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ILO participates in a webinar on the Social economy and migrant entrepreneurship

25 September 2020

At the webinar organized by 3 EU-funded projects, the Director of the ILO’s Enterprises Department talked about the ILO approach and initiatives related to labour migration and refugee situations including responses through SSE institutions

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International Day of Cooperatives

Cooperatives play an active role in tackling global crises, says ILO Director-General

03 July 2020

By adhering to environmental standards and promoting local production, consumer and producer cooperatives can help limit greenhouse gas emissions and sustain supply chains for essential goods and services, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, on the International Day of Cooperatives 2020.

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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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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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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ILO COOP/SSE sends a message to the MedUp Project Peer Review Meeting in Tunis

17 December 2019

The message from ILO COOP/SSE 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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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.

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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SADA Women’s Cooperative in Turkey selected for the Paris Peace Forum

28 June 2019

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Roll-out of Think.Coop and Start.Coop in the occupied Palestinian territory

27 June 2019