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| Sri Lanka’s first ever ‘eco-recommended’ fisheries |
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With the support of the ILO Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) project funded by the Australian government, two blue swimming crab fisheries in Sri Lanka became the country’s first ever ‘eco-recommended’ fishery sites. The five-year long collaborative efforts involved the local seafood industry, government agencies and fishery cooperatives.
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| A key step taken towards developing a social economy policy in South Africa |
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A draft Green Paper on a social economy policy was presented at a national consultation conference in Sandton, South Africa. In a speech to the conference, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder reflected on the relevance of social and solidarity economy organizations and their value-driven, human-centred approaches to addressing the emerging challenges in the changing world of work. More |
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| Start.Coop rolled out with young entrepreneurs and return migrants in Senegal |
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Coopermondo, an association for international development cooperation furthered by the Confederation of the Italian Cooperatives (Confcooperative), organized training sessions in Kaffrine, Senegal using the ILO’s Start.Coop training programme. The training helped young entrepreneurs in the development of their business plans as part of the POINTI project aimed at addressing root causes of migration in Senegal and Ethiopia through the promotion of employment of women and youth. The project, co-funded by the Italian Ministry of Interior, mobilized a wide range of partners, consisting of 20 Italian and international NGOs, diaspora associations, grassroots organizations, and cooperatives to strengthen the resilience of communities at high migration risk. More |
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| Theme of 2019 International Day of Cooperatives is cooperatives for decent work |
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Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC), currently chaired by the ILO, announced that “cooperatives for decent work” (coops4decentwork) is the theme of this year’s International Day of Cooperatives. The theme is linked to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 on decent work and economic growth for all. Celebrated on the first Saturday of July each year, this year’s International Day of Cooperatives falls on 6 July. COPAC will be organizing an observance of the 2019 IDC at the United Nations in New York in July. More |
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| Meeting updates and spotlight interviews |
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| CLIMBS: Extending mutual protection and building resilience in the Philippines |
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“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, ILO interviewed Mr Noel Raboy, President and CEO in CLIMBS, a composite insurance cooperative owned by 4,000 member cooperatives from around the Philippines. More |
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| New ILO publications and other noteworthy resources |
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| Turkish version of Think.Coop |
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In addition to English, Spanish and French versions, the Turkish version of the ILO’s Think.Coop training tool is now available here. The tool was finalized after a pilot test with youth in Seferihisar, Turkey in partnership with the municipality in October 2018. Think.Coop is a 6-hour module providing simple information on the basics and benefits of cooperation to improve livelihoods opportunities. Turkish version of Start.Coop, another training tool to launch a cooperative in a participatory manner, will be available soon. Also, Arabic versions of Think.Coop and Start.Coop will soon be coming. More |
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| WIEGO: SWaCH Cooperative’s pro-poor waste management model in India |
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Worker members of SWaCH, a cooperative established by a waste pickers’ trade union Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) in India, collects waste door-to-door for a fee that each household directly pays to the workers, based on a partnership agreement with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). This article examines the advantage of the SWaCH model compared to centralized, capital-intensive waste collection models dominant across the rest of the world. More |
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| ICMIF: Global Mutual Market Share 10 |
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The mutual and cooperative insurance market has been the fastest-growing part of the global insurance industry in the 10-year period since the global financial crisis, according to the 10-year anniversary edition of the report launched by the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF). More |
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| Espriu: Health and solidarity in the Colombian cooperative movement |
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The latest issue of Magazine Compartir by the Espriu Foundation, the second largest health cooperative network in the world with more than 180 thousand members and around 40,000 health workers in Spain, highlights the role of a Colombian cooperative enterprise Coomeva in strengthening health care systems. More |
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| Farmers' Cooperatives and Sustainable Food Systems in Europe |
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This book analyses to what extent farmers' cooperatives are working to benefit their members, are showing concern for their communities and are promoting cooperative economies. The volume contributes to the study of agricultural cooperatives and their impact in the development of fairer and more sustainable food systems. It also provides one of the first detailed accounts of multi-stakeholder food and farming cooperatives in Europe. More |
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ILO and ICA joint meeting on Cooperatives and the Future of Work, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland |
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UNTFSSE International Conference: Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, Geneva, Switzerland |
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Mr Anton Möller joined ILO COOP in January 2019 as an intern. He will support the Unit’s work particularly on the development of training tools for cooperatives to improve non-discrimination policies and practices and the research on alternative business models in international trade. More |
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