This talk will focus on the opportunities and challenges for workers in developing countries on digital labour platforms based on a survey of 12000 workers around the world. It will discuss what role cooperatives can play in improving their working conditions. About the trainer Uma Rani is Senior Economist at the...
The cooperative model: its contribution to the SDGs and the new economic paradigms
Participants engaged in a discussion about cooperative identity in practice; its implications for the cooperative business model, and contributions to new economic paradigms such as the circular economy, SDGs, and economy for the common good. A cooperative perspective on sustainability was be deliberated in small discussion groups. https://youtu.be/463ghSwT3Kw
The cooperative model: intermediary for eco-innovation and sustainable development
The International Co-operative Alliance has encouraged co-operatives worldwide to pursue the sustainable development goals (SDG’s) and to be part of the solution to reduce inequality, fight poverty, and improve environmental outcomes (ICA, 2017). In order to transition towards a more environmentally sustainable world, we need technological, organisational and policy innovation....