ILO's work on cooperatives in the Arab States
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Publication
Executive summary: Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement
23 March 2020
Produced as part of a wider programme on responding to forced displacement crises, the report identifies good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations working in displacement contexts.
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News
Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement
21 March 2020
Produced as part of a wider programme on responding to forced displacement crises, the report identifies good practices, lessons learned and potential areas of innovation by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations working in displacement contexts.
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News
A Cooperative Support Programme in the OPT is launched with support from the Italian Government
31 January 2020
The Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has pledged to provide support to the ILO for the creation of a cooperative system and social entrepreneurship as vehicles from inclusive and sustainable development in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt).
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News
ILO COOP sends a message to the MedUp Project Peer Review Meeting in Tunis
17 December 2019
The message from ILO COOP Manager focused on the role of the ILO in the development of cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) and how they can contribute to the promotion of gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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News
SADA Women’s Cooperative in Turkey was selected as one of the 10 projects for scaling up by the Paris Peace Forum
28 November 2019
The cooperative was formed by women from host and refugee communities to undertake collective income generation activities with the support of the ILO. The cooperative was selected as one of ten projects to be scaled up and mentored by the Paris Peace Forum in the coming year.
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International Day of Cooperatives
Message from ILO's Director-General Guy Ryder for International Cooperative Day 2019
05 July 2019
The 2019 International Day of Cooperatives will be celebrated on Saturday 6 July. This year, in commemoration of the ILO’s centenary, the theme is "cooperatives for decent work" which is closely linked to SDG8. On this occasion ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has issued a video message.
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News
SADA Women’s Cooperative in Turkey selected for the Paris Peace Forum
28 June 2019
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News
Roll-out of Think.Coop and Start.Coop in the occupied Palestinian territory
27 June 2019
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Publication
Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 16
21 June 2019
This brief is part of the Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 series produced by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC). Through a series of 17 briefs, one for each Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), COPAC hopes to raise awareness about the significant contributions of cooperative enterprises towards achieving the 2030 Agenda in a sustainable, inclusive and responsible way, and encourage continued support for their efforts. This brief in the series focuses on This brief focuses on SDG 16 – Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies.
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Project
Land and Rights – Paths to Social and Solidarity Economy in Palestine
09 May 2019
The project aims at contributing to the respect of economic and social rights for the Palestinian population.