News, stories and statements on cooperatives

  1. Article

    Cooperative response to migrant and refugee situations

    14 November 2016

  2. Article

    ILO supporting Algerian youth social and solidarity economy initiatives

    11 November 2016

  3. Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators

    Consumer cooperative in the Republic of Korea

    01 November 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. ILO met and interviewed Ms Juhee Lee, Manager of International Relations of iCOOP Korea, at the Global Social Economy Forum in Canada in September 2016. She has been working at iCOOP Korea for nine years.

  4. News

    ILO COOP NewsUpdate, Issue No. 4

    11 October 2016

  5. News

    The way forward to advancing cooperatives in Africa: Interviews with African cooperative leaders

    10 October 2016

    In September 2016, three cooperative leaders from the United Republic of Tanzania and Niger participated in a study tour to Japan to get exposed to lessons learned from Japanese cooperative enterprises and share cooperative experiences between the countries.

  6. Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators

    Providing savings and loans services to teachers since 1972

    05 October 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 with Mr Michael Koisen, Chief Executive Officer of Teachers Savings and Loan Society Limited (TISA) from Papua New Guinea, on occasion of My.Financial.Coop curriculum design workshop in Turin, Italy.

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    Future of work

    "ILO needs to act as a catalyst to advance social and solidarity economy"

    14 September 2016

    The new Director of the ILO’s Enterprises Department, Vic van Vuuren, answers questions on the role of sustainable enterprises and social economy for the future of work.

  8. News

    Social innovation and the social and solidarity economy

    07 September 2016

  9. News

    Blog on social innovation and the social and solidarity economy

    07 September 2016

    Simel Esim and Waltteri Katajamaki from the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Cooperatives Unit look at the importance of social innovation – and its role in advancing the decent work...

  10. Article

    Blog on social innovation and the social and solidarity economy

    07 September 2016

    Simel Esim and Waltteri Katajamaki from the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Cooperatives Unit look at the importance of social innovation – and its role in advancing the decent work agenda within the context of the social and solidarity economy.