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ILO COOP/SSE participates in a webinar on women’s collective entrepreneurship

01 July 2021

The webinar, organized by SEWA, IMAGO Global Grassroots and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations focused on women’s collective enterprises and building an enterprises support system.

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The International Cooperative Alliance and the ILO organize a webinar to mark the World Day against Child Labour

30 June 2021

The awareness raising training package on “The role of cooperatives in eliminating Child Labour” was also launched during the webinar on June 9, 2021.

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UNTFSSE and ILO intervene at the Fifth World Forum on Local Economic Development

09 June 2021

The UNTFSSE Chair and the ILO Enterprises Department Director’s intervention focused on the future of work and the work of the future from a territorial perspective in the context of the crisis generated by COVID19.

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ILO COOP/SSE participates in the Strategic Workshop “Toward an action plan to eliminate child labour and to promote decent work in solid waste management systems in Mexico”

28 May 2021

Head of ILO’s COOP/SSE Unit highlighted the role that cooperatives play for informal waste-pickers to access social protection, generate negotiation power with public and private stakeholders and to formalize their work.

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The ILO and the Bolivian Ministry of Mining and Metallurgy strengthen mining cooperatives for economic recovery with decent work

25 March 2021

More than a thousand cooperative members will get in-depth knowledge of the values of solidarity and equity of the cooperative business model and will be trained in the design of viable cooperative business plans to improve working conditions in the mining sector.

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ILO presents findings from its WESO 2021 report at a COOP Academy organized by the ICA

11 March 2021

The presentation on the ILO’s flagship report “The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work” focused on the role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work and also elaborated on experiences of platform cooperatives.

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Think.Coop and Start.Coop Spanish updated versions are now available

01 March 2021

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ILO COOP/SSE participates in a webinar organized by We Effect and vi Agroforestry on "Our cooperative identity – where is it taking us in the future?”

19 February 2021

The webinar organized by We Effect and vi Agroforestry on ”Our cooperative identity – where is it taking us in the future?” took place on third of February bringing staff members from headquarters and regions together.

ILO COOP 100 Slideshow X

Cooperatives in Americas

22 December 2020

As part of the ILO COOP 100 photo exhibitions, the ILO is featuring the contributions of cooperatives and the wider SSE to advancing decent work and sustainable development. The tenth in the series of slideshows highlights cooperative action in the Americas.

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ILO COOP/SSE 100 Webinar V - SSE momentum: Finance for Inclusion and the Future of Work during Covid-19 pandemic

08 December 2020

The webinar focused on the key challenges related to the future of work, how they affect local communities, and what Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) are doing toward addressing them. Two keynote speakers presented the main findings of recent research, while three discussants enriched the debate.