Resources on cooperative, social and solidarity economy
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Shadia and Sahar: How decent work has changed their lives in Jordan
01 May 2023
An almost three-year ILO intervention across six cooperatives in Jordan has brought about tangible changes to the lives of thousands Jordanian and Syrian refugee agricultural workers in Jordan. Listen to the words of Shadia and Sahar on the matter.
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Dairy cooperatives in Mozambique benefit from ILO training tools
25 April 2022
In strengthening dairy cooperatives in Mozambique, Coopermondo has been using the ILO tools Think.Coop and Start.Coop in the framework of the SALsA project.
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Training by ILO, ACTED to promote social solidarity through joint income-generating activities in Lebanon’s agriculture sector
13 October 2021
An initiative aimed at fostering social solidarity and promoting decent work through the development of joint income-generating initiatives launched its first training for vulnerable communities in Lebanon.
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Coconuts, commitment and changing circumstances
07 December 2020
Coco chips are widely used by farmers and gardeners. The ILO’s LEED+ project works with the private sector and local communities in Sri Lanka to develop coco chips as a mutually beneficial business.
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Honey and cheese cooperatives created in Cahul district in Moldova, with ILO’s support
27 October 2020
In Cahul district, Moldova, the public-private Local Employment Partnership (LEP) funded by the ILO and local stakeholders, supported the creation of two cooperatives processing honey and cheese.
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Hans Lind, Interim Country Representative for Colombia and Senior Advisor on Cooperative Development at We Effect
30 July 2020
Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). The interviews reflect on their experience and contributions in the past and shares their thoughts on the future of cooperatives and the SSE in a changing world of work.
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ILO COOP/SSE participates in a webinar as part of an online training on My.COOP – Managing your agricultural cooperative
29 July 2020
The 2020 edition of the online My.COOP training of trainers (ToT) workshop is taking place from 1 June to 7 August, with the participation of 25 people from Africa, Asia and Europe.
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Training of trainers workshop on cooperative development conducted towards promoting a sustainable vanilla sector in Madagascar
07 December 2018
Eight trainers were trained on ILO’s tools and methodologies on cooperative development with a view to tapping into the potential of cooperatives to promote decent work in the vanilla value chain.
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The first roll-out of My.Coop in the Northern Province of Zambia
28 November 2018
My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package has been translated into Bemba and rolled out for the first time in the Northern Province of Zambia.
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Managing your Agricultural Cooperative - My.Coop. First official online Training of Trainers course
This on-line training will give you additional pedagogical guidelines and advice on how to structure and how to facilitate the My.Coop contents from the general My.Coop training package. After successful completion of this course you will be trained on how to use the My.Coop training package in your own context.