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A key step taken towards developing a social economy policy in South Africa

A draft Green Paper on a social economy policy in South Africa presented at a national consultation conference in Sandton. In a speech to the conference, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder reflected on the relevance of social and solidarity economy...

Sri Lanka’s first ever ‘eco-recommended’ fisheries

With the support of the ILO Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) project funded by the Australian government, two blue swimming crab fisheries in Sri Lanka become the country’s first ever ‘eco-recommended’ fisheries. The five-year...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

CLIMBS: Extending mutual protection and building resilience in the Philippines

“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 social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this...

A youth cooperative launched to develop the honey value chain in northwestern Tunisia

Roll out of Think.Coop and Start.Coop with Cambodian agricultural cooperatives

The Government of Cambodia strengthens agricultural cooperatives using the ILO’s training tools with a view to improving livelihoods of workers in the rural economy.

Participants’ reflections on the 9th ILO-JCCU African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour

Since 2010, the ILO, through the Cooperatives Unit (COOP) and its Office for Tokyo, and the Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) have co-organized African Cooperative Leaders' Study Tours in Japan to encourage the exchange of knowledge and...

ILO and the Cooperatives in Japan

Dialogue between Mr. HONDA, President, Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union and Ms. Taguchi, Director, ILO Office for Japan

ILO and ITC-ILO engagement on cooperative and social and solidarity economy development in 2019

The key areas of collaboration in 2019 include development and dissemination of new training tools on cooperatives and a series of ILO Academies on SSE and the future of work.

Training on ILO’s SIYB to Boost Agri-business in Kaduna State: Food Africa Project

The ILO is supporting entrepreneurship development in Jere Kaduna, Nigeria using its global business management training programme “Start and Improve Your Business” (SIYB) to train entrepreneurs. The training workshop being implemented under the...

Three editions of the Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) forthcoming in 2019

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Introductory Seminar on Cooperatives Held for SADA Women Centre Trainees

An introductory seminar on cooperatives was held for the Project beneficiaries for a “women’s cooperative” to be established under the “Strengthening the Resilience of Syrian Women and Girls” being implemented in Gaziantep jointly by UN Women, ILO...

COOP Champions

Charles Bodwell, Enterprise Development Specialist at ILO DWT Bangkok

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...

Cooperatives Well Placed to Create a Viable Enterprise Model for Productivity and Income - ILO

As part of activities under the Food Africa Project, the ILO organized a 2-week Training of Trainers Workshop using ILO’s tools and methodologies on cooperative development with a view to harnessing the potential of cooperatives to promote decent...

A technical cooperation pioneer

Working on the river of the White Lily

During the 100 years of the ILO some extraordinary people have worked for the Organization. One of them was Peter Goullart who, during the 1950s helped develop co-operatives in several countries in Asia. He recounted his experiences in a book,...

Training of trainers workshop on cooperative development conducted towards promoting a sustainable vanilla sector in Madagascar

Eight trainers were trained on ILO’s tools and methodologies on cooperative development with a view to tapping into the potential of cooperatives to promote decent work in the vanilla value chain.

Uses of cooperatives and other SSE organizations reflected at the 2018 edition of the ITC-ILO Academy on the transition to the formal...

ILO’s participation in the WIEGO General Assembly

ILO COOP participated in the seventh General Assembly of Women in Informal Economy: Globalizing Organizing (WIEGO) that took place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 12-14 November 2018.

My.Coop – Building capacity of cooperatives towards involving Syrian refugees and Jordanian farmers in agricultural value chains

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package was adapted to the Jordanian context and rolled out with cooperatives in northern Jordan to improve their capacities to help Syrian refugees and Jordanian farmers participate in...

Training of Trainers Workshop on Think.Coop, Start.Coop and My.Coop conducted in the Central African Republic

ILO’s message for the 10th ICA-AP Cooperative Forum in Tehran, Iran

ILO has sent a message to a biennial conference aimed at discussing how cooperatives can contribute to more resilient and sustainable economy.