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15 September 2020 | Cooperatives
On 8th of September Cooperatives Europe, as an activity under the ICA-EU Partnership (Coops4dev), released the Coopedia Knowledge Base – a collaborative search engine listing resources (guides, articles, videos, books and more) on cooperative…
15 July 2019 | Cooperatives
As people-centred enterprises and key development actors, cooperatives have a critical role to play in the creation of decent jobs and the social and economic empowerment of communities. On 16 December 1992, the United Nations General Assembly…
09 July 2018 | Cooperatives
Sustainability is a key principle of the international cooperative movement – from sustainability of local communities to sustainability of our planet, as captured in the internationally-agreed Sustainable Development Goals. In a world of waste and…
22 June 2018 | Cooperatives
Cooperatives are a powerful economic and social force, present in most countries of the world and in most sectors of the economy. The cooperative movement counts more than a billion members.
Achieving sustainable development means that we will…
09 April 2018 | Cooperatives
The 62nd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) has included co-operatives in its conclusions on achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls.
Held at the UN headquarters in New York from 12-23 March, it…
23 February 2018 | Cooperatives
The Asia-Pacific Co-operative Development Conference will focus this year on the theme “Building Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships on Sustainable Development.” The conference will take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 26 February to 1 March 2018. It…
15 November 2017 | Cooperatives
More than 1,800 co-operators are meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the International Co-operative Alliance’s Global Conference and General Assembly (14- 17 November). Over the next three days co-operators from across the world will examine how…
20 July 2017 | Cooperatives
On 14 July 2017, The Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) celebrated the International Day of Cooperatives at the United Nations in New York during the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the central…
14 July 2017 | Cooperatives
In response to the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in September 2015, the members of the International Co-operative Alliance rallied to show their solidarity and commitment to this new global development policy. The result was Co-ops for 2030, an online…
26 May 2017 | Cooperatives
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…
21 March 2017 | Cooperatives
On March 6, 2017, a seminar on "Co-operatives and the Sustainable Development Goals" was held in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, co-organized by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), Brazilian Cooperatives Organization (OCB), Unimed do Brazil…
22 November 2016 | Cooperatives
When it comes to meeting and beating the challenge of achieving sustainable development, mutual effort just might be the magic formula.That was the clear message from a meeting of cooperatives experts from around the world who got together over two…