Further reading
'Cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy' in Responding to Forced Displacement report
Files for download
Cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy.pdf 1.03 MBILO training materials and courses
ILO topic portal: Occupational safety and health (OSH) tool
ILO, Promoting Cooperatives: An information Guide to ILO Recommendation (No. 193), 2019.
ITCILO, Project Design Manual: A Step-by-Step Tool to Support the Development of Cooperatives and Other Forms of self-Help Organizations, 2010
ILO’s guidance and resources for the cooperative, social and solidarity economy
ILO Start.COOP training
ILO My.COOP training
ILO Think.COOP training
Global perspectives on the intervention
ILO, Mapping Responses by Cooperatives and Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations to Forced Displacement, undated.
ILO, 'The role of cooperatives in forced displacement', video, 16 December 2021.
ILO, Cooperative Responses to Refugee Crises, 2020.
ILO, The Role of Cooperatives in Eliminating Child Labour. A Facilitator Guide To Train Field Trainers, 2021.
ILO, The Role of Cooperatives in Eliminating Child Labour. A Facilitator Guide to Train Management, Staff and Members of Agricultural Cooperatives, 2021.
UN, United Nations General Assembly, resolution 77/281, Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development, 2023
ILO, International Labour Conference, 2022, 'Resolution concerning decent work and the social and solidarity economy', 2022
ILO, Guidelines for Cooperative Legislation, 3rd edition (revised), Henrÿ Hagen, 2012.
Local perspectives on the intervention
Jordan: ILO, The national strategy for the Jordanian cooperative movement, 2021–2025.
Jordan: ILO, 'Supporting the cooperative movement in Jordan', ILO news release, 4 November 2020.
Jordan: ILO, 'ILO supports occupational safety and health across cooperatives in Jordan', ILO news release, 1 April 2022.
Sudan: ILO, 'Establishing agro-cooperatives in Sudan to empower farmers', ILO news release, 19 April 2022.
Kenya: ILO, 'ILO supports the transformation of the cooperative sector in Kenya', ILO news release, 1 February 2024.
Kenya: ILO, 'Strengthening cooperative governance through alternative dispute resolution in Kenya', ILO news release, 16 December 2024
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