ILO COOP 100 Slideshow X
Cooperatives in Americas
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 tenth in the series of slideshows highlights cooperative action in the Americas.
This series of photos feature the practical contribution of cooperatives and the wider SSE in the Americas in tackling a broad range of issues including education and climate action activities such as construction and exports.
Cooperativa Multiactiva de Familias Unidas, Florecer, was formed by women weavers in one of the most vulnerable districts of Bogotá. Most of the members are single mothers and internally displaced people due to the conflict in Colombia.
© Pablo Maldonado / Asociación Colombiana de Cooperativas (Ascoop)
© Pablo Maldonado / Asociación Colombiana de Cooperativas (Ascoop)
Coopeservidores volunteer program, through this program, every year various types of volunteer work are carried out, including: planting trees, maintaining green areas.
© Coopeservidores (CS), Costa Rica
© Coopeservidores (CS), Costa Rica
Central Education Cooperative, Cooeducar, runs a school and a foundation that offers middle school and technician education, accessible for poor communities in Bogotá.
© Pablo Maldonado / Asociación Colombiana de Cooperativas (Ascoop)
© Pablo Maldonado / Asociación Colombiana de Cooperativas (Ascoop)
The National Institute for Cooperative Development (INFOCOOP) is a public institution in charge of promoting and developing cooperatives in Costa Rica. INFOCOOP supports small and medium scale farmers with support services for the production and marketing of pineapple, generating decent work and income for their families and the community.
© Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo (INFOCOOP) – Cooperative members working in pineapple processing plant
© Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo (INFOCOOP) – Cooperative members working in pineapple processing plant
Workers in the informal economy often work without contracts, protection or legal recognition. They rarely have access to financial services, representation or voice. Cooperatives enable formalization by transforming what are often marginal activities into legally protected work better integrated into the economy. Construction workers’ cooperatives improve their working and living conditions by providing long-term contracts. They also allow the members to bid for public and private tenders.
© Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo (INFOCOOP) - A woman engineer and coordinator of the group oversees the work
© Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo (INFOCOOP) - A woman engineer and coordinator of the group oversees the work
© Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo (INFOCOOP) - A woman engineer and coordinator of the group oversees the work
© Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo (INFOCOOP) - A woman engineer and coordinator of the group oversees the work
© Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo (INFOCOOP) - A woman engineer and coordinator of the group oversees the work
© Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo (INFOCOOP) - A woman engineer and coordinator of the group oversees the work
© Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo (INFOCOOP) - A woman engineer and coordinator of the group oversees the work
© Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo (INFOCOOP) - A woman engineer and coordinator of the group oversees the work