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The Cherry Sector in Lebanon: Results of a survey of cherry farmers and workers in the Bekaa, North and Mount Lebanon

This ILO BOUZOUR report summarizes results of a baseline survey of cherry farmers and workers in Lebanon's Bekaa, North and Mount Lebanon regions. It serves as a baseline for the project's component on unlocking opportunities for inclusive growth in...

Strengthening women’s cooperatives: The experience of SEWA Cooperative Federation

This report aims to explore the challenges and opportunities for cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy entities in empowering women workers in the informal economy, with a specific focus on the experience of the SEWA Cooperative...

Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Occupied Palestinian Territory

Lebanon: An assessment summary

Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Lebanon

Colombia: An assessment summary

Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Colombia

Zimbabwe: An assessment summary

Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Zimbabwe

Child labour

Handbook on the employment of minors

A question - and - answer handbook on the employment of minor workers was developed within the framework of the ILO Project: Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Viet Nam (ENHANCE) with the Legal Department of the...

UN Secretary-General's Report

Cooperatives in social development

Cooperative Care Provision as a Gender-Transformative Decent Work Solution

The ILO’s Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Branch (GEDI) and Cooperative, Social and Solidarity Economy Unit (COOP/SSE) are working together on building an innovative cross-regional, multi-country programme on Cooperative Care Provision as...

Think.COOP for refugees and host communities

Think.COOP for refugees and host communities is designed for refugees and host community residents who are interested in joining or starting a cooperative. During this orientation, the participants: (i) learn about the fundamentals of a cooperative...

ILO Training of Trainers - Think COOP, Start COOP, My COOP

Measuring Cooperatives: An information guide on the ILO Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives

Advancing the 2030 Agenda through the Social and Solidarity Economy

The social and solidarity economy (SSE) is a dynamic force for change that is key to realizing the paradigm shift called for in the 2030 Agenda. This Position Paper of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy...

Social and solidarity economy: Social innovation catalyst in Africa?

The report illustrates and characterizes the social innovation processes carried out by Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) in five African countries (South Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia). By analysing practical...

Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction: For cooperatives and the collective sector - Book 1

The package entitled "Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction for cooperatives and the collective sector" was developed under the cooperation between ILO Vietnam and Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA). It is a set of training...

Book 2

Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction: For cooperatives and the collective sector - Book 2

The package entitled "Training manual on child labour prevention and reduction for cooperatives and the collective sector" was developed under the cooperation between ILO Vietnam and Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA). It is a set of training...

Terms of Reference for an implementing partner: Consultancy for delivering a Training of Trainer (ToT) in ILO Cooperative Development Tools...

ToR for Consultant - Organize Training of Trainer (ToT) in ILO Cooperative Development Tools (Think.COOP, Start.COOP and My.COOP) in Kenya

Guide to Recommendation No.189 on Job Creation in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

This Guide to the Recommendation No. 189 provides key elements to support the implementation of policies and strategies to promote decent and sustainable job creation in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs).

Cooperatives and the World of Work No. 16 - Legal Compendium on the Social and Solidarity Economy

A shared understanding of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) is emerging from the development of legislation and statistical frameworks on the SSE. Since the turn of the century, legislation on the SSE has been adopted in more than 20...