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African cooperative leaders share their observations on the 10th ILO-JCCU Study Tour

African cooperative leaders visited Japanese cooperatives and exchanged knowledge and practices in improving members’ livelihoods and addressing various development challenges in the changing world of work.

ILO contributes to the deliberation on the alliance between unions and cooperatives in the US

ILO Cooperatives Unit Manager provided a video message as a keynote to the Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy in the US on how trade unions and cooperatives can work together to promote decent work for all.

ILO presents international trends on worker cooperative development at the 2019 Co-op IMPACT Conference in Washington

An ILO official participated in a panel on the scalability of the worker cooperative model and presented international trends and good practices on worker cooperative development.

The ILO SSE Academy in Spain highlights the potential of the SSE in shaping the future of work for all

The 11th edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) “The Social Economy in the Future of Work”was held in Madrid, Spain from 14 to 18 October 2019 . It brought together over 350 participants from 40 countries, from...

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.

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...

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.

SADA Women’s Cooperative Continues Capacity-Building Training