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| The ILO Director-General meets with the new ICA President |
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| The ILO Director-General, Mr Guy Ryder, and the new President of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), Mr Ariel Guarco, met at the ILO HQ in Geneva and have agreed on updating the current memorandum of understanding (MoU) within the context of the changing world of work that would be complemented with a joint action plan. |
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| My.Coop roll-out trajectory in Myanmar |
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| A first training of trainers on My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative was conducted in Myanmar after the translation and adaptation of the modules to Burmese context. More |
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| Ongoing initiatives and meeting updates |
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| ILO participates in the African cooperative development conference |
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| ILO participated in a conference on advancing African cooperatives’ contributions to the 2030 Agenda with a focus on achieving SDG2 and presented the findings from a study on cooperative competitiveness and potential for trade in selected Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. More |
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| New ILO publications and other noteworthy resources |
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| ILO Greening with jobs WESO 2018 mentions the role of cooperatives |
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| ILO’s flagship report World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) 2018: Greening with Jobs mentions the role of sustainable energy cooperatives in guiding the transition to a low-carbon and resource-efficient economy through community-driven initiatives. It also highlights the potential of cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy organizations in addressing decent work deficits faced by waste pickers and other informal economy workers and in facilitating their access to skill training for improving their integration in waste management chains. More |
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| Mapping of Intergovernmental Documentation on SSE |
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| UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), on behalf of the UN Task Force on SSE, has conducted a mapping study to understand if and how the terminology of SSE is being adopted by regional intergovernmental organizations. More |
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| Youth in agricultural cooperatives - Challenges and opportunities |
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| A joint research by Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Centre for Development Innovation (CDI), Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) and the Food & Business Knowledge Platform analyses the challenges and opportunities for young women and men to engage in agricultural cooperatives based on the six case studies from Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. Read the full report |
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| Obituaries honouring Mr Jens Nilsson and Mr Paul Singer |
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Mr Jens Nilsson and Mr Paul Singer, two important colleagues of the SSE, have regrettably passed away in March and April. The UN Task Force on SSE has published two short obituaries on its website, honouring the life and legacy of each of them. More |
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