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ILO COOP eNewsUpdate

27 May 2022

Every month, the ILO COOP eNewsletter highlights recent news and developments on cooperatives by the ILO and partners.

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The ILO COOP Manager discusses appraising evidence on social and solidarity economy to ILO Constituents

27 May 2022

The session took place on May 19 at an ILO workshop on evidence-based policy making for decent work with the participation of 34 Constituents from 23 countries.

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Materials on “Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)” now available from the ILO

26 May 2022

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Mr Melih Toprak and Mr Fatih Polattimur, Trade Experts at the Turkish Ministry of Trade

18 May 2022

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with cooperators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, ILO interviewed Mr Melih Toprak and Mr Fatih Polattimur, Trade Experts at the Ministry of Trade, on the significance of the recent amendments on Turkish Cooperatives Code for statistics of cooperatives.

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Exchanges with the international cooperative movement on the ILO’s Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation and the ILC discussion on decent work and the social and solidarity economy

17 May 2022

On May 13, 2022 the International Cooperative Alliance organized an event that brought together cooperators and the ILO to reflect on the outcomes of the 33rd World Cooperative Congress, the relevance of the ILO’s Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation and the upcoming general discussion on “Decent work and the social and solidarity economy (SSE) at the 110th International Labour Conference.

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The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 39th regular meeting

17 May 2022

The 39th UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on 11 May 2022. It brought together 45 participants from six member organizations (ILO, UNRISD, UNDESA, UNCTAD, ESCAP and OECD), twelve observer organizations (CIRIEC, EMES, EURICSE, DIESIS, GSEF, Euclid Network, Social Economy Europe, SSE International Forum, RIPESS, CSEND, EESC and ICA) and three resource persons.

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ILO and UNTFSSE participate at Catalysing Change Week 2022

17 May 2022

The Director of the Enterprises Department of the ILO and Chair of the UN Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE), Mr Vic Van Vuuren has participated in the Catalysing Change Week 2022, an international event to unlock and accelerate the potential of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE).

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ILO and UNTFSSE participation in the conference “Social economy, the future of Europe”

10 May 2022

Organized in Strasburg on 5-6 May, the event brought together more than 2,000 social economy stakeholders of Europe and beyond.

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Select References - Decent Work & Social and Solidarity Economy

04 May 2022

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Faces of Recovery: Cooperating for a better future

03 May 2022

This story is from the "Faces of Recovery" series about how Haitians, the UN and partners responded to the devastation caused by the August 2021 earthquake.