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| ILO organizes training of trainers on the cooperative business model towards strengthening the fishery sector in Mauritania |
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Within the framework of the project “PROPECHE: Creation of decent jobs and consolidation of existing employment for young and potential migrants in the artisanal fisheries sector”, a training of trainers’ workshop was organized in Nouakchott, Mauritania using ILO’s cooperative development tools – Think.Coop, Start.Coop and My.Coop. The project aims to contribute to regional stability and better management of migration by increasing economic opportunities for young people in the artisanal fishing sector in the coastal regions of Nouakchott and Nouadhibou.
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| News from the field & ongoing initiatives |
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| LEED+: Towards inclusive growth strategies for the conflict-affected communities in Sri Lanka |
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The ILO’s programme “LEED+” (Local Empowerment through Economic Development and Reconciliation) was launched in September 2018 in Sri Lanka with the objective of promoting inclusive growth strategies for the conflict-affected communities in the Northern and North-Central provinces. The initiative builds on more than eight years of work and was made possible through joint funding mainly from Australia, Norway and United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. In order to review the work plan and identify key future activities, a series of meetings were held between the ILO officials and key stakeholders including tripartite constituents, cooperative support institutions, beneficiaries and representatives of project donors. More |
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| Meeting updates and spotlight interviews |
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| Incubating worker cooperatives in the changing world of work: Interview with Siôn Whellens |
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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 the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, ILO interviewed Mr Siôn Whellens, a member of Calverts, the London branding, design and print cooperative; a cooperative business adviser at Principle Six, a development partnership on worker and community cooperatives; and a co-founder of Worker Coop Solidarity Fund. More |
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| Cooperatives and the Future of Work: Q&A with Simel Esim |
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Co-op News, a magazine on cooperatives around the world, released an interview with ILO Cooperatives Unit Manager on how cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) are responding to challenges in the changing world of work. This issue of Co-op News featured a number of other articles on the world of work in commemorating the ILO’s Centenary. More |
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| New ILO publications and other noteworthy resources |
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| South Africa introduces a law to defeat bogus cooperatives which exploit workers |
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The Cooperative Amendment Act, No. 6 of 2013 became effective on 1 April 2019 in South Africa. Members of worker cooperatives in South Africa had been legally considered self-employed, making them exempt from minimum wages and labour standards. The legislation now requires all worker cooperatives to comply with labour legislation. The Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers’ Union has welcomed the move. More |
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| Launch of the UN Decade of Family Farming and a Global Action Plan |
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The UN Decade of Family Farming and a Global Action plan 2019-2028 was launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to boost support for family farmers, who represent over 90 percent of all farms globally, and produce 80 percent of the world's food in value terms. Strengthening family farmers’ organizations including cooperatives is one of the seven pillars of the Global Action Plan. More |
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| Right to own: A policy framework to catalyse worker ownership transitions |
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Published by the Next System Project of the Democracy Collaborative, a US research institute, this paper reviews policy framework and legislative history of existing worker ownership models and describes a set of institutions and laws that allows transition to democratic worker ownership of sites and companies. More |
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