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Second Edition of the Social and Solidarity Economy Academy: Opening remarks of ILO Regional Director for Africa

Message by ILO Director-General on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives

First edition of ILO Social and Solidarity Economy Academy

Sustainable enterprises

Cooperatives and the crisis: “Our customers are also our owners”

Cooperatives have been more resilient to the deepening global economic and jobs crisis than other sectors. Report from Sweden.

International Day of Cooperatives - 4 July 2009

Migrant workers’ cooperatives as a crisis response

This year the theme of the International Day of Cooperatives focuses on the opportunities for co-operatives to effectively contribute to global economic recovery in times of crisis. In Indonesia, thousands of migrant workers, victims of the...

Coops and the global financial crisis

Cooperatives have been more resilient to the deepening global economic and jobs crisis than other sectors. ILO Online spoke with Hagen Henry, chief of the ILO’s Cooperatives Branch.

International Day of Cooperatives - Cooperating in times of crisis

This year, the growing role of cooperatives in confronting global crises of climate change and food price rises is garnering growing attention. Cooperatives can play an increasingly important role in balancing economic, social and environmental...

International Day of Cooperatives 2007 - Seeds of change: cooperatives in Ethiopia

Celebrated annually on the first Saturday of July, the International Day of Cooperatives highlights this year how cooperatives can promote corporate social responsibility by their very nature as enterprises that balance economic, environmental, and...