News from the field
ILO pilots an orientation tool on cooperation - "Think.Coop" in Cambodia
On 25 August, a new ILO orientation tool on the cooperative business model was piloted in Cambodia. Supported by IDEA, the local partner organization, the training brought together over 25 participants to discuss and learn about the benefits of cooperation for improving livelihoods and economic opportunities. >>More
Improving livelihoods through cooperatives: ILO LEED project in Northern Sri Lanka
Since 2010, the ILO has worked with cooperatives in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka through the Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED) project aiming at poverty reduction, sustainable job creation and peacebuilding for vulnerable groups in conflict-affected populations in the region. Two cooperative experiences are showcased here to reflect on the project’s impact and the way forward. >>More
Meeting updates
Emerging cooperative responses to gig economy in Asia
On 19 September, Professor Jack Qiu from the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong spoke at the ILO’s RESEARCH Department seminar series in Geneva. The session, titled “Reflexive Actions Within and Beyond the Gig Economy” was chaired by ILO’s Cooperative Unit Manager. The presentation and the subsequent discussion included reflections on worker cooperatives, platform cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy response strategies. >>More
ILO joins a high-level side event at the 72nd UN General Assembly on financing for SSE
On 19 September, France, on behalf of the International Leading Group on Social and Solidarity Economy (ILGSSE), organized a high-level event in coordination with the association SSE International Forum, on the margins of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly which brought together States, international institutions as well as civil society and private organizations. The event focused on financing for social and solidarity economy (SSE) as a lever to finance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and concluded with the adoption of a related position paper↗. Ms Manuela Tomei, ILO Director at the Conditions of Work and Employment Department, participated as a speaker at the event and presented the work of the ILO on SSE as guided by ILO Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193) and 2008 ILO Declaration on Social Justice, among others. >>More↗
ILO presents on the role of cooperatives in overcoming refugee and migrant precarity at a side event of the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council
On 20 September, a seminar on "Overcoming Refugee and Migrant Precarity: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)" was organized by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and the University of Geneva as an official side event of the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The ILO participated in the event presenting on the role of cooperatives in providing basic services (housing, food, clothing and language skills) as well as labour market integration of migrants and refugees. >>More
ILO participates in an event to mark the 70th anniversary of the French general law on cooperatives
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Law of 10 September 1947 defining cooperative status, Coop FR organized an awareness-raising event on cooperative initiatives. ILO COOP presented in a panel on cooperative principles and their relevance and applicability to the changing realities on the ground. >>More
A dialogue between international, European and Greek cooperative and SSE leaders
A one-day seminar on "Cooperatives and the Social and Solidarity Economy in Greece and around the world" was organized by the KAPA network in Greece at the Agricultural University of Athens on 23 September. The ILO’s Director of Enterprises Department participated in the event. He shared the work of the ILO on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises including research, policy advisory services, and capacity building often delivered through development cooperation initiatives. >>More
Member of COPAC Technical Working Group on statistics of cooperatives meets with the Philippines Statistics Authority
Ms Josephina Bitonio, a member of COPAC Technical Working Group on statistics of cooperatives, met with the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) officials on 11 September to brief them about the meeting of the Working Group discussing the Conceptual Framework for the Purpose of Measurement of Cooperatives and its Operationalization. >>More
Member of COPAC Technical Working Group on statistics of cooperatives presents on work and employment in cooperatives to the Working Group on the ICSE
Mr Hyungsik Eum, a member of the COPAC Technical Working Group on statistics of cooperatives, made a presentation on work and employment forms in cooperatives in the 4th meeting of the Working Group for the revision of the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93), held on 25-28 September at the ILO Headquarters in Geneva. >>More
COOP Champions
Yumi Nabeshima, ILO Office for Japan in Tokyo
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. In this issue, we showcase the decade-long work of Yumi Nabeshima, from ILO Office for Japan in Tokyo in advancing cooperatives. >>More
Spotlight on Cooperatives
Rah-e-Roshd: The first cooperative school working to advance inclusive and quality education in Iran
In this issue of Spotlight on Cooperatives, we highlight Rah-e-Roshd Cooperative Educational and Cultural Complex, the first and largest cooperative school in Iran working to advance inclusive and quality education. Having over 80 per cent of its members as women, Rah-e-Roshd has increasingly engaged in gender equality and women empowerment issues as well. >>More
New ILO publications on cooperatives
ILO/Euricse Working Paper on the role of SSE in the future of work
This publication presents the main theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on the features and role of social and solidarity economy organizations, specifically in creating and preserving decent work in emerging sectors such as the silver economy and contributing to the formalization of the informal economy. >>More
Statistics on Cooperatives in Tanzania
As part of “Countries in Focus on Statistics of Cooperatives” series launched by ILO and other members of COPAC, a case study for Tanzania is now available online, with that for Iran and Japan coming up shortly!
Noteworthy resources
CICOPA’s second global report “Cooperatives and Employment” is out
CICOPA published its second global report on “Cooperatives and Employment”. Based on data from 156 countries, the updated estimate shows employment in or within the scope of cooperatives concerns at least 279.4 million people, 9.46 per cent of the world’s employed population. >>More↗
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