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AI and occupational evaluation
AI’s role in evaluating job prestige and value spotlighted by new ILO research
The utility and accuracy of AI tools in evaluating a range of job occupations, in comparison to human assessments, has potential benefits such as efficiency, cost effectiveness and speed, but some obstacles need to be overcome.
Data science researchers from UK and Rwanda collaborate with the ILO to drive the global impact of financial education
An exciting collaboration between the University of Liverpool, The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Rwanda and the ILO aims to use the power of data analytics to increase the impact of the ILO Global Programme on Financial Education and to drive positive behavioural change amongst target groups in Africa and beyond.
Violence and Harassment
The United Kingdom ratifies the Violence and Harassment Convention
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland becomes the 11th country in the world, and the 3rd country in Europe, to ratify Convention No. 190.
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 4: SSE and South-South and triangular cooperation
ILO COOP participates in the first Robert Owen Academy Annual Lecture
The first Robert Owen Academy Annual Lecture on “Post pandemic community - regeneration through co-operative multi agency partnerships” took place virtually on June 12, 2021.
Remembering Johnston Birchall
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Liz Green, Executive Vice President, ICMIF
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Liz Green, Executive Vice President at ICMIF.
Global Compact on Migration
UNECE region reviews Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
ILO COOP Chiefs across time
This page provides bibliographies of the chiefs and heads of the ILO's Cooperatives Unit since its establishment in 1920.
ILO COOP 100 Interview
ILO COOP 100 Interview with Colombia Pérez Muñoz, Director of the Institute of Social Economy and Co-operativism INDESCO - Cooperative University of Colombia
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.
ILO COOP 100 Interview
ILO COOP 100 Interview with Rebecca Harvey, Executive Editor of Co-operative News
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.
ILO COOP 100 Interview
ILO COOP 100 Interview with Iain Macdonald, former Director General of the International Cooperative Alliance
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.
IT for Change hosts a webinar on the potential of cooperatives as a means to organize workers in the platform economy
IT for Change organized a session “Going co-op: A platform model for workers in the South” as part of RightsCon, an annual summit bringing together multidisciplinary actors from technologists, business leaders, and activists to journalists, and academics from all around the world to tackle the most pressing issues of human rights and technology.
COPAC organizes an International Day of Cooperatives event on cooperatives and climate action
ILO’s Enterprises Department Director and Chair of the Committee on Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC), Mr van Vuuren, participated as a speaker in a virtual event organized on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives focusing on climate action on 9 July 2020.
Co-operatives UK gives a special award for ILO COOP on the occasion of its Centenary
The award recognizes the important role played by the ILO on cooperative development around the world since 1920.
Emerging Insight: Women’s safety nets are falling away
ILO COOP 100 Interview
Interview with Edgar Parnell, Cooperative Practitioner
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.
Social dialogue and the Future of Work
Enhancing social partners’ and social dialogue’s roles in a changing world of work
A new report by the ILO in cooperation with the European Commission looks at how the social partners in European countries are adapting to sweeping changes in the world of work.
ILO100
Council of the EU welcomes the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work
The Council calls on the EU Member States to pursue a human-centred approach to the future of work.
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UK House of Lords praises ILO on its Centenary
As part of a general debate in the UK House of Lords, members congratulated the ILO on its 100th anniversary and praised its achievements in furthering social justice and decent work.