Resources on cooperatives (Cooperatives)

Djankou Ndjonkou, former ILO Specialist on Cooperative Education and Training

26 February 2020

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). The interviews reflect on their experience and contributions in the past and shares their thoughts on the future of cooperatives and the SSE in a changing world of work.

Think.COOP - an orientation on the cooperative business model - Facilitator's Guide

30 September 2019

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 a peer-to-peer, activity-based learning methodology from the ILO’s Community-Based Enterprise Development (C-BED) programme. Think.Coop package contains: a training guide, a facilitator’s guide and two power point presentations that can be used for training of facilitators and direct beneficiaries.

Launch of My.Coop Smart

30 September 2019

My.Coop Smart, an online self-paced learning tool of My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperatives, has been launched.

National consultation workshop on Start.Coop in Cambodia

30 August 2019

A national consultation workshop on ILO’s Start.Coop training tool was organized with over 64 officials from the government and civil society organizations that support the development of agricultural cooperatives.

Thirty new trainers trained in My.Coop towards developing agricultural cooperatives in southern Haiti

28 August 2019

My.Coop – Training on agricultural cooperative management was organized in Haiti within the framework of an ILO project on addressing education and skills gaps for vulnerable youth in the agriculture and fishery sectors.

Training of trainers on Think.Coop and Start.Coop in Comoros

12 July 2019

Roll-out of Think.Coop continues in Turkey, now also extending to rural areas

28 June 2019

ILO’s Think.Coop training tool has been rolled out in Turkey by Youth Deal Cooperative - Turkey’s first youth-led social cooperative that aims to provide sustainable employment solutions for disadvantaged groups including youth.

John Bliek, Enterprises Specialist at ILO Office for the Andean Countries

18 April 2019

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.