News, stories and statements on cooperatives

  1. ILO COOP 100 Interview

    Jürgen Schwettmann, former ILO official and COOP Chief

    04 March 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.

  2. News

    ILO COOP/SSE eNewsUpdate Issue No. 2, February 2020

    28 February 2020

  3. ILO COOP 100 Interview

    Djankou Ndjonkou, former ILO Specialist on Cooperative Education and Training

    26 February 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.

  4. News

    ILO COOP and ICA Brussels teams meet to discuss elements of a joint work plan

    26 February 2020

    Key areas of collaboration identified at the meeting include the implementation of the guidelines on statistics of cooperatives, development and dissemination of ILO’s cooperative development tools, and cooperation around research and communications.

  5. News

    Training of Trainers on Start.Coop is carried out towards building a sustainable vanilla sector in Madagascar

    26 February 2020

    Twenty trainers were trained on the Start.Coop training modules and methodologies as part of an ILO project to advance decent work and fight against child labour in the vanilla sector in Madagascar.

  6. News

    ILO contributes to a preparatory meeting of an international event “The Economy of Francesco” in Assisi, Italy

    26 February 2020

    An ILO COOP staff member participated in a preparatory meeting of an international event to be convened by Pope Francis and presented how the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) can contribute to building a sustainable production and consumption model.

  7. News

    Fifteen new trainers on My.Coop were trained and 36 coffee cooperatives in Chiapas, Mexico benefited from My.Coop training

    20 February 2020

    A series of My.Coop training workshops were carried out to support the economic recovery of the earthquake-affected communities in the State of Chiapas.

  8. News

    ILO contributes to the Global Youth Forum Cooperative Entrepreneurship through a video message

    10 February 2020

    The message from ILO COOP Unit Manager focused on the current concerns around youth employment and the role cooperatives can play in creating work opportunities and better working conditions for youth.

  9. News

    ILO COOP/SSE eNewsUpdate Issue No. 1, January 2020

    31 January 2020

  10. 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).