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Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Thailand

Three universities discussed the formation of a consortium on the SSE in Thailand and an event featured the potential for the SSE model to achieve the SDGs through social innovation.

Harnessing the Potential of the Social and Solidarity Economy in Mongolia

The booth on social and solidarity economy at the World SME Day Expo 2023 explored ways to improve understanding of the social and solidarity economy in Mongolia, to strengthen its contribution to sustainable development in line with the country’s...

COOP Unit participates in the ILO’s 8th Regulating Decent Work research conference

The 8th RDW Conference in 2023 took place at the ILO in Geneva between July 10-12, 2023. It addressed the impact of interconnected crises, COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, conflicts, and disruptions to global supply chains, on the world of work.

Improved statistics will strengthen global cooperative movement

An international conference has explored ways that more robust and consistent statistical measures can shape better policies and interventions for cooperatives and help their contribution to sustainable development be properly recognized.

Youth employment

Socio-emotional skills considered a priority for the development of youth entrepreneurs

ILO and development partners discuss the importance of socio-emotional skills for youth entrepreneurs wanting to start their own businesses.

ILO shares its work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy in Korea and strengthens cooperation with Korean partners

The mission members shared the ILO’s work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy and explored avenues to further strengthen collaboration with related Korean institutions, universities, and cooperative partners.

In Lebanon ILO PROSPECTS organizes a business plan competition to select social and solidarity economy entities that will benefit from...

The business plan competition took place on 19-21 June 2023 with the participation of 37 SSE projects that aim to create decent jobs for vulnerable host communities and Syrian refugees to bring about changes in their communities.

ILO Office for Japan supports a special dialogue session on the future of the social and solidarity economy in Tokyo

On the 17 June 2023, the Institute for Solidarity-based Society (Rengo Institute) at Hosei University, with the support of the ILO Office for Japan, held a public lecture on 'Special Dialogue Session: The Future of the SSE” in Tokyo, Japan.

ILO holds third regional advisory committee to share updates on strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia project

The project’s national researchers and regional advisory committee members exchanged around the progress of the research on the social and solidarity economy in Cambodia, Mongolia, Thailand, and Vietnam on 9 June 2023.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Chiara Carini, Senior Researcher at the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (EURICSE), and...

“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)....

43rd Regular Meeting of The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)

The 43rd UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on 16 May 2023. It brought together around 30 participants from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, ECLAC, UNDP, UNDESA, UNCTAD and OECD) and eleven observer organizations (Catalyst2030, CIRIEC, CSEND, EMES,...

ILO COOP participates to present at the EESC meeting on the Social Economy Category

The second meeting of the EESC meeting on the Social Economy Category for 2023 took place on June 7, 2023. The hybrid meeting included a presentation and discussion with ILO COOP Unit Manager Simel Esim on the ILC and UN GA resolutions on the SSE.

The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on cooperative statistics holds its 5th meeting

Findings from case studies of Italy, Türkiye, Costa Rica, Tanzania and Korea on statistics concerning cooperatives were presented. This led to discussions around recommendations to the ILO guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives and the...

RISPE network

ILO becomes observer member of the Ibero-American Network of Public Employment Services (RISPE)

A total of nine Ibero-American countries constituted the RISPE network on 23 May 2023, the creation of which was agreed at the IV Ibero-American Conference of Ministers of Labour and Senior Officials Responsible for Social Security held in the...

Partners discuss farmer organization models and cooperatives in Iraq and their role in supporting the development of the agricultural sector

The event brought together partners implementing programmes under the European Union Agri-food Business Development Programme, and national stakeholders involved in the development of the agricultural sector.

ILO Voices | Social and solidarity economy

We lost our precious forest but found a way to survive

Mining and deforestation have destroyed the Orang Asli indigenous peoples’ way of life in Peninsular Malaysia. Maimun is helping to restore her people’s connection to the land through a community organic vegetable farm that is giving them a...

The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in the Global Social and Solidarity Economy Forum in Senegal

ILO staff from Senegal, Tunisia and Switzerland contributed to a number of sessions at the Forum, that took place in Dakar between May 1 - 6, sharing highlights of their work on the social and solidarity economy

ILOCOOP presents updates to Government Groups on the SSE

ILO COOP was extended an invitation by two government groups of Member States in the Asia and the Pacific and Africa regions, to provide an update on recent developments on the SSE portfolio.

UNTFSSE participates in Virtual Side Event at the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs

The “Social Innovation Experiences from the Social and Solidarity Economy” session was organized online on May 2, 2023 10:00-11:30 EST.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Elizabeth Nzilani Peter – Machakos Cooperative Union

“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)....