Euricse and ILO join forces toward improving cooperative statistics

12 January 2017

This joint initiative is part of the global effort around improving cooperative statistics. The 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) held in Geneva from in October 2013 recognized the importance of having more comprehensive and internationally comparable statistics on the cooperatives by adopting a resolution for advancing work on the topic. This resolution is in line with paragraph 8 of the ILO Recommendation 193 on the promotion of cooperatives states encourages governments to ensure that national policies “seek to improve national statistics on cooperatives with a view to the formulation and implementation of development policies”. The International Labour Office (ILO) was asked to report on progress in advancing cooperative statistics at the 20th ICLS session that will take place in October 2018. Toward this end the ILO has been undertaking a series of initiatives including a global mapping of country experiences in improving cooperative statistics.statistics_data

Euricse is happy to contribute to the global mapping with an additional six country case studies.

 

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