All news: cooperatives

ILO provides a message for the 5th Brazilian Meeting of Researchers on Cooperativism

ILO Cooperatives Unit sent a video message to the research conference organized by Sistema OCB, the national apex organization for the Brazilian cooperative movement.

Cooperatives support recovery efforts from Typhoon Hagibis in Japan

Cooperatives are supporting the efforts to recover from Typhoon Hagibis that caused tremendous damage in central and northern Japan.

ILO participates in a meeting on platform cooperatives in Brussels

The ILO Cooperatives Unit Manager reflected on how to ensure workers’ rights in the platform economy, including through cooperative worker ownership of digital platforms.

Awareness Training Continues at SADA Women Centre

SADA Women’s Cooperative Holds Another Session of Capacity Building Training

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

OCB: Promoting and innovating in cooperative enterprises in Brazil

“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)....

ILO’s message for the Platform Cooperativism Symposium in Tokyo

ILO Cooperatives Unit Manager sent a video message to the Platform Cooperativism Symposium organized by the Japan Co-operative Alliance in Tokyo.

ILO participates in the 15th World Fair Trade Summit in Lima, Peru

The ILO highlighted the changes in the world of work and underlined the synergies between cooperatives and fair trade towards improving livelihoods of small-scale producers.

Launch of My.Coop Smart

My.Coop Smart, an online self-paced learning tool of My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperatives, has been launched.

ILO contributes to the Tanzanian cooperative development policy review

The ILO provides inputs to the review of the cooperative development policy in Tanzania towards creating enabling environment for cooperatives as autonomous, member-owned, and democratically-controlled enterprises.

UNTFSSE participates in the UNGA side event organized by Pact for Impact

ILO’s Enterprises Department Director and Chair of the UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE), Mr van Vuuren, participated as a speaker in a side meeting at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) organized by the Pact for Impact in New...

ILO’s participation in the consultations on the cooperative act and policy in Trinidad and Tobago

The ILO took part in the consultations on the national policy on cooperatives and the Co-operative Societies Act held by the Ministry of Labour and Small Enterprise Development in Trinidad and Tobago.

A first step towards improving working conditions of waste pickers in Senegal

Under the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), the ILO is supporting an initiative to improve working conditions in the waste management sector, by helping to organize informal economy workers into cooperatives.

SADA Women Development and Solidarity Centre Completes Seminars

The seminars on working life and fundamental rights in Turkey were held on 9-17 September 2019 in the GESOB Events Hall with the participation of beneficiaries who completed the basic life skills and occupational training courses in the SADA Women...

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ILO-led National Cooperative Policy of Sri Lanka

The International Labour Organization (ILO) welcomes cabinet approval received for the National Policy on Cooperatives.

Syrian, Turkish and Afghan women participate in Gaziantep Gastronomy Festival

Syrian, Turkish and Afghan women of SADA Women’s Cooperative participate in the annual International Gastronomy Festival in Gaziantep, with their dishes and products.

ILO’s message for the 14th National Festival of “Superior Cooperatives” in Iran

ILO Cooperatives Unit Manager sent a video message to the 14th National Festival of “Superior Cooperatives” organized by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare in Tehran, Iran.

National consultation workshop on Start.Coop in Cambodia

A national consultation workshop on ILO’s Start.Coop training tool was organized with over 64 officials from the government and civil society organizations that support the development of agricultural cooperatives.

ILO and StreetNet investigate the organizational needs of street and market vendors in Moldova

SADA Women’s Cooperative Continues Capacity-Building Training