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Coop Exchange launches EU base in Malta
VALLETA, August 17, 2024 – Fintech platform Coop Exchange recently launched an EU subsidiary in Malta during an event. The initiative forms part of Coop Exchange’s efforts to build a global network…
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Call for Rochdale Pioneers Award nominations 2024 open
KAMPALA, July 25, 2024 – Nominations are open for the International Cooperative Alliance’s Rochdale Pioneers Award, the highest honour that the ICA bestows. The purpose of the Award is to recognise, in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
ICA makes submission to the International Court of Justice on the Right to Strike
BRUSSELS, July 19, 2024 – Are workers’ rights to strike protected under the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention [ILO No. 87]? For the first time in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UN holds soft-launch event for the 2025 UN International Year of Cooperatives
NEW YORK, July 11, 2024 – The International Year of Cooperatives [IYC2025] celebrations kicked on Tuesday with a soft-launch event at the UN headquarters in New York. The event was organised by…
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Cooperatives & Communities
World celebrates UN International Day of Cooperatives
KAMPALA, July 7, 2024 – Cooperatives in the world celebrated the International Day of Cooperatives yesterday. An annual celebration of cooperatives, the day has been observed on the first Saturday in July since…
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Uganda: Coop Week 2024 postponed: New dates announced
KAMPALA, July 3, 2024 – Uganda, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives [MTIC], will neither join the rest of the world in holding the Cooperative Week nor mark International…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UN General Assembly adopts resolution proclaiming 2025 as Year of Cooperatives
KAMPALA, June 21, 2024 – The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution proclaiming 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives [IYC]. The text recommends ways to celebrate and encourages all Member…
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2024 arrivals: ICA welcomes new members from the Philippines, Eswatini and Rwanda
BRUSSELS, May 9, 2024 – May 2024 saw the International Cooperative Alliance [ ICA ] gain three new full members: the MSU – IIT National Multi-Purpose Cooperative [MSU-IIT NMPC] from the Philippines;…
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Cooperatives essential in fostering economic inclusion: ICA President
BRASILIA, June 6, 2024 – The Organisation of Brazilian Cooperatives [OCB] successfully hosted an influential International Seminar titled “Empowering Futures: Cooperatives at the Forefront of Inclusivity, Resilience & Environmental Stewardship”. This pivotal…
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India is hosting the ICA Global Conference for the first time! How did modern-day cooperation begin in the land of ancient civilisation, spirituality and diverse cultures?
NEW DELHI, June 2, 2024 – The 2024 Global Conference [November 2530] will be held in New Delhi, India, at the Bharat Mandapam, which hosted the G20 New Delhi summit in 2023.…
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