All news: cooperatives

Supporting the cooperative movement in Jordan

Steering Committee for the Jordan Cooperative Development Strategy holds meeting with ILO to discuss strategy development and way forward.

ILO COOP/SSE Chiefs across time

This page provides bibliographies of the chiefs and heads of the ILO's Cooperative, social and solidarity economy Unit (COOP/SSE)since its establishment in 1920.

Experts Validate the Report of the Evaluation of the ECOWAS Regional Action Plan for the Elimination Child Labour, especially the Worst...

‘’ I reiterate the ECOWAS Commission’s commitment to provide purposeful leadership to accompany Member states in their quest to enhance integrated and coordinated actions, and the mobilisation of the adequate resources to end child labour in the...

ILO COOP eNews - October issue

The ILO chaired a session on civil and public initiatives to consolidate the SSE at the GSEF Global Virtual Forum

ILO COOP 100 Interview

ILO COOP 100 Interview with Colombia Pérez Muñoz, Director of the Institute of Social Economy and Co-operativism INDESCO - Cooperative...

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

A joint initiative of the UNTFSSE and SOCIOECO: online archive on social and solidarity economy (SSE) laws

In a joint initiative with the UNTFSSE, Socioeco.org, the virtual library on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) was updated with additional frameworks laws and related to SSE.

ILO COOP 100 Symposium will be held on 16-17 November 2020

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its Cooperatives Unit (COOP), the ILO is bringing together policy makers, researchers and practitioners working with cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) for a two-day international...

The ILO Participates in a session on Gender and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) at the GSEF Global Virtual Forum

Representatives from ILO COOP and ILO Pretoria participated and presented at a session on women in SSE institutions that took place on October 20 as part of the GSEF Global Virtual Forum

Honey and cheese cooperatives created in Cahul district in Moldova, with ILO’s support

In Cahul district, Moldova, the public-private Local Employment Partnership (LEP) funded by the ILO and local stakeholders, supported the creation of two cooperatives processing honey and cheese.

UNTFSSE participates in the closing plenary session of the GSEF Global Virtual Forum

Training of Trainers Workshop on Think.Coop and Start.Coop conducted in Niamey, Niger

The ILO organized a training of trainers (ToT) on Think.Coop and Start.Coop in Niamey, Niger in September for the economic empowerment of refugees and host communities through the strengthening of market-based livelihoods in fish farming and waste...

The UNTFSSE virtual event on “Why does SSE matter for the Agenda 2030 and the recovery post COVID-19?” was held on 21st October 2020

Thirty-one trainers complete My.Coop training of trainers programme on managing agricultural cooperatives in Jordan

A virtual ceremony was held marking the end of the online training course for participants in Jordan.

ILO COOP participates in the ICA Africa Regional Conference on 'Fostering Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area through...

ILO COOP participated in the ICA Africa Regional Conference on 'Fostering Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) through Cooperatives' that was held online on the 15th October, 2020 along with government officials,...

The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 32nd regular meeting

The meeting brought together 40 participants including representatives of the six member, eleven observer organizations and three resource persons.

ILO COOP provides a special message for the Coop Impact 2020 Conference

UNTFSSE participates in the launching of the MedTOWN conference

ILO COOP 100 Interview

ILO COOP 100 Interview with Rebecca Harvey, Executive Editor of Co-operative News

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

UNTFSSE participates in the closing session of the first edition of the Digital Mont Blanc Meetings