Resources on cooperatives

  1. Call for expression of interest – Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy Policy in Asia - Final internal evaluation

    23 June 2021

  2. ILO COOP participates in the Strategic Workshop “Toward an action plan to eliminate child labour and to promote decent work in solid waste management systems in Mexico”

    28 May 2021

    Head of ILO’s COOP Unit highlighted the role that cooperatives play for informal waste-pickers to access social protection, generate negotiation power with public and private stakeholders and to formalize their work.

  3. The Validation Workshop of the evaluation of the potential of the Social Economy in Cameroon was held virtually on 27 April 2021

    26 May 2021

    The workshop was co-organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts of Cameroon (MINPMEESA) to discuss and validate the results of the study on "The evaluation of the needs of social economy units and the identification of priority value

  4. MoU signed between ILO and Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labour to promote SSE on a global scale

    26 May 2021

    ILO signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Korea as part of the ILO/Korea Partnership Programme 2021-2023

  5. The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 35th regular meeting

    19 May 2021

    The UNTFSSE meeting was virtually held on 18 May 2021 and brought together around 40 participants including representatives from six member (ILO, UNRISD, UNDESA, UNCTAD, UNDP-ART, UNHRC), twelve observer organizations (CIRIEC, EURICSE, Catalyst2030, EMES, GSEF, Euclid Network, Social Economy Europe, SSE International Forum, RIPESS, CSEND, EESC and ICA) and three resource persons.

  6. UNTFSSE participates in the relaunch of the Pact for Impact Alliance

    27 April 2021

    The Chair of the UNTFSSE and Director of the Enterprises Department, Mr. Vic Van Vuuren, participated in the re-launch of the Pact for Impact Alliance virtually held on 15 April 2020.

  7. ILO and UNTFSSE participated in a Conference on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and creation of jobs in the EU

    31 March 2021

    The ILO Director of ACTRAV and the UNTFSSE Chair participated in the event titled “The role of Social Economy in the creation of jobs and in the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights” organized by the Portuguese Government on March 29, 2021.

  8. The 110th Session of the International Labour Conference in 2022 will hold a general discussion on Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy

    30 March 2021

    The 341st Governing Body (GB) of the International Labour Office (ILO) decided to place on the agenda of the 110th Session (2022) of the International Labour Conference (ILC) an item related to “Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)” for general discussion.

  9. Joint UNTFSSE-SEE event in the framework of European Social Economy Summit

    29 March 2021

    Social Economy Europe and the UN Taskforce on Social and Solidarity Economy will co-organise the event “Social and Solidarity Economy: leading the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the contribution to a fair recovery”.

  10. ILO COOP participates in a seminar on cooperatives and the global COVID19 pandemic at the second Global Youth Forum (GYF 2021)

    29 March 2021

    The second edition of the Global Youth Forum on cooperative entrepreneurship took place between Mar 25 and 27, 2021. ILO COOP participated in a session on "What did cooperatives do around the global COVID19 pandemic?" on March 26th.