News, stories and statements on cooperatives

  1. News

    The ILO holds meeting on care provision through cooperatives with global and country level updates

    01 September 2023

    On Wednesday, August 23rd, The ILO’s Cooperative Unit (COOP) and the Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Branch came together with 27 ILO colleagues from headquarters and the field to discuss progress on the initiative Cooperative Care Provision as a Gender-Transformative Decent Work Solution, initially launched in March 2023.

  2. News

    First training of trainers’ workshop on Think.Coop and Start.Coop for the aquaculture sector held in Lima

    01 September 2023

    The ILO and UNIDO organized a regional training of trainers’ workshop on the adaptation of ILO’s Think.Coop and Start.Coop tools to the aquaculture sector in the ILO Office in Lima, Peru, on 21-25 August, 2023.

  3. News

    Raising awareness on the social and solidarity economy in Viet Nam

    01 September 2023

    On August 31st the ILO organized a brown bag meeting to inform UN agencies on the ILC and UN Resolutions concerning the social and solidarity economy and the regional project.

  4. News

    ILO organizes kick-off meeting for the social and solidarity economy in Asia project in Viet Nam

    01 September 2023

    The ILO organized a kick-off national advisory committee meeting for Viet Nam as part of the social and solidarity economy in Asia project – phase 2.

  5. News

    ILO organizes kick-off meeting for the social and solidarity economy in Asia project in Viet Nam

    01 September 2023

    The ILO organized a kick-off national advisory committee meeting for Viet Nam as part of the social and solidarity economy in Asia project – phase 2.

  6. Call for expressions of interest

    Mapping study of the social and solidarity economy in KENYA

    01 September 2023

  7. Call for expressions of interest

    Mapping study of the social and solidarity economy in ETHIOPIA

    25 August 2023

  8. News

    ILO COOP Presents on decent work and the SSE to Students from National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

    25 August 2023

    The presentation on decent work and the social and solidarity economy took place on August 22, 2023 at the ILO Headquarters. It was followed by a question and answer session.

  9. Call for expressions of interest

    Mapping study on the social and solidarity economy in ZAMBIA

    23 August 2023

  10. Call for expressions of interest

    Mapping study of the social and solidarity economy in EGYPT

    23 August 2023

  11. Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

    Interview with Mr. Orkun Doğan, Economist and Researcher/Partner at Yerkure Local Studies Cooperative and Dissensus Research

    17 August 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 Mr. Orkun Doğan, Economist and Researcher/Partner at Yerkure Local Studies Cooperative and Dissensus Research.