ILO's work on cooperatives in Europe and Central Asia
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News
The dreams and reality of a waste picker
21 December 2016
During “The Potential of Cooperatives & the Role of Waste Pickers in the Recycling Sector” workshop in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December 2016, ILO COOP spoke to Fehmi Celikok, a waste picker from Turkey, about his life as a waste picker
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News
Step forward for waste pickers in Turkey
21 December 2016
A workshop “Understanding the Role of Waste Pickers and their Cooperatives in Waste Management and Recycling”, organized by the ILO and the Ministry of Customs and Trade was held in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December.
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Interview
Cooperatives, resilience to crises
12 December 2016
The Greek Magazine Efsyn interviewed ILO specialist on Cooperative, Simel Esim, on the role of cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises in crisis response including with regard to refugees.
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Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators
Cooperative housing for refugees in Greece
09 December 2016
“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 Polina Gkioka, Vice President of Wind of Renewal, a social cooperative in Greece. She joined the cooperative in October 2014 as one of the founding members.
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Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators
Association of Individual and Organized Recovery in Local Economic Markets
08 December 2016
“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 Mr Samuel Le Coeur, a founder and the President of AMELIOR in France since 2012. AMELIOR’s case was presented at a seminar “The Potential of Cooperatives & the Role of Waste Pickers in the Recycling Sector” held in Turkey in December 2016.
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Document
Spotlight on Cooperatives
18 November 2016
ILO COOP started a section on its website and e-newsletter on innovative cooperative experiences from around the world that we have recently engaged with for learning and future collaboration.
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Publication
Public Policy in the social and solidarity economy: Towards a favourable environment - The case of Europe
17 November 2016
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Event
Cooperatives promoting inclusive rural-urban linkages – COPAC side event, Committee on World Food Security
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News
Cooperatives promoting inclusive rural-urban linkages – COPAC side event, Committee on World Food Security
14 November 2016
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Article
Cooperative response to migrant and refugee situations
14 November 2016