All publications: cooperatives

Caribbean Cooperative Management Training Programme

Step-by-step guide to planning and starting a cooperative

This Manual is designed to help promoters and organizers eliminate mistakes and minimize risks that may occur during the formation stages of the cooperative and later on when it is fully operational.

Caribbean Cooperative Management Training Programmes: Module 3 - Cooperative Organization and Management

The purpose of this module is to help you understand the way a cooperative needs to be organized and managed. It follows from the Module 2: Starting a Cooperative Enterprise and is designed specifically for staff, committee and board members,...

Caribbean Cooperative Management Training Programmes: Module 2 - Starting a Cooperative Enterprise

The purpose of this module is to provide a step by step guide for those seeking to start a new cooperative. This module is designed specifically for entrepreneurs and individuals who have adopted the cooperative as the preferred form of business...

Caribbean Cooperative Management Training Programmes: Module 1 - What is a Cooperative Enterprise

The purpose of Module 1 is to help the reader understand the history, evolution and continued relevance of the cooperative enterprise as a viable alternative to other forms of business enterprises.

Advancing cooperation among women workers in the informal economy: The SEWA way

This report aims to provide an understanding of the challenges and opportunities for cooperatives and other SSE units in empowering women workers in the informal economy, with a specific focus on SEWA’s experience. It is based on individual...

Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 Cooperative contributions to SDG 12

This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC...

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Cooperatives meeting informal economy workers' child care needs

Cooperatives set up and run by workers in the informal economy are among the solutions in meeting women workers’ care needs, while also helping protect their labour rights. This report complements the ILO's previous studies with cases from Brazil,...

Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives

Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Indonesia

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 94

Organizing On-Demand: Representation, Voice, and Collective Bargaining in the Gig Economy

Summary report - Advancing cooperation among women workers in the informal economy: The SEWA way

This is a summary of the report “Advancing cooperation among women workers in the informal economy: The SEWA way” which aims to provide an understanding of the challenges and opportunities for cooperatives and other SSE enterprises in empowering...

Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives

Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Costa Rica

Think.COOP - an orientation on the cooperative business model

Think.COOP is a low-cost, easy to use tool for those interested in establishing or joining a cooperative. It draws on technical content from existing materials from different ILO cooperative training tools on the basics of cooperatives. It also uses...

Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives

Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Republic of Korea

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Fishermen's cooperative society in Irrananimathanagar

The brochure provides an overview of the Fishermen's Cooperative Society in Irrananimathanagar supported by Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) Project in Sri Lanka

Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives

Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Turkey

Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives

Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Japan

Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives

Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Mainland Tanzania

Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives

Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Islamic Republic of Iran

Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives

Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: The Philippines

Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives

Statistics on Cooperatives Country in Focus: Brazil