News on Social and Solidarity Economy

ILO highlights intervention models on building sustainable local communities through cooperatives

15 December 2021

The ILO presented its experiences of working with cooperatives on child labour in global supply chains and forced displacement contexts during the 33rd World Cooperative Congress.
ILO discusses the role of cooperatives in promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in value chains

15 December 2021

The ILO was invited to participate and present in the panel “Strengthening our Cooperative Identity by supporting ethical value chain management” organized in the framework of the ICA’s 33rd World Cooperative Congress.

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 1: Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work in the SSE

29 November 2021

The electives of the SSE Academy were designed for practitioners from around the world to share and discuss practices, ideas and models for SSE action in specific fields. The first elective 1 took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2021. It focused on the promotion of fundamental principles and rights at work in the Social and Solidarity Economy. It was available for participants in English, French and Spanish.

ILO sheds light upon the role of cooperatives in the elimination of child labour at the Academy on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

29 October 2021

The two sessions organized in the framework of the Academy provided insights of the ILO’s work with cooperatives toward the elimination of child labour and presented practical cases of cooperatives that take action to combat child labour.

The International Cooperative Alliance and the ILO organize a webinar to mark the World Day against Child Labour

30 June 2021

The awareness raising training package on “The role of cooperatives in eliminating Child Labour” was also launched during the webinar on June 9, 2021.

ILO COOP participates in the Strategic Workshop “Toward an action plan to eliminate child labour and to promote decent work in solid waste management systems in Mexico”

28 May 2021

Head of ILO’s COOP Unit highlighted the role that cooperatives play for informal waste-pickers to access social protection, generate negotiation power with public and private stakeholders and to formalize their work.

The UN International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour: Enterprises in Action to Eliminate Child Labour

26 February 2021

To mark the occasion of the UN International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, a booth on “Enterprises in Action to eliminate child labour” was presented during the Global Technical Team Meeting of the Enterprises Department of the ILO on 24 February 2021.

Hans Lind, Interim Country Representative for Colombia and Senior Advisor on Cooperative Development at We Effect

30 July 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.

A new ILO training programme on activating agricultural cooperatives in the elimination of child labour piloted in Tanzania

17 March 2020

The new training programme was developed to strengthen the capacities of cooperatives as part of ILO’s projects on the elimination of child labour in multiple African countries.

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