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A stronger Chamber of Commerce and targeted business training supported by the ILO are boosting small enterprises for refugees and host communities in the Turkana and Garissa counties of Kenya.In these areas, several aspiring entrepreneurs face…
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The 2025 United Nations Secretary General’s report on Cooperatives in Social Development (A/80/168) sets out a series of policy recommendations for Member States to strengthen the role of cooperatives in achieving sustainable growth and…
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At a time of what the UN Secretary-General has described as a “global development emergency”, the UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy convened its 53rd Regular Meeting on 15 July 2025. The meeting addressed strategic alignment with major…
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Cooperatives are helping Caribbean communities tackle climate change, economic uncertainty, and inequality by creating decent jobs and strengthening local economies.The Caribbean is at a critical juncture. Climate change is battering our shores,…
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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…
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“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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…