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ILO COOP 100 Symposium will be held on 16-17 November 2020
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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its Cooperatives Unit (COOP), the ILO is bringing together policy makers, researchers and practitioners working with cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) for a two-day international symposium. Held virtually, the symposium will highlight the contribution of cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) in advancing social justice, decent work and sustainable development. The Symposium will be accessible through Zoom, and it will be livestreamed on ILOTV on Day 1 and 2. To register for the event, please visit here. More information on the Symposium, including the programme can be viewed here. |
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ILO COOP provides a special message for the Coop Impact 2020 Conference
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| ILO COOP Manager provided a special message at the NCBA CLUSA’s annual Cooperative IMPACT Conference. Held virtually this year, the conference focused on equity, diversity and inclusivity. Ms. Esim’s message focused on pandemic responses by cooperatives with an emphasis on gender equality concerns. More |
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ILO COOP 100 Slideshow: SDGs 2, 5 and 8
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| As part of the ILO COOP 100 photo exhibitions, the ILO is featuring the contributions of cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) toward advancing decent work and sustainable development. This series of photos feature the contribution of cooperatives and the wider SSE in helping achieve the following SDGs: SDG2 on ending hunger, SDG5 on gender equality and empowering all women and girls, and SDG8 on promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. More |
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ILO COOP Chiefs across time: Juergen Schwettmann, Chief of ILO COOP from 1992 to 2000
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| Juergen Schwettmann was the tenth ILO COOP Branch Chief. He served in this position from 2001 till 2006. A German national born in 1954, he started working at the ILO in 1988 as Regional Advisor on Cooperatives in West Africa. He joined the COOP Branch in Geneva as Senior Technical Advisor in 1994 and served in that capacity before becoming the Chief of the Branch in 2001. After leaving the COOP Branch in 2006, he took on several positions in Africa and in Geneva. He retired from the ILO in 2015. He currently lives in Germany with his wife and three kids. More |
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| Other noteworthy resources |
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Mutualism: A New Social Contract for the New Economy
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| In this book, Sara Horowitz demonstrates how mutualist structures are already helping communities solve common problems with a number of cooperative cases from the US. She indicates that a culture of collaborative cooperation presents a solution to the current crisis of work. More |
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Sustainable Community Movement Organizations: Solidarity Economies and Rhizomatic Practices
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| The essays in the volume shine light on sustainable community movement organizations that are non-hierarchical, community-based socio-economic movements, with alternative forms of consumption and production at their core. They explore solidarity practices ranging from protest movements in response to austerity measures in Southern Europe, to the Buen Vivir movement in the Andes, and Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) in the Caribbean and Canada. Reflecting on current theoretical debates on social and solidarity economy, they deliberate on the persistence and durability of organizing practices in community economies. More |
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| Calendar (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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| NOVEMBER 2020 -JANUARY 2021 |
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UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) meeting (tentative date)
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Deadline for Call for Papers for a Thematic Issue of the Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics on Impact Measurement of Social Economy
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Strengthening SSE policy in Asia Capacity Building Workshop (tentative dates) |
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ICA World Cooperative Congress, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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This newsletter is part of the ILO publications and subject to its disclaimer.
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