At the ICA-AP Regional Board Meeting held in China this July, Dr. Chandra Pal Singh Yadav, President of ICA-Asia and Pacific, presented a comprehensive overview of the region’s activities in 2025: a year marked by collective energy, regional collaboration, and…

The ICA Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) Board convened in Guangzhou, China, from 22 to 25 July 2025 for its Regional Board Meeting, hosted by the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives (ACFSMC). The meeting brought together Board Members and…

The opening ceremony of the regional workshop was held on July 23, 2025, at the White Swan Hotel, Guangzhou, China. It was graced by distinguished leaders including Mr. Adili Wubuli, Vice President, ACFSMC; Ms. Guo Yile, Deputy Secretary-General, Guangdong Provincial…

As part of the International Year of Cooperatives 2025 celebrations, the ICA-AP Committee on Credit and Banking organised a multi-day Cooperative Learning Visit to Indian Credit and Banking Cooperatives from 21st to 24th July 2025. The programme was jointly hosted…

To mark the UN-designated International Year of Cooperatives 2025 and the International Day of Cooperatives (CoopsDay), ICA-Asia and Pacific and Heifer International Asia jointly launched the regional awareness campaign, ‘Seeding Strength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives in Asia’, through a virtual event…

The 14th edition of the Coop Colloquium, convened on 18 July 2025, brought together academics, practitioners, cooperative leaders, and youth representatives from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond to explore how rural energy cooperatives can lead the way in building a zero-carbon, people-centred energy…

The International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), in collaboration with the Department of Cooperative Business (DCB), is set to organise a three-day regional dialogue on “Cooperatives as Drivers of the Blue-Green Economy in the Pacific: A Regional Dialogue on…

As part of the UN-declared International Year of Cooperatives 2025, cooperatives across Asia and the Pacific came together on 5th July to celebrate the 103rd International Day of Cooperatives (CoopsDay). Under the global theme “Driving Inclusive and Sustainable Solutions for…

New Delhi| July 9, 2025 — Heifer International in Asia, in collaboration with the International Cooperative Alliance – Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP), officially launched the Seeding Strength: Empowering Farmer Cooperatives – a regional awareness campaign, at a virtual event that…

The SuPER WE Coffee (Sustainable Production and Ethically Responsible & Women Empowered Coffee) project, now in its fourth year, continues to advance cooperative development and inclusive value chains across coffee-growing communities in southern Lao PDR. With a core focus on…