News, stories and statements on cooperatives
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Article
ILO COOP Chiefs across time
03 November 2020
This page provides bibliographies of the chiefs and heads of the ILO's Cooperatives Unit since its establishment in 1920.
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News
ILO participates in a meeting on platform cooperatives in Brussels
21 October 2019
The ILO Cooperatives Unit Manager reflected on how to ensure workers’ rights in the platform economy, including through cooperative worker ownership of digital platforms.
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News
ILO COOP eNewsUpdate No. 1, February 2017
14 February 2017
The ILO Cooperatives Unit launched its eNewsletter on 1 July 2016, this electronic newsletter replaces the previous paper version. The newsletter includes articles on various events, projects, training and meetings related to the work of the ILO and Cooperatives.
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Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators
A social enterprise creating job opportunities for migrants and disadvantaged persons in Berlin
09 February 2017
"Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators" is a series of interviews with leaders of cooperatives and social and solidarity economy enterprises (SSEEs) from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives and SSEEs. For this issue ILO interviewed Ms Heike Birkhölzer, a founding member and the Chief Executive Officer of the Graefewirtschaft established in 2009 in Berlin, Germany.