News, stories and statements on cooperatives
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Harnessing the Potential of the Social and Solidarity Economy in Mongolia
17 July 2023
The booth on social and solidarity economy at the World SME Day Expo 2023 explored ways to improve understanding of the social and solidarity economy in Mongolia, to strengthen its contribution to sustainable development in line with the country’s long-term development policy.
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COOP Unit participates in the ILO’s 8th Regulating Decent Work research conference
12 July 2023
The 8th RDW Conference in 2023 took place at the ILO in Geneva between July 10-12, 2023. It addressed the impact of interconnected crises, COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, conflicts, and disruptions to global supply chains, on the world of work.
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Improved statistics will strengthen global cooperative movement
30 June 2023
An international conference has explored ways that more robust and consistent statistical measures can shape better policies and interventions for cooperatives and help their contribution to sustainable development be properly recognized.
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In Lebanon ILO PROSPECTS organizes a business plan competition to select social and solidarity economy entities that will benefit from technical and financial assistance
26 June 2023
The business plan competition took place on 19-21 June 2023 with the participation of 37 SSE projects that aim to create decent jobs for vulnerable host communities and Syrian refugees to bring about changes in their communities.
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ILO shares its work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy in Korea and strengthens cooperation with Korean partners
26 June 2023
The mission members shared the ILO’s work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy and explored avenues to further strengthen collaboration with related Korean institutions, universities, and cooperative partners.
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ILO holds third regional advisory committee to share updates on strengthening the social and solidarity economy in Asia project
21 June 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, Mongolia, Thailand, and Vietnam on 9 June 2023.
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ILO Office for Japan supports a special dialogue session on the future of the social and solidarity economy in Tokyo
21 June 2023
On the 17 June 2023, the Institute for Solidarity-based Society (Rengo Institute) at Hosei University, with the support of the ILO Office for Japan, held a public lecture on 'Special Dialogue Session: The Future of the SSE” in Tokyo, Japan.
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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Interview with Chiara Carini, Senior Researcher at the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (EURICSE), and Massimo Lori, Senior Researcher at the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
20 June 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 during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Chiara Carini, Senior Researcher at the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (EURICSE), and Massimo Lori, Senior Researcher at the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). They work together on the Italian case as part of the ILO’s initiative on advancing the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives.
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COOP-FENAMUTRA: Dominican Republic
12 June 2023
COOP-FENAMUTRA is a service cooperative that was born on January 27, 2021, from an initiative of the Fenamutra National Union of Homeworkers (UNFETRAH), IDWF affiliate, in the Dominican Republic.
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ILO COOP participates to present at the EESC meeting on the Social Economy Category
12 June 2023
The second meeting of the EESC meeting on the Social Economy Category for 2023 took place on June 7, 2023. The hybrid meeting included a presentation and discussion with ILO COOP Unit Manager Simel Esim on the ILC and UN GA resolutions on the SSE.