Resources on cooperative, social and solidarity economy
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ILO shares highlights on statistics of cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy from the 21st ICLS
19 December 2023
At the December 14, 2023 webinar on statistics concerning cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy, the ILO shared highlights from the 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians with 80 participants.
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International Conference of Labour Statisticians discusses statistics of cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy (SSE)
18 October 2023
The progress on testing of the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives and the roadmap on developing guidelines for statistics of the SSE were presented and discussed on October 16, 2023 during the 21st International Conference of Labour Statisticians.
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ILO and Sungkonghoe University sign MOU on coops and SSE collaboration
25 July 2023
The ILO mission sought to share its work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy in Korea and explored opportunities to further strengthen collaboration with Korean universities.
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ILO COOP/SSE participates to the CIRIEC conference on Social Economy
21 July 2023
The 9th CIRIEC International Research Conference on Social Economy, with the theme "Building Forward Better: Social and Solidarity Economy for a Peaceful and Fair World," was successfully held in Seoul, Korea, from July 4 to 6, 2023.
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ILO visited iCOOP’s Natural Dream Park in Korea
20 July 2023
Following the International Conference on Statistics of Cooperatives, held on 30 June in Busan, participants were invited to a study trip at iCOOP’s Natural Dream Park in Goesan, Korea between 1-2 July 2023.
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Improved statistics will strengthen global cooperative movement
30 June 2023
An international conference has explored ways that more robust and consistent statistical measures can shape better policies and interventions for cooperatives and help their contribution to sustainable development be properly recognized.
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ILO shares its work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy in Korea and strengthens cooperation with Korean partners
26 June 2023
The mission members shared the ILO’s work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy and explored avenues to further strengthen collaboration with related Korean institutions, universities, and cooperative partners.
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The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on cooperative statistics holds its 5th meeting
02 June 2023
Findings from case studies of Italy, Türkiye, Costa Rica, Tanzania and Korea on statistics concerning cooperatives were presented. This led to discussions around recommendations to the ILO guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives and the need for development of a manual on statistics of cooperatives.
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Initiative on advancing the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives
29 May 2023
The project aims to ensure statistics on cooperatives are reliable, coherent, and internationally comparable, in order to quantify economic and social impact of cooperatives. It is a step towards implementing the international Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives. It includes country case studies on Costa Rica, Italy, Republic of Korea, Türkiye, and Tanzania.
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The global advisory committee of the ILO initiative on cooperative statistics holds its 4th meeting
10 May 2023
National researchers from Italy, Türkiye, Costa Rica and Tanzania presented their analyses on the available and potential sources of data on cooperatives in their countries. They also provided comparisons and recommendations on the international guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives. Discussions were held on the follow up steps, including the development of a manual on statistics of cooperatives.