The United Nations (UN) released the official logo of the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives (IYC2025) last month. The logo aligns well with the IYC2025 theme, āCooperatives Build a Better Worldā which highlights how the cooperative model is an essential solution to overcome…
TheĀ 18th Asia Pacific Cooperative Research ConferenceĀ took place from 15 to 18 October 2024 at theĀ Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK)Ā in Kerala, India. This yearās conference, organized as part of the centenary celebrations of the Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd.…
The ICA-AP Womenās Committee organized the first ToT on Climate Change and Action for Women Cooperators in Thimphu, Bhutan from 21 to 24 October 2024. The ToT was hosted by ICA member – Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives (DAMC)…
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…
The Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd. (ULCCS), an ICA member from Kerala, India and one of the largest primary cooperatives in the world, is celebrating its 100thĀ year anniversary this year. As part of its ongoing centenary celebrations, ULCCS collaborated…
On 28 October, under the ICA-EU Financial Framework Partnership Agreement 2 (FFPA 2), the ICA-AP Regional Office, in association with FAOs Near East and North African Region Office (FAO NENA), and the ICA Africa organized a virtual āStrategic Dialogue on…
Ā ICA-AP is pleased to announce the release of the Study Report onĀ Promoting Partnerships Between the State & Cooperatives: Comparative Perspectives from Select Countries of the Asia-Pacific Region. The study explores the legal and institutional provisions for state partnerships with…
Dear Cooperators, Greetings from the ICA-AP Committee on Women! This yearās International Womenās Day theme is āInvest in Women, Accelerate Progressā. The theme seeks to highlight actions toward closing the gender gap to create prosperous economies and ensure sustainable societies.…
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…
The 9th COOP Colloquium was jointly organized on 27 February 2024 by the ICA-AP Committee on Cooperative Research (CCR) and Cooperative Institute of Malaysia (CIM) to facilitate an academic discussion on cooperative education and research. The theme was “The Art…