ILO's work on cooperatives in the Arab States
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Portraits from PROSPECTS - Visualizing change in host and refugee communities
13 December 2023
Depicting stories of host and refugee individuals with improved self-reliance and resilience, an exhibition led by ILO PROSPECTS programme at the colonnade of ILO Headquarters will underpin ILO’s approaches promoting inclusive socio-economic growth and decent work for both host and forcibly displaced communities. The exhibition will be on from 14 December to 11 January in its first phase.
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News
The ILO conducts a cooperative audit training workshop in Jordan
29 November 2023
In the past year ILO PROSPECTS Jordan and ILO-Jerusalem has been collaborating around developing a “Cooperative Audit and Control Manual” for use in both contexts in close collaboration with the Cooperative Work Agency (CWA) in OPT and the Jordan Co-operative Corporation (JCC).
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ILO explores transformative private sector solutions in forced displacement contexts
13 November 2023
Through a three-day knowledge-sharing event bringing together a wide range of partners, the ILO placed the spotlight on the importance of working closely with private sector actors in forced displacement with a collective vision for sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development.
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Press release
ILO Workshop aimed to boost agricultural cooperatives in Lebanon and Iraq and foster knowledge exchange
18 October 2023
The PROSPECTS Programme held a Training of Trainers workshop to address the needs of agricultural cooperatives in the region, raise awareness about their work, and enhance local capacities by establishing a network of qualified trainers.
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Agenda: Inclusive private sector development in forced displacement contexts
22 September 2023
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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 Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Unit (COOP/SSE) 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.
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Information note: Inclusive private sector development in forced displacement contexts
22 August 2023
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Event
Inclusive private sector development in forced displacement contexts
A technical knowledge-sharing event on engaging and developing the private sector in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus
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44th Regular Meeting of The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)
25 July 2023
The 44th UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. It brought together around 30 participants from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, ECLAC, UNDP, UNDESA, UNCTAD and OECD) and eleven observer organizations (Catalyst2030, CIRIEC, CSEND, EMES, EURICSE, DIESIS, GSEF, Euclid Network, ICA, SSE International Forum, RIPESS).
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ILO COOP/SSE presents and explores collaboration on SSE at KOICA headquarters
24 July 2023
On Thursday July 6, ILO COOP/SSE had the opportunity to present areas of work and potential for collaboration to staff from Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) at their Headquarters in Seongnam.