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Special issue for International Day of Cooperatives 2020

 
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ILO Director-General’s statement for the International Day of Cooperatives 2020
 
The 2020 International Day of Cooperatives is marked on Saturday 4 July under the theme "Cooperatives for Climate Action", which is closely linked to SDG13. On this occasion, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has issued a statement. The full text is currently available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Persian and Japanese. Read more
 
 
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TODAY! - ILO COOP 100 Webinar III: Cooperatives for Climate Action
 
As part of the ILO COOP Centenary Webinar series, the ILO will organize a webinar on 3 July 2020 at 13:30 (CEST) to highlight the role of cooperatives in climate change mitigation and adaptation and their relevance to decent work. It will be held in English with simultaneous translation into French and Spanish.

Speakers include: Sonia Dias, Waste Specialist at Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), Brazil; Dirk Vansintjan, President of REScoop.eu, Belgium; Noel Raboy, President and CEO of CLIMBS Life and General Insurance Cooperative, Philippines; and Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Manager of ILO’s Green Jobs Programme. Sign up here!
 
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Blog: How cooperatives can help Brazil's waste pickers build back from COVID-19
 
Today, ILO Blog is featuring an article by Sonia Dias, Waste Specialist at WIEGO, that reflects on how COVID-19 has impacted the lives of waste pickers in the informal economy in Brazil and how cooperative enterprises of waste pickers have responded to protect their members. Read more
 
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Video: Cooperatives for climate action
 
This 2-minute film is produced by Blake House Filmmakers Cooperative and commissioned by the ILO for the International Day of Cooperatives. It is available in English, with French and Spanish subtitles. Check it out
 
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Video: The role of cooperatives and other SSE institutions in COVID-19 response
 
This 1-minute version of the video on responses by cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy (SSE) institutions to COVID-19 is prepared for the International Day of Cooperatives. It is available in English, French and Spanish. Check it out
 
 
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