News on Social and Solidarity Economy

March 2022

  1. The ILO shares its knowledge on financing the social and solidarity economy (SSE) with its Constituents in Iran

    31 March 2022

    The ILO COOP manager sent a video message for the 4th edition of the international webinar on cooperative experiences organized by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare on March 8, 2022.

March 2021

  1. ILO contributes the first lecture of the JICA online lecture series on cooperatives for the Iran Chamber of Cooperatives

    09 March 2021

    ILO COOP Unit Manager delivered a presentation titled “Cooperative Responses to the Changing World of Work” on March 1, 2021 during the first session of the online lecture series organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Iran Chamber of Cooperatives (ICC).

August 2020

  1. Ramin Behzad, Labour Statistician and former Labour Counselor of Iran at the ILO

    18 August 2020

    Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). The interviews reflect on their experience and contributions in the past and shares their thoughts on the future of cooperatives and the SSE in a changing world of work.

September 2019

  1. ILO’s message for the 14th National Festival of “Superior Cooperatives” in Iran

    01 September 2019

    ILO Cooperatives Unit Manager sent a video message to the 14th National Festival of “Superior Cooperatives” organized by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare in Tehran, Iran.

November 2018

  1. ILO’s message for the 10th ICA-AP Cooperative Forum in Tehran, Iran

    29 November 2018

    ILO has sent a message to a biennial conference aimed at discussing how cooperatives can contribute to more resilient and sustainable economy.

April 2018

  1. Interview with Ramin Behzad, member of COPAC Technical Working Group on Statistics of Cooperatives

    23 April 2018

    The ILO has joined forces with other members of the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) to improve statistics on cooperatives. They are working towards developing guidelines on the measurement of cooperatives to be presented at the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) in October 2018. ILO COOP interviewed Mr Ramin Behzad, member of COPAC Technical Working Group on Statistics of Cooperatives, on the importance, the challenges and the outlook of its work.