Resources on cooperative, social and solidarity economy

  1. ILO participates in the 15th World Fair Trade Summit in Lima, Peru

    30 September 2019

    The ILO highlighted the changes in the world of work and underlined the synergies between cooperatives and fair trade towards improving livelihoods of small-scale producers.

  2. Reflecting on the role of cooperatives in global supply chains at the 6th Regulating for Decent Work Conference

    30 July 2019

    A paper on the role of cooperatives in advancing decent work in global supply chains was presented at the 6th Regulating for Decent Work (RDW) Conference that took place in the ILO Headquarters in Geneva from 8 to 10 July 2019.

  3. ILO COOP/SSE eNewsUpdate Issue No. 6, June 2018

    02 July 2018

  4. Cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE), Trade and Global Supply Chains

    20 June 2018

    Cooperatives, as member-owned, principle-driven and community-based businesses, can play an important role in overcoming decent work deficits and promoting sustainable and inclusive business practices in trade and global supply chains.

  5. ILO organizes a meeting on cooperative to cooperative trade and decent work

    20 June 2018

    ILO brings together the cooperative movement and fairer and ethical trade initiatives to promote responsible production and consumption though cooperative to cooperative trade.

  6. Interview with Rudi Dalvai, President, World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)

    20 June 2018

    "Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue, ILO interviewed Rudi Dalvai, President of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO).

  7. Concept note: Meeting on enhancing cooperative trade for decent work

    18 June 2018

  8. Dalberg presentation: Promoting Coop-to-coop trade for sustainable development

    01 July 2015

  9. Agenda: ILO ICA CSEND side event at 5th Global Reviw of Aid for Trade

    01 July 2015

  10. Green and fair: Cooperatives in Ethiopia

    19 June 2012

    By their very nature, cooperatives can balance economic, environmental, and social needs. The ILO will be showcasing some of its successful experiences in this field at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). One of them involves more than 200,000 coffee producers and almost 200 cooperatives in Ethiopia.