News, stories and statements on cooperatives
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News
Interview with Professor Marie J. Bouchard, Chair of COPAC Technical Working Group on Statistics of Cooperatives
16 April 2018
The ILO has joined forces with other members of the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) to improve statistics on cooperatives. They are working towards developing guidelines on the measurement of cooperatives to be presented at the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) in October 2018. ILO COOP interviewed Professor Marie J. Bouchard, Chair of COPAC Technical Working Group on Statistics of Cooperatives, on the importance, the challenges and the outlook of its work.
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Interview with Professor Sonja Novkovic, member of COPAC Technical Working Group on Statistics of Cooperatives
13 April 2018
The ILO has joined forces with other members of the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) to improve statistics on cooperatives. They are working towards developing guidelines on the measurement of cooperatives to be presented at the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) in October 2018. ILO COOP interviewed Professor Sonja Novkovic, member of COPAC Technical Working Group on Statistics of Cooperatives, on the progress, the challenges and the outlook of its work.
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ILO COOp eNewsUpdate No. 3, March 2018
29 March 2018
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A step taken toward a common social cooperative framework in Turkey
28 March 2018
ILO representative joined a conference toward creating a common legal and institutional framework for emerging social cooperatives in Turkey.
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Role of cooperatives in rural women empowerment discussed during a side event at CSW62 in NY with ILO participating for COPAC
26 March 2018
The Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations organized a side event at the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York focusing on the role of cooperatives in rural women empowerment.
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Our impact, Their voices
All-female cooperative brings women farmers to the fore in Sri Lanka
22 March 2018
Cooperatives have enjoyed success in Sri Lanka. By banding together, farmers and fishermen have been able to access markets, enjoy the advantages of collective purchasing and marketing, tap credit facilities and access social welfare programs.
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ILO sponsors training on agricultural cooperative management through My.Coop distance learning programme
12 March 2018
Since 2012 the International Training Centre of the ILO has organized a distance learning Training of Trainers programme on My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package. The latest edition took place in late 2017, with participation of four participants sponsored by the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit.
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ILO joins the conversation on women’s empowerment through cooperatives, an Italian perspective
08 March 2018
ILO COOP Unit Manager participated in the event on “WomeNpowerment in Coops: Italian cooperatives contributing to the achievement of gender equality in the world” organized on the occasion of the International Women’s Day by the Commission of Women Cooperative Managers of the Italian Confederation of Cooperatives (ConfCooperative) and CooperMondo.
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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Advancing women’s cooperatives in Turkey
08 March 2018
"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue, ILO interviewed Ms Şengül Akçar, Executive Director of the Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work (FSWW).
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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Promoting cooperatives through a global multi-stakeholder partnership
05 March 2018
"Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue ILO interviewed COPAC Coordinator Ms Fran McCrae.