Sessions – Edu4all.coop https://edu4all.coop Education, Training & Information Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:03:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://edu4all.coop/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/coop-academy-favicon2-150x150.png Sessions – Edu4all.coop https://edu4all.coop 32 32 The cooperative model: the role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work https://edu4all.coop/sessions/digital-labour-platforms/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:58:04 +0000 https://edu4all.coop/?post_type=mec-events&p=2071 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 ILO Research department and joined […]]]>

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 ILO Research department and joined the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2008. Within the broad area of development economics, she has worked on informal economy, minimum wages and social policies. Since 2016, her research focuses on transformations in the digital economy, wherein she explores how labour and social institutions interact with public policies and can provide decent working conditions to workers. She has recently published the ILO flagship report, World Employment and Social Outlook 2021: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work.

]]> The cooperative model: its contribution to the SDGs and the new economic paradigms https://edu4all.coop/sessions/session-1-the-cooperative-model-its-contribution-to-the-sdgs-and-the-new-economic-paradigms/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 09:26:33 +0000 https://edu-ica.samsys.net/sessions/session-1-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.]]> 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.

]]> The cooperative model: intermediary for eco-innovation and sustainable development https://edu4all.coop/sessions/the-cooperative-model-intermediary-for-eco-innovation-and-sustainable-development/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:36:02 +0000 https://edu-ica.samsys.net/?post_type=mec-events&p=142 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. Co-operatives are a unique type […]]]>

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. Co-operatives are a unique type of self-organised and collaborative organisational and business model, which gives them the potential to act as intermediary organisations which can support eco-innovation both amongst their members, within the co-op but also throughout the business network.

In this session we will explore co-operatives’ potential role in eco-innovation through social capital theory and as intermediary actors that create spaces and processes of interaction, joint activities and problem-solving to enable eco-innovation

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