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| 2018 International Day of Cooperatives |
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| Every year on the first Saturday of July, the international community celebrates the International Day of Cooperatives (IDC). The 2018 IDC was celebrated on the 7th of July with the theme “Sustainable consumption and production of goods and services.” The ILO published an article on how cooperatives can contribute to the promotion of decent work based on sustainable consumption and production in English, French and Spanish. |
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| Ongoing initiatives and meeting updates |
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| ILO provides technical support to Equatorial Guinea on cooperative development |
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| In the framework of the negotiations of the Decent Work Country Program for Equatorial Guinea (2019-2022) held in Malabo, the General Directorate of Cooperatives of the Ministry of Labour, Employment Promotion and Social Security organized a workshop on cooperatives. The objective of the workshop was to present the assessment of the status of cooperatives in Equatorial Guinea undertaken by the ILO between 2016 and 2017 and to raise awareness among participants of the cooperative model and its advantages. More |
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| ILO meets a Turkish social cooperative connecting people’s needs through an online platform |
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| On July 12, members from the Needs Map (Ihtiyac Haritasi in Turkish) cooperative visited ILO Headquarters in Geneva to present their work and to explore the possibility of replication of their model in other parts of the world. Needs Map, is a workers’ cooperative that uses an online map platform to connect individuals and institutions that need support with those that want to contribute their time or goods. First launched two years ago, it has been used to match more than half a million needs, including books, paperwork, writing materials, and clothing for school children particularly in Turkey’s eastern provinces. Other populations such as refugees and cancer patients have also benefited from this social cooperative initiative. The need for a website in English, and research that documents their model were among the discussion points. It was agreed that there may be potential to test this platform application developed through a cooperative governance model and applied successfully in Turkey and in other middle-income countries. |
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| New ILO publications and other noteworthy resources |
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| Full report on SEWA cooperatives |
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| The ILO released a full version of the ILO report on Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)’s experience in empowering women workers in the informal economy through cooperatives and other SSE enterprises. More |
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| COPAC briefs on cooperatives’ contributions to SDGs 11 and 15 |
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| The Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC), currently chaired by the ILO, has prepared a brief on cooperatives’ contributions to SDG 11 and SDG 15 as part of its "A Cooperative 2030" series in time for the 2018 IDC and the 2018 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). All briefs published so far can be accessed here. |
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Ms Laura Cicciarelli left ILO COOP on 20 July 2018 to join the Development & Partnerships team of Chantier de l’économie sociale in Montreal, Canada. She contributed to a wide range of the Unit’s work on the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), particularly on the organization and coordination of the 8th and 9th ILO SSE Academy. More |
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