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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Publication
Social Finance Working Paper #67: Social Finance for Social Economy
20 February 2017
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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.
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Publication
Product Offer - Enterprise Formalization
17 February 2017
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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.
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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.
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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.