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A passion, mission - organizing waste pickers.

21 December 2016

During “The Potential of Cooperatives & the Role of Waste Pickers in the Recycling Sector” workshop in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December 2016, ILO COOP spoke to Manuel Mateu an Engineer from the Movement of Excluded Workers (MTE) in Argentina, about his work as an organiser of waste pickers.

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The dreams and reality of a waste picker

21 December 2016

During “The Potential of Cooperatives & the Role of Waste Pickers in the Recycling Sector” workshop in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December 2016, ILO COOP spoke to Fehmi Celikok, a waste picker from Turkey, about his life as a waste picker

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Step forward for waste pickers in Turkey

21 December 2016

A workshop “Understanding the Role of Waste Pickers and their Cooperatives in Waste Management and Recycling”, organized by the ILO and the Ministry of Customs and Trade was held in Ankara, Turkey, on 20-21 December.

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ILO COOP NewsUpdate, Issue No. 6

20 December 2016

Interview

Cooperatives, resilience to crises

12 December 2016

The Greek Magazine Efsyn interviewed ILO specialist on Cooperative, Simel Esim, on the role of cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises in crisis response including with regard to refugees.

Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators

Cooperative housing for refugees in Greece

09 December 2016

“Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators" 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 Polina Gkioka, Vice President of Wind of Renewal, a social cooperative in Greece. She joined the cooperative in October 2014 as one of the founding members.

Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators

Association of Individual and Organized Recovery in Local Economic Markets

08 December 2016

“Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators” 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 Mr Samuel Le Coeur, a founder and the President of AMELIOR in France since 2012. AMELIOR’s case was presented at a seminar “The Potential of Cooperatives & the Role of Waste Pickers in the Recycling Sector” held in Turkey in December 2016.

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The 7th Edition of the ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy

06 December 2016

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Formalizing informal employment of domestic workers through cooperatives in Trinidad & Tobago

01 December 2016

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The 7th ILO Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Interactive Space

21 November 2016