Resources on cooperatives

  1. ILO COOP contributes to the 2021 CIRIEC international conference

    23 September 2021

    The ILO initiative on the implementation of the guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives was introduced to the global research community on social and solidarity economy.

  2. UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) releases new research on SSE statistics

    30 August 2021

    The papers on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) statistics aim at supporting stakeholders to deepen their understanding of the methodologies on SSE and policymakers to establish and improve SSE statistical systems

  3. ILO COOP held meetings with Statistics Korea and SK for pilot testing of international guidelines on statistics of cooperatives

    30 July 2021

  4. The cooperative statistics component of the ILO project on Strengthening SSE Knowledge Base in Asia was featured at the third Social Economy Fair in Korea

    29 July 2021

    The ILO presentation at the third Social Economy Fair, held in Gwangju from July 2 to July 4, focused on statistics of cooperatives component of the second phase of the project on Strengthening SSE Policy in Asia.

  5. ILO COOP officials hold meetings with Korean stakeholders on implementing cooperative statistics guidelines

    26 May 2021

    ILO officials held several meetings with Korean stakeholders ahead of the launch of the project on Strengthening the SSE Knowledge Base

  6. The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 33rd regular meeting

    09 December 2020

    The meeting was virtually held on 08 December, 2020 and brought together almost 40 participants including representatives from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, UNDESA, UNCTAD, UNDP-ART, UNHRC and OECD), ten observer organizations (CIRIEC, EURICSE, Catalyst2030, GSEF, Euclid Network, Social Economy Europe, SSE International Forum, RIPESS, CSEND, and ICA) and three resource persons.

  7. A two-day symposium is held to celebrate the centennial of the Cooperatives Unit of the ILO

    27 November 2020

    The ILO held a two-day symposium on the occasion of the centennial of its Cooperatives Unit.

  8. ILO COOP 100 Symposium - Launch of Publications

    19 November 2020

  9. Statistics of Cooperatives: Concepts, classification, work and economic contribution measurements

    12 November 2020

    This book on statistics of cooperatives is a joint initiative of the International Labour Office (ILO), Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) and the International Centre of Research and Information on Public, Social and Cooperative Economy (CIRIEC). It brings together updated versions of four background studies produced for the ILO and COPAC in the process leading up to the adoption of the Guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives at the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) in October 2018. Together with the guidelines, the book is intended to help statisticians to capture more information on key trends and challenges in the world of cooperatives. This publication is celebrated during the ILO COOP 100 Symposium.

  10. The Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives

    13 December 2019