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Latest news from the ILO on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy: November 2021

ILO launches 12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy

The official opening of the 12th edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy took place virtually on November 15, 2021. The ILO Director General and the Portuguese Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security gave opening remarks.

News Highlights for November 2021

ILO Americas participates at the XXII Virtual Regional Conference of Cooperatives of the Americas

The Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the ILO, Claudia Coenjaerts participated in the XXII Virtual Regional Conference of Cooperatives of the Americas, November 5, 2021. More

ILO supports the development of cooperatives in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

The ILO launched a new programme to support the development of Palestinian cooperatives for sustainable development in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). More

ILO contributes to an International Cooperative Week event on women cooperative responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

On November 19, 2021, SEWA Cooperative Federation, WIEGO and International Cooperative Alliance - Asia-and-Pacific (ICA-AP) organized a global webinar titled ‘Rebuilding an Inclusive World in the Wake of the Pandemic: Women Cooperatives Lead the Way’ on the occasion of the International Cooperative Week. More

ILO and agricultural cooperatives raise awareness, promote labour rights on farms in Jordan

In Jordan, the ILO and a number of agricultural cooperatives are working together to ensure that workers are well informed of their rights and responsibilities at work through awareness raising sessions held on farms. More

ILO participates in the CECOP Lights On project launch

On November 19 2021, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service cooperatives (CECOP) launched a new report that documents how worker and social cooperatives can assist workers and enterprises in the transition to the formal economy in Europe. More

A Vehicle of Entrepreneurship for Palestinian Local Economic Development

The ILO, the Italian Agency for International Development (AICS) and the Cooperative Works Agency (CWA) launch the Cooperative Support Programme “Be the Impact” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. More

ILO COOP discusses WIEGO report on enabling social protection in the informal economy through worker-led schemes in Africa

The StreetNet International (SNI) and Women in Informal Economy: Globalizing Organizing (WIEGO) "Enabling social protection within the informal economy: Lessons from worker-led schemes in Nigeria, Uganda and Togo" financed by Open Society Foundation (OSF) was launched at a webinar jointly organized with StreetNet International on November 4, 2021. More

Spotlight interviews with Co-operators

Lucas Mprechas, Founding Member and Coordinator of the Social Network for Social Solidarity and Regional Development (KAPA Network), Greece

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with cooperative and wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy makers, researchers and practitioners from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work. On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Lucas Mprechas founder of the Social Network for Social Solidarity and Regional Development (KAPA Network) in Greece. More

Resources from the ILO

ILO publishes a set of papers on financial mechanisms for SSE organizations

ILO published a series of five national case studies (Ecuador, Italy, Morocco, Republic of Korea and Quebec, Canada) as part of the research project on ‘Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems’ conducted in cooperation with EURICSE research institute and funded by the Luxembourg government. More

Brochure on ILO Initiative on Advancing the Guidelines Concerning Statistics of Cooperatives

This brochure shares highlights of the ILO initiative on advancing the guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives that were adopted during the 20^th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) in 2018. It provides an overview of the initial steps involved in evaluating and making recommendations on the Guidelines toward the final goal of developing a manual on statistics of cooperatives. More

Additional briefs from the Social and Solidarity Economy project in Asia: Republic of Korea and Introduction

This series of briefs presents the SSE landscape for six countries in Asia, policy challenges and preliminary pathways for strengthening SSE in the region. The research is part of the ILO project "Strengthening Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Policy in Asia,” implemented in partnership with the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency (KoSEA) and supported by the Korean Ministry of Employment and Labour (MOEL). More

Noteworthy Sources

LIGHTS ON! Worker and social cooperatives tackling undeclared work

This report, published by CECOP, explores how the cooperative model can offer concrete practices to support the transition of un-declared workers into the formal economy within the European context. More

World Cooperative Monitor 2021

The 2021 issue of the World Cooperative Monitor report explores the economic and social impact of the largest cooperatives and mutuals worldwide, providing rankings of the Top 300, sector rankings, and employment data. More

Events (Please check event websites for the latest updates/changes)

1-3 DECEMBER 2021

	ICA World Cooperative Congress, Seoul, Republic of Korea

16 DECEMBER

	ILO Tokyo and JCA webinar on the social and solidarity economy “TSUNAGARU by Social & Solidarity Economy”

13-15 JUNE 2022

	33rd CIRIEC CONGRESS: New global dynamics in the post-Covid era: challenges for the public, social and cooperative economy

10-13 JULY 2023

	ICA CCR Global and Europe Research Conference, Leuven

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