The ICA Director General, Mr. Jeroen Douglas, accompanied by Mr. Balu Iyer, ICA-AP Regional Director, made his first visit to meet members in the Republic of Korea, Japan, and China from 24 to 31 August 2024. Mr. Iyer narrates the…
Around the International Day of Cooperatives 2024, the ICA-AP Committee on Youth Cooperation (ICYC) successfully launched the E-Coop Series (Education on Cooperatives) on 10 July. The E-Coop Series is a platform to disseminate valuable information on cooperatives to educate and…
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) organised a transformative Capacity Building Workshop titled “Empowering Cooperatives for Inclusive Economic Growth & Sustainable Development in the Pacific” from 18-20 June 2024, in Fiji. The workshop brought together cooperative…
The ICA-AP Trade and Business Committee, in its first meeting of the year on 25 February 2024, at the Co-operative League of Thailand (CLT) Training Center, Bangkok, unanimously approved a resolution to establish the Asia-Pacific cooperative movement as a facilitation platform for…
The 2023 edition of the World Cooperative Monitor (WCM) was released on January 25, 2024. The report contains the Top 300 rankings of the worldâs largest cooperatives and mutuals (CMEs) and a special focus on memberâs benefits. Jeroen Douglas, Director…
It has been an exceptionally productive year at DotCooperation, the organization responsible for managing various tools designed to promote and elevate the Cooperative Identity. These tools include the .coop and .creditunion domain names, the Coop Marque, the website stories.coop, and the recently…
The ICA Committee on Consumer Cooperation for Asia and the Pacific (ICA-AP Consumer Committee) and Japanese Consumersâ Co-operative Union (JCCU) held the ICA-AP Training Program for Managers of Consumer/ Retail Coops 2024 from 4 to 17 November in Japan. Â Â Eight…
On 28 November 2024, the ICA-AP Regional Board Meeting was convened on the sidelines of the ICA Global Cooperative Conference (GCC) and General Assembly (GA). Board members from Australia, India, China, Malaysia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Philippines, and Vietnam attended…
On 26 November 2024, during the ICA Global Cooperative Conference in New Delhi, India the parallel session on âCross-Regional Cooperation to Build Prosperity for Allâ brought together all four Directors of the ICA Regional Offices to discuss cooperative initiatives and challenges across…
The Cooperative Haat (market) was set up on the sidelines of the ICA Global Cooperative Conference and General Assembly 2024 from 25 to 29 November at the Multipurpose Hall of Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, India. Â The exhibition showcased the…