Resources on cooperatives

  1. ILO reflects on the Social and Solidarity Economy’s contribution to digital inclusion in Asia

    01 April 2022

    The ILO participated in a webinar organized by the Asian Roundtable for Social Protection, to discuss the intersection of digital technology, social and solidarity economy, and social protection in Asia and the Pacific.

  2. Sonia George, General Secretary of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), Kerala

    28 March 2022

    “Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with cooperative and wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy makers, researchers and practitioners from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work. On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Sonia George, General Secretary of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), Kerala.

  3. ILO presents on women’s cooperatives at a side event during the 60th session of the UN Committee on Social Development (CSD)

    28 February 2022

    ILO COOP Manager provided a keynote message at a side event on February 11, 2022.

  4. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy – High-level panel 2: Partnerships for inclusive and sustainable development: SSE ecosystems beyond COVID-19 crisis

    31 January 2022

  5. ILO COOP contributes to the HomeNet International webinar on “Home-based workers and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)”

    31 January 2022

    HomeNet International, a global network of membership-based workers' organizations representing thousands of home-based workers (HBWs) around the world, has organized a second session on home-based workers and the social and solidarity economy.

  6. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Plenary Session 3: SSE, decent work agenda and the future of work

    21 January 2022

  7. 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 3: SSE, just transition to climate-neutral and circular economy: innovative ways of production and consumption

    12 January 2022

  8. ILO contributes to an International Cooperative Week event on women cooperative responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

    26 November 2021

    On November 19, 2021, SEWA Cooperative Federation, WIEGO and International Cooperative Alliance - Asia-and-Pacific (ICA-AP) organized a global webinar titled ‘Rebuilding an Inclusive World in the Wake of the Pandemic: Women Cooperatives Lead the Way’ on the occasion of the International Cooperative Week.

  9. ILO COOP participates in a webinar on women’s collective entrepreneurship

    01 July 2021

    The webinar, organized by SEWA, IMAGO Global Grassroots and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations focused on women’s collective enterprises and building an enterprises support system.

  10. In Conversation with Ms. Simel Esim, Programme Manager, ILO COOP - International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific (icaap.coop)

    07 May 2021