PROGRAMME CONTEXT The Financial Framework Partnership Agreement 2 (FFPA 2), titled “People-centred Businesses for Sustainable, Democratic, and Inclusive Development”, between the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the European Union (EU), implemented through ICA’s regional offices in Asia & Pacific, Africa,…
Commemorating the International Year of Women Farmers (IYWF) 2026, the Asia-Pacific region came together in Hanoi, Vietnam, from 7–9 May 2026 to recognise and celebrate the role of women in agriculture and cooperatives. Organised by ICA-AP and the ICA-AP Committee…
The International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) Committee on Cooperative Research (CCR), in collaboration with the ICA-AP Committee on Women, successfully organized the 17th edition of the Coop Colloquium as a two-part webinar series on 8 April 2026 and…
The International Cooperative Alliance – Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) has released a new Country Snapshot on Thailand, capturing the scale, structure, and evolution of one of the region’s most established cooperative movements. With origins dating back over a century, Thailand’s…
The International Cooperative Alliance – Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) is set to participate in the upcoming Asia-Pacific Policy Forum on Development Regional (PFD) Meeting, scheduled to take place from 2 to 3 June 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Convened by the…
From Rice Fields to the Digital Marketplace: How China’s Oldest Cooperative Network is Rewriting the Rural Playbook Asia Pacific Cooperative Development Platform (APCDP) is an initiative launched by ICA-AP under the ICA-EU Partnership Program to encourage collaboration and knowledge-sharing among…
To commemorate the International Year of Cooperatives 2025, Heifer International Asia, in partnership with the International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), launched an awareness campaign “Seeding Strength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives,” highlighting the pivotal role of cooperatives in empowering smallholder farmers,…
The Asia-Pacific Cooperative Development Platform (APCDP) convened its all members’ meeting virtually on 22 September 2025, commemorating one year since the platform’s launch in September 2024. The meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on progress, discuss membership expansion, and finalize a…
With roots stretching back to 1886, Legacoop is Italy’s oldest cooperative association, uniting over 10,000 cooperatives and more than 7 million members under a shared vision of collective growth and solidarity. Over the years, Legacoop has built a dynamic presence…
The Fiji snapshot, originally developed in 2020 under the ICA-EU FFPA 1, offers an overview of the cooperative landscape, policy developments, and cooperatives’ contributions to the economy. In Phase 2, the snapshot has been updated with new insights and recent…
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