Introduction / Bruno Roelants and Hyungsik Eum -- Work and cooperatives : a century of ILO interaction with the cooperative movement / Claudia Sanchez Bajo -- Cooperatives and the future of work / Jürgen Schwettmann -- Cooperatives and fundamental principles and rights at work : natural disposition or commitment to action? / Simel Eşim, Waltteri Katajamäki and Guy Tchami -- The autonomy or heteronomy of cooperative worker ownership / Manuel Garcia Jiménez -- Work and employment in the informal economy and new forms of work : how can the cooperative model be an answer / Hyungsik Eum -- "Coffee has given us power to act" : coffee cooperatives and women empowerment in Rwanda's rural areas : a case study of Karaba coffee cooperative / Gisaro M. Ya-Bititi, Philippe Lebailly, Deogratias Sebahire Mbonyinkebe and Philippe Burny -- The changing cooperative landscape in the world of work : a study of women empowerment through participatory strategies in India / Sudha Kornginnaya -- Waste cooperatives in Brazil : exploring links between cooperative ideals and raising gender awareness / Sonia Maria Dias and Ana Carolina Ogando -- Cooperatives and trade unions : from occasional partners to builders of a solidarity-based society / Akira Kurimoto -- Saving jobs and businesses in times of crisis : the Italian road to creating worker cooperatives from worker buyouts / Marcelo Vieta -- Cooperatives of independent workers in Finland : a unique forum for self-employment / Anu Puusa and Kirsi Hokkila -- Labour transformation and institutional re-arrangement in France : a preliminary study of a business and employment cooperative / Mélissa Boudes -- Multi-stakeholder cooperatives as a means for jobs creation and social transformation / Sonja Novkovic -- An internet of ownership : democratic design for the online economy / Nathan Scheider -- Conclusion / Bruno Roelants.