News, stories and statements on cooperatives
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News
ILO DG speaks at a session on the social and solidarity economy at the World Government Summit 2023 session
15 February 2023
The session on “How the Social Economy Shapes a Better Future for Humanity” took place on February 12, 2023 at the World Government Summit in Dubai.
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ILO holds second regional advisory committee to share updates on strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia project
14 February 2023
The project’s national researchers and regional advisory committee members exchanged around the progress of the research on the social and solidarity economy in Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Vietnam on 6 February 2023.
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COOP Champions
Youssef Fennira Chief Technical Advisor, Responsible for Enterprises/SSE Cluster and Youth focal point, ILO Tunisia
14 February 2023
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.
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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
StreetNet International: Organizing street vendors towards formalization and economic empowerment
10 February 2023
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths in the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, ILO interviewed Lorraine Ndlovu, President of the Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA), President of StreetNet International and a board member of Women in Informal Economy Globalizing Organizing (WIEGO).
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COOP Champions
Younis Sbeih, National Project Officer on Cooperatives for the Cooperative Support Programme (CSP), ILO Ramallah
01 February 2023
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.
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News
ILO DG joins public and private sector and social and solidarity economy leaders at a panel in Davos on Unlocking the Social Economy
31 January 2023
The panellists discussed the role of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in advancing decent work and sustainable development.
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News
Japan International Labour Foundation reaches out to hundreds of informal workers in South East Asia using ILO’s orientation and learning tools on cooperatives
27 January 2023
The ILO’s Our.COOP tools provide an opportunity to train informal workers on the values of collaboration through cooperatives.
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Article
Due Diligence training to eliminate child labour in Uganda
27 January 2023
Through the training, participants were able to reflect on the specific challenges that they face and learned how to use different practical tools to implement in practice the different steps in a child labour due diligence process by which companies identify, prevent, manage and account for the negative impact occurring in their operations or value chains.
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News
Training of trainers workshop on cooperative development tools in the DRC
25 January 2023
A training of trainers on ILO cooperative development tools was held in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 12 to 23 December 2022.
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News
ILO COOP eNewsUpdate
21 December 2022
Every month, the ILO COOP eNewsletter highlights recent news and developments on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy by the ILO and partners.