News, stories and statements on cooperatives
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ILO joined ICA Africa ministerial meeting to discuss partnerships in advancing SDGs
08 June 2017
The ILO participated in the ICA Africa Cooperative Ministerial Conference Midterm Review which took place on May 23-26 in Casablanca, Morocco. The ILO presentations focused on the role of cooperatives in rural development and the work of the ILO with cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises in Africa.
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ILO joined ICA Africa ministerial meeting to discuss partnerships in advancing SDGs
08 June 2017
The ILO participated in the ICA Africa Cooperative Ministerial Conference Midterm Review which took place on May 23-26 in Casablanca, Morocco. The ILO presentations focused on the role of cooperatives in rural development and the work of the ILO with cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises in Africa.
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COOP Champions
Rasha El-Shurafa, ILO Representative Office in Jerusalem
05 June 2017
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.
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ILO scholarship for ICA-AP Regional Cooperative Research Conference
01 June 2017
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ILO COOP eNewsUpdate No. 4, 30 May 2017
30 May 2017
This latest issue of the ILO COOP Newsletter highlights a number of recent events and developments on cooperatives.
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Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators
Rural cooperative works to preserve the cultural heritage of Malta
29 May 2017
"Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue ILO interviewed Ms Veronica Farrugia, Manager and Trail Coordinator of Koperattiva Rurali Manikata (KRM) in Malta, who has been with the cooperative for 10 years.
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ILO/JCCU African Cooperative Leaders' Study Tour in Japan
23 May 2017
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COOP Champions
Huyen Nguyen Thi, ILO Country Office for Viet Nam in Hanoi
19 May 2017
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future aspirations.
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ILO & COPAC join forces with stakeholders to improve statistics on cooperatives
18 May 2017
The COPAC Technical Working Group on Statistics on Cooperatives brought together over 20 producers and users of statistics on cooperatives from around the world to discuss a conceptual framework for measuring cooperatives. The Technical Working Group supports a multi-stakeholder initiative to improve the quality of statistics on cooperatives, including by working towards a harmonised conceptual framework, definition and methodology for generating comparable statistics on cooperatives.
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ILO COOP eNewsUpdate No. 3, 26 April 2017
26 April 2017
This latest issue of the ILO COOP Newsletter highlights a number of recent events and developments on cooperatives. Among others, it includes an article on a future of work and cooperatives event; presents the work of an ILO colleague working on SSE in Tunisia; and showcases how an Italian social cooperative consortium supports its members.
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Cooperatives provide an alternative model for the future of work
06 April 2017
On 5 April, the eve of the symposium “Future of Work We Want: A Global Dialogue”, the ILO organized an event on the role of cooperation in a changing world of work.