ILO/COPAC new joint research series
The ILO and other members of COPAC have launched a series on “Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives” as part of a larger initiative to increase understanding on how countries around the world produce and use statistics on cooperatives. Case studies for Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, and Brazil are now available.
News from the field
SSE is identified as a key strategy in the Tunisia DWCP
On 21 July, the ILO participated in the signing ceremony of the 2017-2022 Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Tunisia along with the Government of Tunisia, the Union Générale Tunisienne des Travailleurs (UGTT), and the Union Tunisienne de l’Industrie, du Commerce et de l’Artisanat (Utica). The DWCP highlights five national priority areas. The first priority is to promote “Economic growth and regional development; global, sustainable and balanced growth in-between the different regions”. Among the key strategies under this priority area is the development of a strong social and solidarity economy (SSE), which is seen as essential for the reduction of social inequalities. Particular efforts are being made through the ILO PROMESS project which assists the government, social partners and SSE actors to establish a conductive legal and institutional environment for SSE development in Tunisia. >>More
My.Coop gets a provincial adaptation in Peru
For the first time since it was launched in 2012, the My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package was adapted at the provincial level in the San Martín region of Peru. After the completion of the training of trainers’ workshops, My.Coop will be rolled out in the region in order to support a number of coffee and cacao cooperatives toward better management practices. >>More
Cooperative networking and funding event held in Trinidad and Tobago
On 26 July, the Ministry of Labour and Small Enterprise Development of Trinidad and Tobago held a “Co-operative Networking and Funding Fair” in Port-of-Spain as a commemoration of the International Day of Cooperatives. Under the theme of "Cooperation among Cooperatives", delegates from non-financial cooperatives pitched project ideas to funders from local financial cooperatives, using the knowledge and experience obtained at the previous ILO workshops. Ida Le Blanc, General Secretary for National Union of Domestic Workers (NUDE), also participated in the event to present on the objectives and services of their Service Workers Centre Cooperative Society (SWCC). >>More↗
COOP Champions
Badra Alawa, ILO Office for Egypt and Eritrea in Cairo
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. In this issue we present the work of Badra Alawa, from ILO Office for Egypt and Eritrea in Cairo. >>More
Spotlight on Cooperatives
Towards self-reliance: SEWA Cooperative Federation in India
In this issue of Spotlight on Cooperatives, we highlight Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Cooperative Federation, organizing more than 300,000 women into 106 primary cooperatives for full employment and self-reliance in India. >>More
New ILO publications on cooperatives
Cooperation among workers in the informal economy: A focus on home-based workers and waste pickers
This report is a part of a joint ILO and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) initiative aiming to understand the nature and scope of cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises formed by workers in the informal economy. >>More
Evaluating the results of an agricultural cooperative support programme: Business practices, access to finance, youth employment
As part of an impact report series of the ILO’s Taqeem Initiative on what works for youth employment, this report assesses the effects of an intervention designed to enhance cooperative managers’ business skills, cooperatives’ overall competitiveness and cooperative members’ income and employment conditions, as well as food security in Rwanda. >>More
Consulting opportunities with ILO COOP
Call for expression of interest: Rapid assessment of cooperative competitiveness potential for export and import in selected SADC countries
TILO COOP Unit is looking for a consultant/consultancy firm to carry out a rapid assessment of cooperative competitiveness potential for export and import in selected SADC countries. Deadline for application is 3 September 2017! >>Check out details here
Noteworthy Resources
New report by GIWPS on how cooperatives empower female artisan home-based workers
On 18 July, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS) in Washington, D.C. released a new report “Cooperative Connections: Connecting Female Artisan Home-Based Workers through Women's Cooperatives in Jakarta, Indonesia" supported by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. The study provides new evidence on how cooperatives can support women’s economic empowerment by offering opportunities for saving and borrowing, health services, education and the potential to leverage collective voice. >>Read more on the report↗
CIRIEC special issue on sustainable development
CIRIEC published a special thematic issue ‘Social Economy and Sustainable Development’ for Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics. >>The issue is free to access here↗ |
