News on Social and Solidarity Economy

June 2019

  1. ApexFinCoop - Strengthening the apex organization of financial cooperatives in Nepal

    28 June 2019

    The ILO, the ITC-ILO and the FAO jointly organized a training workshop for the Nepal Federation of Savings and Credit Unions (NEFSCUN) towards promoting financial inclusion and inclusive economic development.

  2. Roll-out of Think.Coop continues in Turkey, now also extending to rural areas

    28 June 2019

    ILO’s Think.Coop training tool has been rolled out in Turkey by Youth Deal Cooperative - Turkey’s first youth-led social cooperative that aims to provide sustainable employment solutions for disadvantaged groups including youth.

  3. Reference to cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy in the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work

    28 June 2019

  4. ILO co-organizes an international conference on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)

    27 June 2019

    The ILO co-organizes an international conference aimed at examining the role of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  5. The ILO-ICA Joint Conference on Cooperatives and the Future of Work

    25 June 2019

    Marking the ILO Centenary, the ILO and the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) co-organized a conference that reflects on the role of cooperative enterprises in promoting decent work for all in a changing world of work.

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    ILO participates in international research conference on social economy in Bucharest

    11 June 2019

  7. ILO participates in the research conference on measuring and reporting sustainability performance of enterprises

    05 June 2019

May 2019

  1. ILO COOP eNewsUpdate Issue No 5, May 2019

    31 May 2019

  2. ILO constituents in Moldova look into the potential of cooperative enterprises

    30 May 2019

    ILO COOP Unit Manager took part in the consultations with the ILO constituents and partners in identifying needs and opportunities toward cooperative action in rural and informal economies.

  3. Siôn Whellens: Incubating worker cooperatives in the changing world of work

    29 May 2019

    “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, ILO interviewed Mr Siôn Whellens, a member of Calverts, the London branding, design and print cooperative; a cooperative business adviser at Principle Six, a development partnership on worker and community cooperatives; and a co-founder of Worker Coop Solidarity Fund.