Thirty years since the last update, the International Cooperative Alliance is again updating the Cooperative Principles to keep pace with changes in the world situation, and all cooperators are invited to participate and give their opinions or inputs.
UN unveils 2025 International Year of Cooperatives Logo
UN unveils 2025 International Year of Cooperatives Logo The International Cooperative Alliance is pleased to announce that the United Nations (UN) has released the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives (IYC2025) logo. The IYC2025 theme Cooperatives Build a Better World, was announced on 19 June, and it showcases the enduring global impact cooperatives have everywhere. The […]
ICA President: We are into Cooperation, not Competition
ICA President: We are into Cooperation, not Competition MESSAGE FROM ICA PRESIDENT ARIEL GUARCO 2021 is here and the pandemic continues. This virus has reached every corner of this planet. The health, economic and social impact continue to cause a lot of pain around us. That’s why cooperatives continue to put our values and principles […]
ICA’s World Cooperative Monitor
ICA’s World Cooperative Monitor Brussels, BELGIUM – The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse) launched on January 20 the 2020 edition of the World Cooperative Monitor during an international webinar. This is the ninth edition of the annual report, which explores the economic and social impact […]
Human Rights in our DNA, says ICA
Human Rights in our DNA, says ICA Brussels, BELGIUM – The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) celebrated with the rest of the world the Human Rights Day 2020 by reiterating to cooperators all over the world the Cooperative Identity – that co-ops are people-centered organizations. The celebration attended by more than sixty cooperators worldwide, emphasized that […]
Cooperatives open National Cooperative Month
Cooperatives open National Cooperative Month Since the Covid-19 Crisis began, cooperatives all over the country have been quietly at work in their communities. They have provided financial services, issued moratoriums on loan payments, distributed rice & vegetables, provide transport to health workers, opened food stores, distributed personal protective equipment to medical professionals, and more. On […]