The 2023 edition of the World Cooperative Monitor (WCM) was released on January 25, 2024. The report contains the Top 300 rankings of the world’s largest cooperatives and mutuals (CMEs) and a special focus on member’s benefits. Jeroen Douglas, Director…
The National Centre for Cooperative Education (NCCE), operating under the auspices of the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI), recently organised a training and capacity-building program for youth on the “Formation of Cooperative Societies” in a concerted effort to empower…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of the Government of Japan has collaborated with the International Cooperative Alliance through its Asia-Pacific Regional Office (ICA-AP) to implement the Capacity Building Project for Agricultural Cooperative Sector in Asia and Africa…
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 Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) held the ICA-AP Training Program for Managers of Consumer/ Retail Coops 2024 from 4 to 17 November in Japan. 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 “Cross-Regional Cooperation to Build Prosperity for All” brought together all four Directors of the ICA Regional Offices to discuss cooperative initiatives and challenges across…
On November 27, 2024, the ICA-AP Committee on Cooperatives in Educational Institutions (ICEI) hosted a panel discussion titled “Cooperatives in Educational Institutions: Strengthening Cooperative Identity through Praxis and Leadership” at the ICA Global Cooperative Conference 2024 in New Delhi. The session spotlighted…
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. The exhibition showcased the…
The 16th Annual Statutory Meeting of the ICA-AP Committee on Cooperatives in Educational Institutions (ICEI) was held on 28 November 2024 in conjunction with the ICA Global Assembly 2024, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India. The meeting held in…