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  1. News

    Strengthening agricultural cooperatives in Viet Nam

    28 February 2017

    My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative” training took place in Hanoi, Viet Nam in February 2017 after the translation and adaptation of My.Coop to the Vietnamese context.

  2. Publication

    Annual Report 2016

    28 February 2017

    The Annual Report 2016 highlights the achievements of the ILO's Impact Insurance Facility over the past year.

  3. Publication

    Cracking Tanzania's Youth Employment Conundrum

    28 February 2017

    Using rapid market analyses to identify potential in the horticulture, tourism/hospitality and apiculture sectors

  4. Rapid market assessment - Tanzania

    Cracking Tanzania's Youth Employment Conundrum

    28 February 2017

    Evaluating the potential for the horticulture, tourism and apiculture value chains to promote youth employment in Tanzania.

  5. Publication

    Social Finance Working Paper #67: Social Finance for Social Economy

    20 February 2017

  6. Event

    Strengthening agricultural cooperatives in Viet Nam

    My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative” training took place in Hanoi, Viet Nam in February 2017 after the translation and adaptation of My.Coop to the Vietnamese context.

  7. Publication

    Product Offer - Enterprise Formalization

    17 February 2017

  8. News

    ILO COOP eNewsUpdate No. 1, February 2017

    14 February 2017

    The ILO Cooperatives Unit launched its eNewsletter on 1 July 2016, this electronic newsletter replaces the previous paper version. The newsletter includes articles on various events, projects, training and meetings related to the work of the ILO and Cooperatives.

  9. Resources on Cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) and the Informal economy

    Informal economy

    09 February 2017

    Workers in the informal economy are mostly involved in micro and small enterprises. In the majority of cases they are unprotected and have no formal recognition. They operate as individuals or in small groups, have no access to financial services, nor do they have representation or voice. They are susceptible to all kinds of risks and their transition from informality to formality is slow and dreary. Cooperatives enable formalization by transforming what are often marginal survival activities into legally protected work, fully integrated into the mainstream economy.

  10. Publication

    SCORE Indonesia Case Study: Women leading transformation with help from SCORE Training

    03 February 2017

    Taking over the textile business from their father in 2011, the Kuhn sisters have breathed new air into the longstanding business - transforming communication, collaboration and organisation, while improving productivity.