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Cooperatives & Communities
Indian coop bags ICA AP’s Excellence Award
NEW DELHI, November 13, 2023 – The Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society Limited or ULCCS Limited, a 100-year-old workers’ cooperative has bagged the Asia Pacific Cooperative Excellence Award for the Enterprising Cooperative…
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International
ICA position paper: Cooperatives as key partners in realising the Agenda 2030
BRUSSELS, November 9, 2023 – In September 2023, the international community marked the mid-point in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The UN hosted the SDG Summit which culminated…
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International
UN’s Guterres calls govts to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems for cooperatives
NEW YORK, September 14, 2023 – The 2023 UN Secretary General’s report on cooperatives in social development has been released. The report sets out the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach as a key way…
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National
Gov’t urged to clear Shs 49bln debt owed to global organisations
KAMPALA – Members of Parliament have cautioned that Uganda faces the risk of international embarrassment over her failure to pay subscriptions to international organisations. The members of the Public Accounts Committee –…
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Eastern
Project introduces plant clinics to help farmers in Karamoja fight crop pests and diseases
ENTEBBE – A joint effort, dubbed Plant Clinics, to fight crop pests and diseases in Karamoja Sub-region by extending quality extension services and information for early warning and anticipatory action to farmers…
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International
WOCCU addresses UN Group to strengthen credit unions’ role in financial inclusion
NEW YORK—World Council of Credit Unions [WOCCU] Senior Vice President of International Advocacy Andrew Price recently outlined the various ways credit unions play a key role in growing financial inclusion for rural…
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Africa
Ethiopia: Women’s cooperative fund transforms member’s family
ADDIS ABABA – Fantu Alemayehu, a member of a Saving and Credit Cooperative [SACCO] borrowed 3000 birr [US$ 86] three years ago while training in basic business and life skills. Today, she…
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International
Rising population anxiety as India overtakes China as world’s most populous nation
NEW YORK-New data reveals population anxieties are widespread and governments are increasingly adopting policies aimed at raising, lowering or maintaining fertility rates. But efforts to influence fertility rates are very often ineffective…
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Cooperatives & Communities
UN General Assembly adopts first resolution on social and solidarity economy
KAMPALA – Following the events organised in July and December 2022 at the United Nations [ UN ] Headquarters in New York, the UN has adopted the first Resolution on promoting the…
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Africa
COMESA, partners hold high-level engagement on sidelines of CSW67
NEW YORK -COMESA, the East African Community [EAC] and the Economic Community of West African States [ECOWAS], the three regional economic communities which are jointly implementing the 50 Million African Women Speak…
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