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ESCWA Joins UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) to advance sustainable development

08 December 2023

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Julie Chartrand-Beauregard, Strategic Advisor and Executive Assistant, Directorate of Collective Entrepreneurship at the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy,

08 December 2023

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Julie Chartrand-Beauregard, Strategic Advisor and Executive Assistant, Directorate of Collective Entrepreneurship at the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Quebec, Canada.

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ILO COOP participates in a #CoffeePeople webinar on Occupational Safety and Health through Cooperatives

01 December 2023

ILO COOP unit joined the ILO’s LABADMIN/OSH Branch to talk about the relevance of cooperatives in promoting occupational safety and health in the coffee supply chain.

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ILO offers a clinic on the cooperative model for women entrepreneurs from indigenous and local communities at WIPO training

30 November 2023

ILO contributed to the 2023-2024 edition of the WIPO training, mentoring and matchmaking programme on intellectual property for women entrepreneurs from indigenous peoples and local communities.

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Engaging with platform cooperatives to build a fairer digital economy

30 November 2023

ILO participates and contributes to a multi-stakeholder dialogue that shed light on the platform cooperatives as a viable alternative in the platform economy and pathways towards strengthening platform cooperatives in Thailand.

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ILO contributes to the opening session of Seminar on cooperative trade in Beijing, China

30 November 2023

On November 28, the ILO COOP Manager Ms Simel Esim joined the ICA Seminar and Training Course on Cooperative Trade and Development at the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE).

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The ILO conducts a cooperative audit training workshop in Jordan

29 November 2023

In the past year ILO PROSPECTS Jordan and ILO-Jerusalem has been collaborating around developing a “Cooperative Audit and Control Manual” for use in both contexts in close collaboration with the Cooperative Work Agency (CWA) in OPT and the Jordan Co-operative Corporation (JCC).

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Raising awareness on the cooperative model among coffee farmers in Lao PDR

28 November 2023

Facilitators were trained on the cooperative model including its principles, values, structure, function and related legislation and policies to then train 400 coffee producers in villages of Dak Cheung district in Lao PDR.

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ILO COOP participates in the side event on Women Social Economy Leaders at the Social Economy Conference in Spain

21 November 2023

The side event took place in Donostia/San Sebastian at the Social Economy Conference for Europe under the Spanish Presidency on 14 November 2023.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Ekaterina Dimitrova, Project Manager, Monnaie Léman, Geneva, Switzerland

20 November 2023

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and soli-darity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Ekaterina Dimitrova, Project Manager, Monnaie Léman, Geneva, Switzerland.