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ILO participates in SEWA Workshop on Development of Grassroots Women’s Cooperatives in Ahmedabad

SADA Women’s Cooperative Visits Defne Women’s Cooperative

SADA Women’s Cooperative Opens Stand at Sanko Shopping Centre

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

GDA Pure Nature: Empowering rural women thorough a cheese making cooperative in Tunisia

“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)....

SADA Women’s Cooperative Opens Stand at Syrian Bazaar Event

Success story of 50 women from 3 countries

SADA Women’s Cooperative enables women members of various nationalities to develop both culturally and economically to become individuals serving their families and societies.

Reflecting on the role of cooperatives in global supply chains at the 6th Regulating for Decent Work Conference

A paper on the role of cooperatives in advancing decent work in global supply chains was presented at the 6th Regulating for Decent Work (RDW) Conference that took place in the ILO Headquarters in Geneva from 8 to 10 July 2019.

COOP Champions

Kerryn Krige, ILO DWT/CO-Pretoria

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...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

StreetNet International: Organizing street vendors towards formalization and economic empowerment

“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 and UNTFSSE participation in the First Pact for Impact Summit

Two officials from the COOP Unit, Ms. Simel Esim and Ms. Valentina Verze, and the Director of the Enterprises Department, Mr. Vic Van Vuuren, participated in the first edition of Pact for Impact in Paris on 10-11 July, 2019.

Training of trainers on Think.Coop and Start.Coop in Comoros

An observance of the 2019 International Day of Cooperatives at the UN in New York

On 8 July 2019, the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) organized an observance of the 2019 International Day of Cooperatives at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

International Day of Cooperatives

Message from ILO's Director-General Guy Ryder for International Cooperative Day 2019

The 2019 International Day of Cooperatives will be celebrated on Saturday 6 July. This year, in commemoration of the ILO’s centenary, the theme is "cooperatives for decent work" which is closely linked to SDG8. On this occasion ILO Director-General...

"Cooperatives for decent work" - International Day of Cooperatives, 2019

SADA Women’s Cooperative at Antalya Festival of Women’s Cooperatives

SADA Women’s Cooperative supported under the Project “Strengthening the Resilience of Syrian Women and Girls” being implemented by UN Women with ILO and ASAM as implementing partners participated in the 2nd Festival of Women’s Cooperatives organised...

Gaziantep University and SADA Women’s Cooperative Holds Joint Workshop

The Shoe-upping Workshop of SADA Women’s Cooperative supported under the Project “Strengthening the Resilience of Syrian Women and Girls” being implemented by UN Women with ILO and ASAM as implementing partners held a 5-day workshop with instructors...

Reference to cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy in the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work

SADA Women’s Cooperative in Turkey selected for the Paris Peace Forum

Sharing research findings on the potential of cooperatives in promoting universal health coverage

On June 20, 2019 the ILO co-organized a meeting on the “Cooperatives for Health” initiative at the Biotech Campus in Geneva.

ApexFinCoop - Strengthening the apex organization of financial cooperatives in Nepal

The ILO, the ITC-ILO and the FAO jointly organized a training workshop for the Nepal Federation of Savings and Credit Unions (NEFSCUN) towards promoting financial inclusion and inclusive economic development.