All publications: social and solidarity economy
Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia
This brochure provides an overview of the second phase of the project “Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia” which aims to enhance the understanding on the SSE in Asia and the Pacific region and provide technical support to...
Brief
An ILO initiative on advancing the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives
Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia - Spotlight on Indonesia
This brief is part of the series “Mapping the Social and Solidarity Economy Landscape in Asia” that presents the SSE landscape for six countries in Asia, policy challenges and preliminary pathways for strengthening SSE in the region. The research is...
Executive Summary
World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021
In 2020, an estimated 8.8 per cent of total working hours were lost – the equivalent of the hours worked in one year by 255 million full-time workers. This summary indicator captures the various channels through which the pandemic has affected...
Report
World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021
In 2020, an estimated 8.8 per cent of total working hours were lost – the equivalent of the hours worked in one year by 255 million full-time workers. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the...
Cooperation among Cooperatives in Action between Japan and Africa - 10 Years of ILO/JCCU African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour
This retrospective booklet tells the story of a decade of collaboration between the Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union (JCCU) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the ILO/JCCU African Cooperative Leaders’ Study Tour Programme....
Socio economic impact of COVID-19 towards people living with HIV and key population: Rapid assessment report
The impacts of COVID-19 pandemic have caused more burdens to vulnerable groups who have previously faced challenges in fulfilling their basic needs, such as access to health and economy. Moreover, the stigma and discrimination that they face as...
Regional socio-economic integration strategy
Migration from Venezuela: opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean
The current Venezuelan migration crisis is the worst ever seen in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Since 2015, more than 5.4 million Venezuelans have had to leave their country as a result of the economic, social and political...
Compendium: Employment and decent work in refugee and other forced displacement contexts
Compendium of ILO’s lessons learned, emerging good practices and policy guidance
Start.COOP - a Step-by-step tool to start up a cooperative - Training Guide
Start.COOP is a low-cost, easy to use tool for those interested in starting and launching a cooperative in a participatory manner. It draws on technical content from existing materials in different ILO cooperative training tools. It also uses a...
Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement
Produced as part of a wider programme on responding to forced displacement crises, the report identifies good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations working...
Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement
Produced as part of a wider programme on responding to forced displacement crises, the report identifies good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations working...
The contribution of SSE and social finance to the future of work
This publication is the result of a research project undertaken in collaboration between the ILO Cooperatives Unit and Social Finance Programme, with support from the Government of France. The research analyses various Social and Solidarity Economy...
Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement
Produced as part of a wider programme on responding to forced displacement crises, the report identifies good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations working...
A compendium of practice
Interactions between Workers’ Organizations and Workers in the Informal Economy: A Compendium of Practice
A compilation of concrete examples, drawn from around the world, showing how trade unions have sought to reach out to workers in the informal economy to reduce the decent work deficits they face and support their transition to formality.
Financial mechanisms for innovative social and solidarity economy ecosystems - Full Report
This report presents the results of the “Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems” project, designed to foster a better understanding of the different ways in which financial resources can be made available and...
Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 12
Waste pickers’ cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations
Waste pickers make significant contributions to public health, sanitation, and the environment by promoting resource circulation and reducing the amount of landfill. However, they are often not legally recognized as workers and suffer from poor...
Publication
General Labour History of Africa: Workers, employers and governments, 20th-21st Centuries
This volume brings, for the first time, an African perspective within a global context to the study of labour and labour relations.
Statistics of cooperatives
Guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives (draft)