ILO COOP 100 Symposium
16-17 Novembre 2020
Virtual event
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its Cooperatives Unit (COOP), the ILO is bringing together policy makers, researchers and practitioners working with cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE) for a two-day international symposium.
At this occasion a Virtual issue of Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, «Cooperatives and the ILO over 100 Years: A selection of 12 Articles », edited by Marie J. Bouchard and Marieke Louis, is published for this event on the initiative of Simel Esim, Head of Cooperatives Unit of ILO and Bernard Thiry, CIRIEC and Edgard Milhaud Foundation Director.
It is a new collaboration between ILO and CIRIEC to celebrate the Centenary of Coop Unit of the International Labour Organization.
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This event will be live-streamed on ILO TV on the following Youtube links:
Day 1 (16 November)
Day 2 (17 November)


ed. Marie J. Bouchard ed. M.J. Bouchard & M. Louis


16 Nov 16:00-17:15
- Towards harmonized statistics of cooperatives and other SSE organizations by Marie J. Bouchard
- Producing statistics on work and employment in cooperatives by Hyungsik Eum
- Sustainable Development Performance Indicators for SSE by Ilcheong Yi

- Centennial celebration of ILO COOP and its relevant contributions to the SSE by Leandro Morais
- Historical Perspectives on Concepts, Practices, and Policies of Cooperative Education by Simon Godard, Amélie Artis
- Evolution of the Legal Framework of Brazilian Agricultural Cooperativism by Leandro Morais,
Daniel Francisco Nagao Menezes
Will also speak:
- Guy Ryder, Director-General of the ILO
- Ariel Guarco, President of International Cooperative Alliance
- Vic van Vuuren, Director of ILO Enterprises Department
- Simel Esim, Manager of COOP Unit