour Conference, the ILO hosted a virtual Daily show, which featured questions and answers on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy on June 17, 2021.

The International Cooperative Alliance and the ILO organize a webinar to mark the World Day against Child Labour

The awareness raising training package on “The role of cooperatives in eliminating Child Labour” was also launched during the webinar on June 9, 2021.

ILO COOP participates in the first Robert Owen Academy Annual Lecture

The first Robert Owen Academy Annual Lecture on “Post pandemic community - regeneration through co-operative multi agency partnerships” took place virtually on June 12, 2021.

The PAJESS project participates in a session of the Vth World Forum on Local Economic Development

Mr. Tarek Mahjoub, Regional Director of Vocational Training and Employment at the Ariana Governorate in Tunisia shared the experience of the PAJESS project during the session "Integrated territorial systems for the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE):...

Members and observers of the United Nations Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) co-organized a session at the Vth...

UNDP, GSEF, UNRISD, ILO, and the UNTFSSE held virtually a session on “Integrated territorial systems for Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE): building a framework for analysis and planning’’ on 1 June 2021

The ILO participates in a UN Expert Group Meeting on cooperatives and the COVID19 pandemic

The first ever virtual Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on “The Role of Cooperatives in Economic and Social Development: Recover Better from the COVID19 Pandemic” took place on June 2-4, 2021.

ILO COOP participates in Annual Summit organized by the Cooperative Bank of South Sudan

The Summit organized by the Cooperative Bank of South Sudan took place on 17 June 2021 bringing government officials, representatives from donor organizations, NGOs, international development partners, cooperative societies as well as youth.