News on Social and Solidarity Economy
February 2022
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ILO presents on women’s cooperatives at a side event during the 60th session of the UN Committee on Social Development (CSD)
28 February 2022
ILO COOP Manager provided a keynote message at a side event on February 11, 2022.
January 2022
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12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 2: Towards an inclusive and gender-transformative SSE: a thinking lab
21 January 2022
July 2021
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ILO COOP participates in a webinar on women’s collective entrepreneurship
01 July 2021
The webinar, organized by SEWA, IMAGO Global Grassroots and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations focused on women’s collective enterprises and building an enterprises support system.
June 2021
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ILC Daily Show features questions and answers on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy
30 June 2021
During the 2021 International Labour Conference, the ILO hosted a virtual Daily show, which featured questions and answers on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy on June 17, 2021.
May 2021
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Liz Green, Executive Vice President, ICMIF
13 May 2021
“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 Liz Green, Executive Vice President at ICMIF.
March 2021
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ILO COOP presents cooperatives as an enterprise model for transgender communities in Indonesia
19 March 2021
Representatives from ILO COOP presented the potential of cooperative model for empowering the transgender community in Indonesia
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ILO COOP participated in a virtual coffee talk on good practices on women’s leadership in cooperatives in the recovery from COVID19
18 March 2021
The virtual session on “Celebrating Women in Coops: Thriving and effecting change during COVID19” took place on March 17, 2021 with the participation of more than 170 viewers on the occasion of Women’s Month.
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Launch of FORTER'ESS Project - Strengthening the resilience and promotion of decent work of women-led SSE organizations in Tunisia
11 March 2021
The FORTER’ESS project is the result of a partnership between the Tunisian Government, the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as donor, and the International Labour Organization as implementing agency. It aims to strengthen the resilience of women-led Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) affected by COVID-19 in two disadvantaged regions of Tunisia.
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ILO launches FORTER'ESS project to promote decent work through women-led social and solidarity economy organizations in Tunisia
08 March 2021
The FORTER’ESS project is the result of a partnership between Global Affairs Canada and the International Labour Organization (ILO) that works in collaboration with the Tunisian Government and social partners to strengthen the resilience of women-led Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) affected by COVID-19.
January 2021
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ILO COOP participates in a Masterclass on gender equality and women’s empowerment in social economy
26 January 2021
On January 21, 2021 ILO COOP participated in a virtual Masterclass on gender equality and women’s empowerment in social economy organized by the Diesis network.