ILO's work on cooperatives in Europe and Central Asia

  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Publication

    Public Policy in the social and solidarity economy: Towards a favourable environment - The case of Europe

    17 November 2016

  8. Event

    Cooperatives promoting inclusive rural-urban linkages – COPAC side event, Committee on World Food Security

  9. News

    Cooperatives promoting inclusive rural-urban linkages – COPAC side event, Committee on World Food Security

    14 November 2016

  10. Article

    Cooperative response to migrant and refugee situations

    14 November 2016