News, stories and statements on cooperatives

  1. News

    COPAC shares with UN ambassadors how cooperatives can contribute to the eradication of poverty

    30 January 2018

  2. News

    Think.Coop - a new orientation tool on cooperatives launched

    26 January 2018

    Adding to the body of existing tools and training material on cooperative development, ILO now launches Think.Coop, a new training tool for those interested in cooperation and its benefits for improving businesses of potential members.

  3. News

    Promoting rural women economic empowerment through cooperatives in Upper Egypt

    25 January 2018

  4. News

    ILO's participation in the 2nd Turkey Cooperative Fair

    08 January 2018

  5. News

    My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package adapted and piloted in Lebanon

    15 December 2017

    My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package got yet another adaptation when it was adapted to the Lebanese context by the ILO Office in Beirut.

  6. News

    Tripartite conference in Tunisia on the role of Social and Solidarity Economy as a bridge to the formal economy

    15 December 2017

  7. News

    Elective session on cooperatives in rural areas in the Academy on Rural Development

    14 December 2017

  8. Article

    Piloting ApexFinCoop - a training programme for financial cooperatives' apex organizations in Ghana

    14 December 2017

    As principle-driven and member-owned businesses, financial cooperatives are among the key institutions to advance financial inclusion particularly in rural areas and for those who face challenges in accessing these services through other types of financial service providers. ILO, ITC-ILO and FAO held a workshop to test and validate a training programme for financial cooperatives apex organizations.

  9. News

    Reflecting on the efficiency of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) at the 8th Mont Blanc Meetings

    13 December 2017

  10. News

    ILO participation in the 2nd Philippine Cooperative Managers’ Conference

    30 November 2017

    On 24-25 November 2017, ILO Enterprise Development Specialist from ILO CO Manila participated in the 2nd Philippine Cooperative Managers’ Conference organized by the National Capital Region League of the Philippine Federation of Credit Cooperatives (NCRL-PFCCO) in Tagaytay, the Philippines.