Thematic page on the cooperative, social and solidarity economy
SSE: Migration, forced displacement and crisis response
In 2016, there were an estimated 244 million international migrants representing 3.3 per cent of the global population – over 150 million of these were migrant workers. In addition, there are over 65 million people forcibly displaced by conflict, violence and human rights violations of which 21.3 million are recognized as refugees and registered asylum seekers. Cooperatives are well-placed to provide a part of the response to both refugee and labour migration situations. In fact, cooperative interventions have been used to deliver on refugee situations across the world in recent years.
23 April 2024
In Lebanon ILO PROSPECTS organizes a business plan competition to select social and solidarity economy entities that will benefit from technical and financial assistance
Japan International Labour Foundation reaches out to hundreds of informal workers in South East Asia using ILO’s orientation and learning tools on cooperatives
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 7: SSE as tool for social cohesion, peace and resilience
ILO highlights intervention models on building sustainable local communities through cooperatives
ILO COOP 100 – ILO PROSPECTS Webinar: The role of cooperatives and social and solidarity organizations in forced displacement contexts
Technical Webinar: The role of cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations in forced displacement contexts
Mapping responses by cooperatives and social and solidarity economy organizations to forced displacement (PDF)
Transforming our world: A cooperative 2030 - Cooperative contributions to SDG 16
Significant steps taken in the establishment of a Women’s Cooperative in Gaziantep
Fact sheet
Labour Migration Highlights No. 2: Labour Migration and Cooperatives
News
Turkey’s first women cooperative consist of both Syrian and host community women is established
News
Founding of SADA Women’s Cooperative Joyfully Celebrated
The new landmark recommendation recognises cooperatives’ role toward building peace and resilience
Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators
Cooperative housing for refugees in Greece
Fair recruitment
FAIR project presentation of research findings and strategic planning for pilot interventions
Working Paper
Cooperating out of Isolation: The Case of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon, Jordan and Kuwait
Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators
A social enterprise creating job opportunities for migrants and disadvantaged persons in Berlin
Our impact, their voices
Helping Syrian refugees formalize their work status through cooperatives
Cooperatives and refugees
How workers' cooperatives can help tackle the refugee crisis
Migration, Decent Work and Cooperatives
Interview
Cooperatives, resilience to crises
News
Introductory Seminar on Cooperatives Held for SADA Women Centre Trainees
Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 2
Cooperating out of isolation: Domestic workers’ cooperatives
Briefing note
Cooperatives Responses to Refugee Crises
ILO COOP presents on the role of cooperatives in overcoming refugee and migrant precarity in a side event at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council