All news: social and solidarity economy

ILO COOP participates in a webinar as part of an online training on My.COOP – Managing your agricultural cooperative

The 2020 edition of the online My.COOP training of trainers (ToT) workshop is taking place from 1 June to 7 August, with the participation of 25 people from Africa, Asia and Europe.

IT for Change hosts a webinar on the potential of cooperatives as a means to organize workers in the platform economy

IT for Change organized a session “Going co-op: A platform model for workers in the South” as part of RightsCon, an annual summit bringing together multidisciplinary actors from technologists, business leaders, and activists to journalists, and...

The second Social Economy Fair of Korea held in Daejeon this year

The 2nd Social Economy Fair was held in Daejeon from July 5 to 7 as part of the Korea Social Economy week.

First training session “Social economy: tool for decent work creation and social inclusion” organized by ITC-ILO in cooperation with ILO...

As part of “Dignità in campo” project, a distance learning course was organized to discuss the principles of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) and how they can be used as a tool to support decent work and foster social resilience and inclusion...

The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 31st regular meeting on July 21, 2020

On 21 July 2020, the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) organized its 31st regular meeting since the establishment of the Task Force in 2013.

ILO COOP participated and presented on implications of COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality within the cooperative movement

Organized by the International Cooperative Alliance- Africa Regional Office and We Effect Regional Office for East Africa, the webinar brought together cooperative leaders from Asia and Africa regions as speakers reflecting on key challenges to...

ILO COOP 100 Interview

Mr Alexandre Soho, ILO Senior Technical Officer on agriculture and rural economy in the Fundamentals Branch of the ILO

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...

COPAC organizes an International Day of Cooperatives event on cooperatives and climate action

ILO’s Enterprises Department Director and Chair of the Committee on Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC), Mr van Vuuren, participated as a speaker in a virtual event organized on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives...

ILO COOP contributes a video message to a side event at the HLPF organized by the ICA on resilience of cooperatives in times of crisis

ILO’s Cooperatives Unit Manager, Ms Simel Esim, contributed a video message to a virtual side-event organized by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) at the High Level Political Forum on 16 July 2020.

The UNTFSSE virtual event: “What role for the Social and Solidarity Economy in the post COVID-19 crisis recovery?”

Speakers from UNTFSSE member organizations reflected on roles of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in a “better recovery” from COVID-19.

ILO COOP 100 Interview

Mr Akira KURIMOTO, Chair of the ICA-AP Research Committee and former Professor at the Institute for Solidarity-based Society at Hosei...

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...

ILO COOP 100 Webinar III - Cooperatives for Climate Action

The webinar focused on climate action, the theme for this year’s International Day of Cooperatives. Four speakers presented on the role of cooperatives in climate change mitigation and adaptation and discussed ways to scale up efforts toward a...

International Day of Cooperatives

Cooperatives play an active role in tackling global crises, says ILO Director-General

By adhering to environmental standards and promoting local production, consumer and producer cooperatives can help limit greenhouse gas emissions and sustain supply chains for essential goods and services, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, on the...

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Cooperatives for Climate Action - International Day of Cooperatives 2020

ILO COOP 100 Special Interview Series “Cultivate the COOPs” Vol.1 Ms. Kiyoko Koto (The Earth Club Co.Ltd.: a subsidiary company of the...

ILO COOP participates in Open Innovation Campus session on health cooperatives and the pandemic

The Tunisian Parliament adopts a bill on the social and solidarity economy

The new law has been developed through a series of tripartite consultations with the support of the ILO to create an enabling environment for a more equitable and inclusive human-centred economic model in Tunisia.

ILO COOP 100 Interview

ILO Interview with Mr Manuel Marino, previous Regional Director for International Cooperatives Alliance (ICA) Americas, Cooperative and...

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...

Co-operatives UK gives a special award for ILO COOP on the occasion of its Centenary

The award recognizes the important role played by the ILO on cooperative development around the world since 1920.

ILO and UNTFSSE participate in a webinar on the co-construction of SSE public policies

At the webinar organized by RIPESS, the Director of the ILO’s Enterprises Department and Chair of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) presented key international initiatives that aim to facilitate the...