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Cooperatives
Cooperatives play a crucial role in job creation, mobilizing resources, generating investment, and contributing to the economy, while also promoting the fullest participation in the economic and social development of all people.
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Bridging Social and Solidarity Economy and Cultural Heritage in Tunisia: the Nawar Cultural Complex
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Empowering Communities: Türkiye's Cooperative Workshop Charts a Path for Inclusive Economic Growth
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Publications
Strengthening women’s cooperatives: The experience of SEWA Cooperative Federation
Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Occupied Palestinian Territory
Lebanon: An assessment summary
Providing care through the social and solidarity economy - Lebanon
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Cooperatives and the World of Work series
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The series of briefs highlights how cooperative model engages in the changing world of the work
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Projects
Fostering cooperative development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Social and Solidarity Economy
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