ILO's work on cooperatives in Africa
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News
ILO COOP NewsUpdate, Issue No. 5
17 November 2016
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Article
ILO supporting Algerian youth social and solidarity economy initiatives
11 November 2016
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News
ILO COOP NewsUpdate, Issue No. 4
11 October 2016
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News
The way forward to advancing cooperatives in Africa: Interviews with African cooperative leaders
10 October 2016
In September 2016, three cooperative leaders from the United Republic of Tanzania and Niger participated in a study tour to Japan to get exposed to lessons learned from Japanese cooperative enterprises and share cooperative experiences between the countries.
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News
Regional meeting on cooperative statistics in Lesotho
24 June 2016
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Article
National voices from the cooperative movement at the International Labour Conference 2016
03 June 2016
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Article
Global voices from the cooperative movement at the International Labour Conference 2016
03 June 2016
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Project
Professional integration of young people in Algeria through a stronger civil society
02 March 2016
The A’AMAL project encourages collaboration among local actors, more specifically civil society, for the professional integration of young people in Algeria. The initiative is part of the Youth Employment Support Programme (‘PAJE’), co-financed by the Algerian Government and the European Union. Launched in 2012, PAJE aims to support the reforms and actions taken by the Algerian Government in the implementation of youth-centred policies.
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Cooperatives and refugees
How workers' cooperatives can help tackle the refugee crisis
09 November 2015
On 8-10 November, an international conference in Turkey discussed, among other issues, ways in which cooperatives can help the growing number of refugees and migrants in today’s world. ILO News spoke with Simel Esim, head of the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit.
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Cooperatives
Cooperatives moving into the care economy
26 October 2015
An interview with Lenore Matthew from the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit (COOP) and the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch (GED), who presented new research showing how cooperatives are increasingly providing care for the elderly, people with disabilities and children.