Resources on cooperatives

  1. Enterprises Monthly Newsletter

    03 May 2022

  2. 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.

  3. ILO organizes training of trainers on the cooperative business model towards increasing economic opportunities in the fishery sector in Mauritania

    30 May 2019

    The ToT workshop was conducted to strengthen the capacity of local institutions to support the organization of fishermen groups including cooperatives and other businesses for value-creation and marketing of fish products.

  4. Presentation on ILO’s training tools on cooperatives and social and solidarity economy (SSE)

    29 October 2018

    This video introduces the key ILO tools for capacity building and training of cooperatives and other SSE enterprises. The video has been prepared for the Mid-term regional workshop on “Strengthening National Capacities of Producer Organizations in the NENA Region” (Oman, Lebanon and Sudan) which took place in Lebanon on the 30 and 31 of October 2018.

  5. Application of Think.COOP in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

    22 October 2018

    The ILO’s Think.COOP training programme was implemented with the students of Afyon Kocatepe University Business Club, with the facilitation of Youth Deal Cooperative partners, within the scope of the Social Cooperative Education and Promotion Train activities.

  6. ILO shares its work on social economy in the Maghreb at the 11th Convergences World Forum

    27 September 2018

    ILO Algiers Office Director Mr Mohamed Ali Deyahi presented good practices and lessons learned from ILO engagement with the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in the Maghreb at an international forum in Paris.

  7. ILO’s participation in the 17th National Cooperative Congress in Colombia

    31 August 2018

    ILO participated in the 17th National Cooperative Congress in Cartagena, Colombia, to share ILO’s cooperative development initiatives in the world of work.

  8. ILO participates in an observance of the International Day of Cooperatives at the United Nations, New York

    09 July 2018

    The Director ILO Office for the UN Director presented the relevance of cooperatives in promoting decent work and sustainable development at an observance of the 2018 International Day of Cooperatives held at UN Headquarters in New York.

  9. ILO participates in an international forum on cooperative development in the Pacific Islands

    09 July 2018

    The Director of the ILO Office for Pacific Islands presented the work of the ILO on cooperatives to promote decent work at an international forum on cooperative development in the Pacific region.

  10. Cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE), Trade and Global Supply Chains

    20 June 2018

    Cooperatives, as member-owned, principle-driven and community-based businesses, can play an important role in overcoming decent work deficits and promoting sustainable and inclusive business practices in trade and global supply chains.