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ILO facilitates a visit by Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union (JCCU) to an Italian social cooperative

The visit by JCCU to Cadore Social Cooperative Society in Pieve di Cadore, Italy aimed to draw on its experience in local community development.

Exchange of knowledge and experience on SSE public policies for local economic development in Spain

Cooperatives in the Republic of Korea: 3rd survey highlights cooperatives’ growing contribution to social and economic realms

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance of the Republic of Korea (MOSF) announced the results of its third cooperatives survey. Conducted biennially since 2013, the latest edition of the survey points out the growing contributions of...

ILO hosts partners meeting on cooperative responses to advancing public health

ILO hosts partners meeting to discuss the next steps on research exploring the potential of cooperatives to advance public health in Cameroon and Kenya.

Discussing next steps toward advancing universal health coverage through cooperatives

During the Geneva Health Forum in April 2018, the research findings on the potential of cooperatives in advancing universal health coverage were presented to discuss next steps with a range of stakeholders.

Interview with Ramin Behzad, member of COPAC Technical Working Group on Statistics of Cooperatives

The ILO has joined forces with other members of the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) to improve statistics on cooperatives. They are working towards developing guidelines on the measurement of cooperatives to be...

Interview with COPAC Board Member Bruno Roelants on statistics of cooperatives

The ILO has joined forces with other members of the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) to improve statistics on cooperatives. They are working towards developing guidelines on the measurement of cooperatives to be...

Interview with Professor Marie J. Bouchard, Chair of COPAC Technical Working Group on Statistics of Cooperatives

The ILO has joined forces with other members of the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) to improve statistics on cooperatives. They are working towards developing guidelines on the measurement of cooperatives to be...

Interview with Professor Sonja Novkovic, member of COPAC Technical Working Group on Statistics of Cooperatives

The ILO has joined forces with other members of the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) to improve statistics on cooperatives. They are working towards developing guidelines on the measurement of cooperatives to be...

A step taken toward a common social cooperative framework in Turkey

ILO representative joined a conference toward creating a common legal and institutional framework for emerging social cooperatives in Turkey.

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All-female cooperative brings women farmers to the fore in Sri Lanka

Cooperatives have enjoyed success in Sri Lanka. By banding together, farmers and fishermen have been able to access markets, enjoy the advantages of collective purchasing and marketing, tap credit facilities and access social welfare programs.

Domestic workers in Trinidad and Tobago moving toward enhancing sustainability of their cooperative

The ILO partnered with the Service Workers Centre Cooperative Society (SWCC) in Trinidad and Tobago to organize a workshop to discuss concrete steps toward enhancing the sustainability of the cooperative.

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Turkey’s first women cooperative consist of both Syrian and host community women is established

ILO's presentation at the Unicoop Florence Annual Convention focuses on the role of social and solidarity economy in the future of work

ILO presented at a public hearing in the European Parliament on the role of the social economy in shaping the future of work

“The SSE presents itself as a viable solution to recent crises”, said Vic Van Vuuren, Director of the ILO Enterprises Department, at a public hearing on the role of the social economy in shaping the future of work organized at the European...

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Trebor Scholz – connecting cooperatives to the future of work, digitally

"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue, ILO interviewed Professor...

ILO's participation in the 2nd Turkey Cooperative Fair

Tripartite conference in Tunisia on the role of Social and Solidarity Economy as a bridge to the formal economy

Elective session on cooperatives in rural areas in the Academy on Rural Development

Reflecting on the efficiency of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) at the 8th Mont Blanc Meetings