News, stories and statements on cooperatives

  1. News

    African cooperative leaders explore the diverse businesses of Japanese cooperatives

    21 September 2017

    From 29 August to 6 September, The 8th ILO/JCCU study tour was organized in Tokyo and Shizuoka, Japan. This year four participants from Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Swaziland and representatives of ICA Africa and ILO COOP Unit joined the tour to explore the Japanese cooperatives’ activities across a range of sectors.

  2. News

    ILO pilots an orientation tool on cooperation in Cambodia

    19 September 2017

  3. News

    ILO COOP eNewsUpdate No. 7, August 2017

    29 August 2017

    This latest issue of the ILO COOP Newsletter highlights a number of recent events and developments on cooperatives.

  4. News

    My.Coop gets a provincial adaptation in Peru

    23 August 2017

    For the first time since it was launched in 2012, the My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package was adapted at the provincial level in the San Martín region of Peru.

  5. COOP Champions

    Badra Alawa, ILO DWT/CO-Cairo

    23 August 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.

  6. Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators

    SEWA Cooperative Federation in India: Towards self-reliance

    16 August 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 Mirai Chatterjee, Chairperson of the SEWA Cooperative Federation and Director of the SEWA Social Security Team, who has been working at SEWA for 33 years.

  7. News

    The solidarity market of Casablanca

    10 August 2017

  8. News

    Interview with Rafael Diez de Medina, Director of ILO STATISTICS on Statistics of Cooperatives

    10 August 2017

  9. News

    ILO COOP eNewsUpdate No. 6, July 2017

    19 July 2017

    This latest issue of the ILO COOP Newsletter highlights a number of recent events and developments on cooperatives.

  10. News

    International Day of Cooperatives 2017: COPAC holds event at the UN on the role of cooperatives in advancing inclusive development

    17 July 2017