Resources on cooperatives

  1. ILO and the UNTFSSE will participate in the OECD event “The Social and Solidarity Economy: From the Margins to the Mainstream”

    25 August 2021

    The event will take place virtually from 13 to 16 September 2021, from 13:00 to 16:00 CEST

  2. Registration is now open for the 12th edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

    25 August 2021

    The first ever virtual Academy on SSE will take place from 15 to 26 November 2021 in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish

  3. ILC Daily Show features questions and answers on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy

    30 June 2021

    During the 2021 International Labour Conference, the ILO hosted a virtual Daily show, which featured questions and answers on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy on June 17, 2021.

  4. ILO COOP participates in the first Robert Owen Academy Annual Lecture

    30 June 2021

    The first Robert Owen Academy Annual Lecture on “Post pandemic community - regeneration through co-operative multi agency partnerships” took place virtually on June 12, 2021.

  5. The ILO participates in a UN Expert Group Meeting on cooperatives and the COVID19 pandemic

    29 June 2021

    The first ever virtual Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on “The Role of Cooperatives in Economic and Social Development: Recover Better from the COVID19 Pandemic” took place on June 2-4, 2021.

  6. What did ILO COOP do around the global COVID-19 pandemic?

    04 December 2020

  7. ILO COOP provides a special message for the Coop Impact 2020 Conference

    08 October 2020

  8. ILO Enterprises Director speaks at a webinar on increased importance of the SSE in the aftermath of COVID-19

    02 June 2020

  9. UNTFSSE members and observers discuss COVID-19 responses and work-plan priorities

    27 May 2020

    The ILO chaired the meeting and its Cooperatives Unit shared its work related to the COVID-19 response.

  10. Interview with Joseph Connolly, former ILO official

    18 May 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.