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ILO COOP eNewsUpdate

01 December 2023

Every month, the ILO COOP eNewsletter highlights recent news and developments on cooperatives by the ILO and partners.

News

ILO COOP participates in a #CoffeePeople webinar on Occupational Safety and Health through Cooperatives

01 December 2023

ILO COOP unit joined the ILO’s LABADMIN/OSH Branch to talk about the relevance of cooperatives in promoting occupational safety and health in the coffee supply chain.

News

Regional Seminar advances dialogue on responsible business and decent work in Latin America

01 December 2023

The III Regional Seminar on Responsible Business Conduct and Decent Work (Lima, Peru, 21-23 November 2023) presented a valuable platform for governments, employers, and workers representatives from Latin America to enhance dialogue on the labour aspects of responsible business conduct (RBC).

Learnings from case studies from Guatemala and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Developing an impact monitoring system for Sida’s guarantee instrument

30 November 2023

Credit guarantees can be a powerful instrument to achieve positive development results. This paper summarises findings from case studies, conducted in Guatemala and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and illustrates their contribution to our work co-designing an impact monitoring system for Sweden’s guarantee instrument.

News

ILO offers a clinic on the cooperative model for women entrepreneurs from indigenous and local communities at WIPO training

30 November 2023

ILO contributed to the 2023-2024 edition of the WIPO training, mentoring and matchmaking programme on intellectual property for women entrepreneurs from indigenous peoples and local communities.

News

Engaging with platform cooperatives to build a fairer digital economy

30 November 2023

ILO participates and contributes to a multi-stakeholder dialogue that shed light on the platform cooperatives as a viable alternative in the platform economy and pathways towards strengthening platform cooperatives in Thailand.

News

ILO contributes to the opening session of Seminar on cooperative trade in Beijing, China

30 November 2023

On November 28, the ILO COOP Manager Ms Simel Esim joined the ICA Seminar and Training Course on Cooperative Trade and Development at the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE).

Publication

A rough guide to measuring job quality in market systems development: Operational guidance

30 November 2023

Article

The Swiss Ambassador visits Shea enterprises in Tamale

30 November 2023

As part of the Swiss Embassy’s strategy to promote private sector development in Ghana, Her Excellency Simone Giger visits three female owned shea enterprises in the Northern Region of Ghana that are supported by the ILO programme Producitvitiy Ecosystems for Decent Work

Video

The Approach to Inclusive Market Systems in Action!

30 November 2023

Have a look at this video highlighting results from an AIMS initiative to develop the Sesame value chain in Uganda. This initiative was launched in the framework of ILO’s PROSPECTS programme and in association with the private sector partner Ag-Plutos to stimulate decent work prospects for refugees and host community members. The partnership has resulted in increased yield and higher returns for refugee and host community sesame farmers, jobs for the trained village agents and access to required produce for sesame aggregators in the region.