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ILO and UNTFSSE participation in the First Pact for Impact Summit

16 July 2019

Two officials from the COOP Unit, Ms. Simel Esim and Ms. Valentina Verze, and the Director of the Enterprises Department, Mr. Vic Van Vuuren, participated in the first edition of Pact for Impact in Paris on 10-11 July, 2019.

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

StreetNet International: Organizing street vendors towards formalization and economic empowerment

16 July 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 Ms Oksana Abboud, International Coordinator at StreetNet International.

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How social cooperatives help informal workers

16 July 2019

Does organizing informal workers into their own cooperatives help them? Most certainly. Let me tell you about two poor salt-pan workers from the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK), Gujarat, India.

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Training of trainers on Think.Coop and Start.Coop in Comoros

12 July 2019

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An observance of the 2019 International Day of Cooperatives at the UN in New York

11 July 2019

On 8 July 2019, the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) organized an observance of the 2019 International Day of Cooperatives at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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"Cooperatives for decent work" - International Day of Cooperatives, 2019

04 July 2019

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ILO COOP eNewsUpdate Issue No 6, June 2019

28 June 2019

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SADA Women’s Cooperative in Turkey selected for the Paris Peace Forum

28 June 2019

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Sharing research findings on the potential of cooperatives in promoting universal health coverage

28 June 2019

On June 20, 2019 the ILO co-organized a meeting on the “Cooperatives for Health” initiative at the Biotech Campus in Geneva.

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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.