ILO's work on cooperatives in Africa
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The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in the Global Social and Solidarity Economy Forum in Senegal
25 May 2023
ILO staff from Senegal, Tunisia and Switzerland contributed to a number of sessions at the Forum sharing their work with the social and solidarity economy.
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ILOCOOP presents updates to Government Groups on the SSE
19 May 2023
ILO COOP was extended an invitation by two government groups of Member States in the Asia and the Pacific and Africa regions, to provide an update on recent developments on the SSE portfolio.
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UNTFSSE participates in Virtual Side Event at the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs
18 May 2023
The “Social Innovation Experiences from the Social and Solidarity Economy” session was organized online on May 2, 2023 10:00-11:30 EST.
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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Interview with Elizabeth Nzilani Peter – Machakos Cooperative Union
12 May 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, ILO interviewed Elizabeth Nzilani Peter, Chief Executive Officer of Coffee Marketing at Machakos Cooperative Union in Kenya, and partner of the Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) network.
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ILO provides training on cooperatives in Bo City, Sierra Leone
27 April 2023
The training of trainers (ToT) workshops took place under the ILO’s Opportunity Salone project utilizing Think.Coop, Start.Coop, and My.Coop training packages.
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Think.Coop and Start.Coop adaptations to the groundnut supply chain, developed by ILO PROSPECTS in Sudan, are available in Arabic now
06 April 2023
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The ILO is undertaking a training of facilitators workshop on Think.Coop adaptation for Refugees and Host Communities in Sudan
06 April 2023
The three day workshop is taking place in Khartoum on 21-23 April in partnership with Hope and Friendship for Development Organization (HOPE).
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Digital Technology: A Game Changer in the Fight Against Child Labour in Uganda's Agriculture Sector
30 March 2023
To support the design of financial services coupled with non-financial productive and welfare services in selected agricultural supply chains. The project integrates child-sensitive measures in financial services to reduce the risk of child labour within their operations and plays an active role in the fight against child labour.
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ILO COOP meets with the African Union delegation to discuss collaboration on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy
21 March 2023
The meeting took place on March 15, 2023 at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva with the participation of ILO Cooperatives Unit and African Union Commission representatives from the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment Department and Labour Employment and Migration Division.
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42nd Regular Meeting of The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)
21 March 2023
The 42nd UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on 7 March 2023. It brought together around 30 participants from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, ECLAC, UNDP, UNDESA, UNCTAD and OECD) and eleven observer organizations (Catalyst2030, CIRIEC, CSEND, EMES, EURICSE, DIESIS, GSEF, Euclid Network, ICA, SSE International Forum, RIPESS).