All publications: cooperatives

Report

Tackling informality in e-waste management: The potential of cooperative enterprises

The present paper is the product of a joint effort by the Sectoral Policies Department and the Cooperatives Unit of the International Labour Organization (ILO). This initiative supports the ILO’s commitment to promote forms of employment that...

Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 2

Cooperating out of isolation: Domestic workers’ cooperatives

This note on ways cooperatives provide a way out of precarious and informal working arrangements for domestic workers, is the third in the series on Cooperatives and the World of Work.

Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 1

Leveraging the cooperative advantage for women’s empowerment and gender equality

This note is a part of the ILO COOP Cooperatives and the World of Work Series.

Report

Cooperatives and the Sustainable Development Goals: A contribution to the post-2015 development debate

This paper highlights the contribution of cooperatives to sustainable development with a view to stimulating discussion on the role of cooperatives in the design and implementation of SDGs.

Policy brief

Findings of the Assessment of Agricultural Cooperatives in West Bank: Challenges and Opportunities

This policy brief presents concrete strategies to improve the challenging situation that workers face in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) by exploring the full potential of agricultural cooperative enterprises in the West Bank.

The ILO/United Nations Development Assistance Plan (UNDAP) 2013 annual report

The report categorizes interventions in three levels – macro, meso and micro levels. At the macro-level, on interventions aiming at policy making, knowledge sharing and advocacy; at meso level, where most of the ILO interventions during 2012/13...

Statistics on cooperatives

19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, 2-11 October 2013

Statistics on cooperatives

19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, 2-11 October 2013

Flyer

Managing your Agricultural Cooperative

Distance learning Training of Trainers course on “Managing your Agricultural Cooperative - My.Coop”, hosted by the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO)

Resilience in a Downturn: The power of financial cooperatives

This report reviews the performance of financial cooperatives, looking in particular at the aftermath of the 2007-2008 crisis and the continuing long austerity period. It explains why financial cooperatives have proven to be more resilient pointing...

A better future for young people: What cooperatives can offer

Information brief on cooperatives

Guidelines for cooperative legislation, third revised edition

Provides guidance on how to draft a cooperative law.

Action brief

ILO Initiatives on Promoting Women’s Participation in Cooperatives in oPt

Despite the relatively long history of the Palestinian cooperative movement, women’s participation in cooperatives remains low.

A cooperative future for people with disabilities

This issue brief produced during the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives 2012 highlights how and why the cooperative form of enterprise can cater to the economic and social needs of persons with disabilities.

Cooperative Enterprises Build A Better World

This publication highlights COOPAFRICA’s contribution to the revival of African cooperative enterprises and their roles in fostering equity, empowerment, decent work, and secure livelihoods, including reducing members’ vulnerability to HIV/AIDS,...

The role of Cooperatives and Business Associations in Value Chain Development

ILO Value Chain Development Briefing paper 2

Migrant workers good practices and lessons learned

Good practices and lessons learned

This collection of good practices and lessons learned from activities in both the Philippines and Thailand complements two case studies: Thai migrant workers’ experiences in Europe (Poland and Sweden), a “story book” of five Thai migrants’ versions...

My.COOP Managing your agricultural cooperatives

The My.COOP training package has been designed to enable existing and potential managers of agricultural cooperatives to identify and address major challenges that are specific to cooperatives in market-oriented agricultural development.

Managing Your Agricultural Cooperative, “My.COOP”

My.COOP is a training package published in 2011, covering managerial challenges that many agricultural cooperatives face, and based on the idea that strong cooperatives are necessary for a more equitable distribution of income, democracy, and for...

Policy brief #10

Mainstreaming Gender Equality Concerns in Palestinian Cooperatives

This policy brief presents the summary of a study from the International Labour Organization (ILO) on women cooperatives in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS).