Resources on cooperatives

  1. The ILO DG participated in the OECD high-level conference on SSE

    23 September 2021

    The political momentum around SSE was discussed at the opening session.

  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 holds follow up activities as part of the project on Strengthen Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) policy in Asia

    25 August 2021

    A number of follow-up activities are being held to disseminate key outputs of the project on Strengthening SSE Policy in Asia.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Members and observers of the United Nations Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) co-organized a session at the Vth World Forum on Local Economic Development

    29 June 2021

    UNDP, GSEF, UNRISD, ILO, and the UNTFSSE held virtually a session on “Integrated territorial systems for Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE): building a framework for analysis and planning’’ on 1 June 2021

  9. The PAJESS project participates in a session of the Vth World Forum on Local Economic Development

    29 June 2021

    Mr. Tarek Mahjoub, Regional Director of Vocational Training and Employment at the Ariana Governorate in Tunisia shared the experience of the PAJESS project during the session "Integrated territorial systems for the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE): building a framework for analysis and planning".

  10. 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.