Two of the region’s most farmer-centered networks have formally joined forces. ICA-AP and the Fairtrade Network of Asia and Pacific Producers (Fairtrade NAPP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperatives, open up fairer markets and improve the livelihoods…
On 17 September, Ms. Monalisa Kashyap, Program Coordinator and Advocacy Officer at ICA-AP, presented the Asia Pacific Cooperative Development Platform (APCDP) at the Global ICADP Meeting, held during the ICA Global Conference in Panama. APCDP is a regional initiative under…
At the IX Continental Congress and II International Symposium on Cooperative Law in Panama City on 17 September, Mr. Naveen Singh, Research Officer, and Ms. Monalisa Kashyap, Program Coordinator and Advocacy Officer, both of ICA-AP, presented regional findings from the…
As populations age across the world, the question of who will care for older persons, and under what conditions, is becoming urgent. At the CICOPA side event “Building the Care Economy Together: Cooperative Solutions for Decent Work and Inclusion,” held…
What happens when communication practitioners from across the cooperative movement come together to discuss what communication should look like? That was the question at the heart of the communication session as part of “Building Bridges Through Communication and Advocacy: From…
On 16 September 2026, Mr. Balasubramanian G. Iyer, Regional Director of ICA-AP, took part in The Cooperative Identity Lab: “Protecting Cooperative Identity with and Beyond Norms: Ensuring Cooperative Identity Remains Relevant, Resilient and Resonant.” He contributed to the session on…
From 1 to 4 September, 130 young cooperators, policymakers, technologists and cooperative leaders from 13 countries gathered in Hangzhou, China, for the fifth edition of the Asia Pacific Cooperative Youth Summit 5.0. Organised by ICA-AP and its Committee on Youth…
The International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) and its Committee on Women will hold Tagaytay +30, the Fourth Regional Conference on the Status of Women in Cooperatives in Asia and the Pacific, from 1 to 3 December 2026 in…
The week of 13 July, a new working group, Coop4Care AP, brought cooperative leaders and experts together for the first time to start answering exactly that question. Convened under the ICA-EU Partnership Programme coops4dev, the group is setting the roadmap…
At ICA’s Members’ Chat on 14 July, ICA-AP took the floor to introduce the Pacific Islands Cooperative Network (PICON), a new mechanism for strengthening cooperation and connectivity among cooperative stakeholders across the Pacific Islands. Ms. Monalisa Kashyap, ICA-AP’s Programme Coordinator…
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