International
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NCUT creates bank account to help cooperatives affected by earthquakes in Turkey
LONDON – The National Cooperative Union of Turkey [NCUT] has opened a bank account to provide assistance to member cooperatives affected by the recent earthquakes in Turkey. This follows the request of…
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FAO event looks at role of cooperatives in driving responsible sourcing and sustainability-driven trade requirements
ROME – On March 15, the Food and Agricultural Organisation [ FAO ] hosted an online event to explore the key issues related to responsible sourcing and sustainability-driven trade requirements. The session…
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NRECA’s 2023 Legislative Conference to take place next month
WASHINGTON, D.C. -Hundreds of electric cooperative leaders will gather at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association [NRECA]’s 2023 Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. on April 16-19 to urge Congress to tackle permitting reform, help fix supply…
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Canada: Housing coops are getting more affordable, says report
OTTAWA– A recent report comparing housing charges in housing coops housing with rents in similar private market rental buildings was released. It looked at Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Toronto, and Ottawa between 2006…
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ICA Board meets in Bulgaria
SOFIA-The President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev inaugurated the opening session of the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] board meeting that took place from March 7-9, 2023 in Sofia. The leaders…
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Regulators take over as big Silicon Valley Bank collapses
NEW YORK-US regulators have shut down Silicon Valley Bank [SVB] and taken control of its customer deposits in the largest failure of a US bank 2008 financial crisis. The moves came as…
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Brazil’s Unimed chooses HPE GreenLake to drive innovation
BRASIL-Unimed Grande Florianópolis, a branch of Brazil’s largest medical cooperative group recently announced it had chosen the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to accelerate innovation and deliver new digital touchpoints and services to…
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Here is ICA Gender Equality Committee Statement on the International Women’s Day 2023
The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] Gender Equality Committee has issued a statement as the world marks International Women’s Day 2023: Read on. Technology has a great impact on our daily personal and…
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ICA welcomes new member from Nepal
The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] has welcomed a new member in the name of the Nepal Federation of Savings and Credit Co-operatives Union [NEFSCUN] from Nepal. NEFSCUN is the member-based national apex organization of Savings…
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Global coffee exports down 15 percent in January 2023
KAMPALA-Global green bean exports in January 2023 declined by 15 percent to 8.69 million bags, as compared with 10.23mln bags in the same month of the previous year, International Coffee Organisation [ICIO]…
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