Propelling Co-operatives in Africa to End Poverty

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) namely: No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health And Well Being, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Clean Water and Sanitation, Affordable Clean Energy, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, Reduced Inequalities, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Responsible Consumption and Production, Climate Action, Life below Water, Life on Land, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and Partnerships for the Goals.

The Alliance Africa Co-operative Ministerial Conference Midterm Review is taking place from 23 to 26 May 2017 in Casablanca, Morocco to see how co-operative enterprises interact with each Goal, hence settling on the theme ‘Propelling Co-operatives in Africa to End Poverty’. Propelling co-operatives in Africa entails strengthening them through empowerment actions, uniting them so that they work better together and re-positioning them to better engage in policy advocacy and other strategic engagements so as to work towards ending poverty in Africa.

The objectives of this meeting is to bring together government officials and co-operative leaders to deliberate on how they can address best the first global goal through re-positioning co-operatives in Africa to address issues of climate change and take advantage of the strategic partnerships in existence. The meeting also will take a review of the progress made since the last Africa Co-operative Ministerial Conference in Gaborone Botswana since the year 2015.

Learn more about this meeting here.

Source: ICA 

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