Resources on cooperatives
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Terms of Reference - Consultancy for conducting a rapid cooperative needs assessment in Kenya
14 April 2021
The main objective of the assessment is to understand the current situation of cooperatives, farmers/producers groups, and other similar organizations in the target region and value chains, particularly their capacities, strengths, weaknesses and needs. In addition, the assessment will identify most suitable pathways in the current context based on findings as well as interviews of key stakeholders.
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Cooperatives in Africa
10 December 2020
As part of the ILO COOP 100 photo exhibitions, the ILO is featuring the contributions of cooperatives and the wider SSE to advancing decent work and sustainable development. The eighth in the series of slideshows highlights cooperative and wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) enterprises in Africa.
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Cooperative Principle 7: Concern for community
08 December 2020
The seventh in the series of slideshows highlights the seventh cooperative principle: concern for community. Cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies approved by their members.
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Cooperative Principle 3: Participation
08 December 2020
The cooperative principles are guidelines by which cooperatives put their values into practice. The fifth in the series of slideshows for ILO COOP 100 focuses on the third cooperative principle on Member Economic Participation. Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their cooperative.
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Executive summary: Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement
23 March 2020
Produced as part of a wider programme on responding to forced displacement crises, the report identifies good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations working in displacement contexts.
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Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement
21 March 2020
Produced as part of a wider programme on responding to forced displacement crises, the report identifies good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations working in displacement contexts.
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African cooperative leaders share their observations on the 10th ILO-JCCU Study Tour
30 October 2019
African cooperative leaders visited Japanese cooperatives and exchanged knowledge and practices in improving members’ livelihoods and addressing various development challenges in the changing world of work.
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Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 14
26 July 2019
This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC hopes to raise awareness about the significant contributions of cooperative enterprises towards achieving the 2030 Agenda in a sustainable, inclusive and responsible way, and encourage continued support for their efforts. This brief in the series focuses on This brief focuses on SDG 14 – Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
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Sharing research findings on the potential of cooperatives in promoting universal health coverage
28 June 2019
On June 20, 2019 the ILO co-organized a meeting on the “Cooperatives for Health” initiative at the Biotech Campus in Geneva.
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Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 2
16 October 2018
This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC hopes to raise awareness about the significant contributions of cooperative enterprises towards achieving the 2030 Agenda in a sustainable, inclusive and responsible way, and encourage continued support for their efforts. This brief focuses on SDG 2 – ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture.