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ILO launches an innovative approach to facilitate enterprise formalization in Cabo Verde

03 January 2023

With 8 out of 10 economic units operating in the informal economy globally, what can countries do to promote the transition to formality and improve the livelihoods of billions? Which enterprises are most likely to formalize?

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Success Stories 2022

22 December 2022

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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.

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Jordan launches first ILO SCORE Training programme in the Middle East

21 December 2022

The training is set to improve SMEs’ productivity and working conditions in the agri-food sector in the country.

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ILO PROSPECTS undertakes training workshop for agricultural cooperatives in Lebanon

20 December 2022

Under PROSPECTS Lebanon, the ILO organized a 4-day training in Beirut, Lebanon on 5-8 December 2022. The aim of the training was to support selected agricultural cooperatives in Beqaa, Akkar and North-Lebanon, and help them overcome challenges imposed by Lebanon’s on-going financial and economic crises.

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ILO holds kick-off briefing session for the project on the social and solidarity economy in Kyrgyzstan

20 December 2022

The briefing session was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to introduce the Strengthening the Social and Solidarity Economy in Asia project to the ILO Constituents and social and solidarity economy (SSE) partners. The participants in the session included representatives from related government ministries, workers’ organizations, SSE institutions, and other relevant stakeholders.

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ILO participates and presents its approach to advancing cooperative engagement in supply chains in an ICETT online seminar

20 December 2022

The online seminar on the role of cooperatives in repairing and restructuring global value chains took place on December 13th with the participation of the ILO, ITC and cooperative representatives from around the world.

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The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) held its 41st regular meeting

20 December 2022

The 41st UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on 07 December 2022. It brought together around 50 participants from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, ECLAC, UNDP, UNDESA, UNCTAD and OECD), eleven observer organizations (Catalyst2030, CIRIEC, CSEND, EMES, EURICSE, DIESIS, GSEF, Euclid Network, ICA, SSE International Forum, RIPESS) and two resource persons.

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Childcare leave and services from a women ’s entrepreneurship development perspective

20 December 2022

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Financial education for micro, small and informal businesses in the Philippines – Trainee’s booklet

19 December 2022

This trainee's booklet on financial education targets primarily micro, small and informal business owners of the Philippines who wish to improve their digital money management. The booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance. The trainee's booklet was produced under the “Bringing Back Jobs Safely under the COVID-19 crisis in the Philippines” project, with the generous financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.