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 Japan Co-operative Alliance (JCA)
27 February 2025 | Cooperatives

Asia-Pacific region and Japan launch UN International Year of Cooperatives 2025

The International Year of Cooperatives 2025 (IYC 2025) celebrations for Asia and the Pacific region and Japan officially kicked off on 19 February 2025 at the United Nations University in Tokyo. The hybrid launch event was co-hosted by the Japan…
©FAO/Javid Gurbanov
21 November 2024 | Cooperatives

Nomadic roots, modern routes

“Tarakama” is the traditional nomadic pastoral lifestyle that guides the lives of Azerbaijani communities who move with the seasons. Mahammad Bayramov, originally from Aghdam, a small town in the centre of Azerbaijan, has lived this rhythm since he…
22 October 2024 | Cooperatives

UN launches official logo for the International Year of Cooperatives 2025

The United Nations Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) is proud to announce the launch of the official logo for the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC2025). The logo, now publicly available, symbolizes the power…
Photo: UNDESA
11 July 2024 | Cooperatives

UN hosted a soft launch event for the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives.

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) held a soft launch event for the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives on July 9 at the UN…
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09 July 2024 | Cooperatives

Small businesses for a sustainable future in Brazil

Farming is not easy in Brazil’s semi-arid north-east. Climate change is severely affecting the region, with increasingly erratic rainfall and shifting harvest periods.   Due to environmental degradation, much of its soil is no longer…
© Anders Johnsson/ILO
21 June 2024 | Cooperatives

Better working conditions help us to fight child labour

I am the son of cocoa farmers and I have always worked on a plantation in Côte d'Ivoire. Like many planters, I wanted to help fight child labour in our community. Through training, I discovered how improving safety and health at work is important to…
Source: UNDP
20 June 2024 | Cooperatives

Cooperatives Build a Better World: UN General Assembly announces launch of the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives

20 June 2024 - The UN General Assembly yesterday declared 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC2025) to be celebrated under the theme "Cooperatives Build a Better World." The theme highlights the lasting global impact of cooperatives…
Source: FAO/Bradley Secker
08 March 2024 | Cooperatives

Women-led cooperatives foster resilience amidst adversity in Türkiye

Cooperatives provide women a path for economic independence and rebuilding lives after the earthquake. In 2019, Çiğdem Kudret realized for the first time that skills she had — making jams, pickles, spice mixes and tomato paste— could be monetized.…
© RCO Madagascar A woman waters her vegetable garden, planted with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization.
06 July 2023 | Cooperatives

From seeds to solar power in Madagascar: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Over one million people in drought-stricken southern Madagascar are benefitting from a range of complementary UN development initiatives which are being coordinated in order to have a greater impact as the UN Resident Coordinator in Madagascar …
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19 April 2023 | Cooperatives

New UN resolution on social and solidarity economy

Historic Moment for the SSE: At its 66th plenary meeting, the UN General Assembly adopts the resolution “Promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy for Sustainable Development”   At its 66th plenary meeting on April 18, 2023, the United…
© Ovimbundu Filmes | Project participants learn to install a modern beehive in Bailundo, Angola.
11 April 2023 | Cooperatives

Angola: Empowering women through honey

An UNCTAD project is harnessing the power of bees to help women improve their livelihoods while creating sustainable opportunities in rural communities in the southern African nation. Mavilde de Assunção Alves has been a beekeeper for almost 15…
26 October 2021 | Cooperatives

Social Economy in Cooperation

The eleventh edition of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Social Economy Forum 2021 started with an online event on 19th October. It counted with speakers from the region of Veneto in Italy, the Division for Social Inclusion Development in the Department of…

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