News, stories and statements on cooperatives
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Interview with Michele Pellegrini: The experience of a social cooperative, Cadore in Italy
29 May 2020
The ILO and its International Training Centre in Turin, mark ten-years of organizing the Academy on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). Since 2010, more than 1,200 participants from all continents participated in the 11 editions of the academy. To mark this occasion, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit is conducting a series of interviews that features colleagues and experts who have been closely engaged in making the last eleven editions of the ILO Academy on SSE possible. In these interviews, they reflect on their experiences and also share their thoughts on the current COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis situation.
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Think.Coop online is now available!
29 May 2020
Given the difficulty in conducting face-to-face training during the current pandemic, the ILO has developed a set of materials for the online delivery of the Think.Coop training programme.
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UNTFSSE members and observers discuss COVID-19 responses and work-plan priorities
27 May 2020
The ILO chaired the meeting and its Cooperatives Unit shared its work related to the COVID-19 response.
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ILO COOP 100 Interview
Interview with Edgar Parnell, Cooperative Practitioner
27 May 2020
Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). The interviews reflect on their experience and contributions in the past and shares their thoughts on the future of cooperatives and the SSE in a changing world of work.
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ILO COOP 100 Interview
Interview with Andrew Bibby, Journalist and Writer on cooperatives
25 May 2020
Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). The interviews reflect on their experience and contributions in the past and shares their thoughts on the future of cooperatives and the SSE in a changing world of work.
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ILO COOP 100 Interview
Interview with Robby Tulus, ex-ICA AP Regional Director, cooperative consultant
25 May 2020
Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). The interviews reflect on their experience and contributions in the past and shares their thoughts on the future of cooperatives and the SSE in a changing world of work.
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An ILO project on strengthening SSE policy in Asia convenes a virtual interim research workshop
21 May 2020
Researchers, officials of the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency (KoSEA), and ILO staff members met online to discuss a research framework, initial drafts of country case studies, and future plans on the research phase of the project.
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ILO COOP 100 Interview
Interview with Joseph Connolly, former ILO official
18 May 2020
Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). The interviews reflect on their experience and contributions in the past and shares their thoughts on the future of cooperatives and the SSE in a changing world of work.
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Cooperatives in Post-Covid-19 Development: Challenges, Opportunities and Partnerships
18 May 2020
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ILO COOP/SSE COVID-19 Message to Brazil Cooperatives and Social and solidarity organizations
18 May 2020