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Think.Coop online is now available!
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Given the difficulty in conducting face-to-face training during the pandemic, the ILO Decent Work Team in Bangkok and the Cooperatives Unit (COOP) in Geneva have jointly developed a set of materials for the online delivery of Think.Coop, an orientation tool on the basics of the cooperative business model. It is composed of: 1) pre- and post-training surveys, 2) a PowerPoint presentation with main contents and exercises, 3) a guidance note for facilitators and 4) a guidance note for participants. The training can be delivered in two hours using any video conference application. More
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ILO COOP sends a letter and video message of solidarity
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ILO COOP has been receiving invitations to share messages of solidarity from its cooperative and other social and solidarity economy (SSE) partners since the beginning of COVID-19. In response, it has issued a letter and video message of solidarity highlighting emerging responses by these organizations to the pandemic and reflecting on their relevance in the transition toward a better normal.
The Letter is available in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese and is being disseminated through social media and organizations and networks of cooperatives and other SSE partners. The Message has also been translated into Greek by Wind of Renewal, a social cooperative enterprise in Greece, and Portuguese by the Organization of Brazilian Cooperative (OCB).
In addition, an ILO article that compiled responses by cooperatives and SSE enterprises to the pandemic and related government measures has been translated into Turkish by IDEMA, a social enterprise working on social and economic development in Turkey, and highlighted on its website.
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Video: How cooperatives and SSE enterprises are responding to COVID-19?
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| This video shows how cooperatives and other SSE enterprises around the world are being affected by and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes interviews with cooperative practitioners working on the front line. It also highlights relevant government measures that include cooperatives and wider SSE as beneficiaries and implementing partners. The film was produced by Blake House Filmmakers Cooperative in the UK for the ILO. Check it out here |
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Co-op News blog: Co-op principles point the way through this crisis
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| Co-op News, a UK-based news magazine and website for the international cooperative movement, has launched a series of blog posts from prominent voices in the movement. The first in the series was with ILO COOP Manager Simel Esim on the role of cooperatives and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. More |
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| Meeting updates and ongoing initiatives |
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UNTFSSE members and observers discuss COVID-19 responses and work-plan priorities
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| Chaired by the ILO, the 30th regular meeting of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) took place virtually with close to 50 participants including from six member organizations (ILO, UNRISD, UNCTAD, UNDP-ART, UNDESA and OECD) and eleven observer organizations (CIRIEC, EURICSE, EESC, GSEF, Euclid Network, Social Economy Europe, SSE International Forum, RIPESS, CSEND, EMES and ICA). ILO COOP participated and shared its work related to the COVID-19 response during this meeting. More |
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Call for Photos: ILO COOP Centenary Photo Exhibitions
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| Only one week left before the deadline to answer this call for photos! Selected photos will be displayed at the ILO COOP 100 Photo Exhibitions to be organized later in 2020. This call invites individuals and organizations to submit photos that illustrate the contributions of cooperatives and the wider SSE to advancing decent work and sustainable development. You can check out the details here! |
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ILO COOP 100 Webinar III: Cooperatives for Climate Action
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| This year’s International Day of Cooperatives will be celebrated on Saturday 4 July on the theme “Cooperatives for Climate Action”. As part of the ILO COOP Centenary Webinar series, the ILO will organize a webinar on this topic on 3 July 2020 between 13:30 and 15:00 (CEST). The webinar aims to highlight climate change mitigation and adaptation actions being undertaken by cooperative enterprises and their relevance in creating decent jobs. Speakers will include: Sonia Dias, Waste Specialist at Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), Brazil; Dirk Vansintjan, President of REScoop.eu – a federation of over 1,500 European renewable energy cooperatives, Belgium; and Noel Raboy, President and CEO of CLIMBS Life and General Insurance Cooperative, Philippines. More |
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ILO COOP 100 Interviews
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| ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who have closely engaged with the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider SSE. For this issue, we interviewed Mark Levin, former Director of the ILO Human Resources Department; Stirling Smith, consultant of the ILO’s SYNDICOOP project on organizing informal economy workers through trade unions and cooperatives; and Joseph Connolly, former ILO official on his experience in cooperative development in post-conflict and crises settings.
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ILO COOP Chiefs across time: Desmond Louis William Anker, Chief of ILO COOP from 1970-71
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| Desmond Louis William Anker was born in London, UK in July 1913. Prior to the ILO, he worked at the Louisiana State University as an Associate Professor until 1944, at the Agricultural Rehabilitation Division of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) until 1947 and at the US Department of Agriculture as an Agricultural Economist until 1948. Between 1948 and 1964 he worked at the ILO's Agricultural Section and Rural and Indigenous Workers Division. In 1965, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief of the Co-operative, Rural and Related Institutions Branch. After a two-year secondment to the UN NY office as a Senior Social Affairs Officer between 1966 and 67, he returned to the ILO's Co-operative, Rural and Related Institution Branch, this time as Head of the Report and Studies Section. He served as Chief of the Branch between 1970 and 1971. He then moved to lead the Rural Employment Branch in 1972 before retiring from the ILO in 1973. Anker wrote on a wide range of topics including the effects of farm mechanization on agriculture, community organizations, and rural development strategies. More |
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| ILO SSE Academy's 10th Anniversary |
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ILO Academy on SSE marks its 10th anniversary
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| The ILO and its International Training Centre in Turin, mark ten-years of organizing the Academy on the SSE. Since 2010, more than 1200 participants from all continents participated in the 11 editions of the academy. The organizing team of the SSE Academy is preparing a series of virtual activities to celebrate its 10th anniversary. More |
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Interview with Michele Pellegrini: The experience of a social cooperative, Cadore in Italy
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| To mark the 10th anniversary of the ILO Academy on the SSE, the ILO COOP is conducting a series of interviews that features colleagues and experts who have contributed to the last eleven editions of the Academy. They reflect on their experiences and also share their thoughts on the COVID-19 crisis. The first interview highlights the experience of the Cadore, an Italian social cooperative that supports the inclusion of disadvantaged people into work. More |
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| Other noteworthy resources |
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WOCCU: COVID-19 guide for credit unions – Regulator and operational responses
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| The World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) has published a COVID-19 Regulatory Guide that illuminates various responses taken by key regulatory authorities and how they might affect credit union regulatory frameworks at the national level. It further discusses key credit union responses to the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. More |
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EACB: European cooperative banks’ actions
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| The European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) has released an interview with its President Gerhard Hofmann on European cooperative banks’ response to the COVID-19 crisis and EACB’s proposals with regards to the banking legislative framework. “Cooperative banks are a driver of local and social stability with 2,800 locally operating banks and 52,000 outlets, they serve 209 million customers, mainly consumers, SMEs and communities”, says Mr Hofmann. More |
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GSEF 2020 has been postponed
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| The 5th Global Social Economy Forum (GSEF) in Mexico City originally planned for October 2020 has been postponed until 2021. Exact dates will be announced soon. As preparations for the GSEF 2021, the organizing committee will hold a series of webinars from May to September and a virtual forum in October this year. More |
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| events (Please check event websites for the latest updates/changes due to COVID-19) |
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| The second week of NOVEMBER |
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