All news: social and solidarity economy

Roll-out of Think.Coop continues in Turkey, now also extending to rural areas

ILO’s Think.Coop training tool has been rolled out in Turkey by Youth Deal Cooperative - Turkey’s first youth-led social cooperative that aims to provide sustainable employment solutions for disadvantaged groups including youth.

ILO co-organizes an international conference on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

The ILO co-organizes an international conference aimed at examining the role of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

SADA Women Development and Solidarity Centre Completes the Sixth Round of Seminars

The seminars on rights at work and fundamental rights in Turkey were held on 17-25 June 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...

The ILO-ICA Joint Conference on Cooperatives and the Future of Work

Marking the ILO Centenary, the ILO and the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) co-organized a conference that reflects on the role of cooperative enterprises in promoting decent work for all in a changing world of work.

Training trainers to promote cooperative development in Jordan’s agriculture sector

An ILO “training of trainers” workshop strengthens the role of cooperatives in advancing decent work for Jordanian workers and Syrian refugees in Jordan’s agricultural sector.

ILO contributes to a conference in Turkey on renewable energy through a video message

ILO participates in international research conference on social economy in Bucharest

Five insights to developing a Social Economy Policy in South Africa

Social Economy

ILO participates in the research conference on measuring and reporting sustainability performance of enterprises

ILO constituents in Moldova look into the potential of cooperative enterprises

ILO COOP Unit Manager took part in the consultations with the ILO constituents and partners in identifying needs and opportunities toward cooperative action in rural and informal economies.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Siôn Whellens: Incubating worker cooperatives in the changing world of work

“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)....

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Centre for Co-operative Studies: Building a solid knowledge base on the cooperative business model

“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)....

Strengthening institutional capacities on social and solidarity economy development in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

The ILO initiative aims to improve economic and social rights and conditions for the Palestinian population through cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE).

Logo For SADA Women’s Cooperative Selected By Vote

A logo was selected for SADA Women’s Cooperative which recently completed its founding under the Project “Strengthening the Resilience of Syrian Women and Girls” being implemented in Gaziantep in leadership of The United Nations Entity for Gender...

ILO’s presentation at the 2nd ICA-AP Cooperative Registrars’ Forum

The Director of the ILO Country Office for Viet Nam participated in the 2nd International Co-operative Alliance – Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) Cooperative Registrars’ Forum held in Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam to present ILO’s work on statistics of...

COOP Champions

John Bliek, Enterprises Specialist at ILO Office for the Andean Countries

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...

SADA Women’s Cooperative Welcomes the Social Cooperative Training and Publicity Train at Gare De Gaziantep

The Social Cooperative Training and Publicity Train that departed on 5 April 2019 from Gare de Sirkeci, Istanbul arrived on 15 April in Gaziantep as its sixth stop.

Delegation of Canadian Embassy Visits SADA Women Centre

The untapped potential of health cooperatives

The role of the cooperative movement in general and health co-operatives in particular, both in tackling the challenge of decent employment worldwide and in providing health services for the underprivileged in one of the key topics discussed in this...

ILO’s participation in a public seminar on economic democracy and worker cooperatives in Ireland

ILO participates in a dialogue with trade unions, cooperatives and academics in Ireland and the UK on the potential of worker cooperatives in advancing economic democracy and decent work in the context of the future of work.