ILO's work on cooperatives in Africa

  1. News

    ILO COOP NewsUpdate, Issue No. 5

    17 November 2016

  2. Article

    ILO supporting Algerian youth social and solidarity economy initiatives

    11 November 2016

  3. News

    ILO COOP NewsUpdate, Issue No. 4

    11 October 2016

  4. 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.

  5. News

    Regional meeting on cooperative statistics in Lesotho

    24 June 2016

  6. Article

    National voices from the cooperative movement at the International Labour Conference 2016

    03 June 2016

  7. Article

    Global voices from the cooperative movement at the International Labour Conference 2016

    03 June 2016

  8. 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.

  9. © Evan Schneider / UN 2024

    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.

  10. © Dominic Chavez/World Bank. 2024

    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.