Mr. Shaju S. has been elected Chairman of the Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society (ULCCS), Kerala, succeeding the late Mr. Remeshan Palery. The Board of Directors elected him unanimously in mid-September 2026, and Mr. K. Praveen Kumar, Chief General Manager,…
Two of the region’s most farmer-centered networks have formally joined forces. ICA-AP and the Fairtrade Network of Asia and Pacific Producers (Fairtrade NAPP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperatives, open up fairer markets and improve the livelihoods…
On 17 September, Ms. Monalisa Kashyap, Program Coordinator and Advocacy Officer at ICA-AP, presented the Asia Pacific Cooperative Development Platform (APCDP) at the Global ICADP Meeting, held during the ICA Global Conference in Panama. APCDP is a regional initiative under…
At the IX Continental Congress and II International Symposium on Cooperative Law in Panama City on 17 September, Mr. Naveen Singh, Research Officer, and Ms. Monalisa Kashyap, Program Coordinator and Advocacy Officer, both of ICA-AP, presented regional findings from the…
As populations age across the world, the question of who will care for older persons, and under what conditions, is becoming urgent. At the CICOPA side event “Building the Care Economy Together: Cooperative Solutions for Decent Work and Inclusion,” held…
What happens when communication practitioners from across the cooperative movement come together to discuss what communication should look like? That was the question at the heart of the communication session as part of “Building Bridges Through Communication and Advocacy: From…
On 16 September 2026, Mr. Balasubramanian G. Iyer, Regional Director of ICA-AP, took part in The Cooperative Identity Lab: “Protecting Cooperative Identity with and Beyond Norms: Ensuring Cooperative Identity Remains Relevant, Resilient and Resonant.” He contributed to the session on…
The global cooperative movement gathered in Panama City from 13 to 18 September 2026 for the ICA Global Conference and General Assembly, held under the theme “Building Bridges: Cooperative Contributions for a Peaceful World.” Hosted by the International Cooperative Alliance…
India’s Parliament has passed the National Cooperative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, expanding the NCDC’s power to provide loans and grants directly to cooperative societies — a move the Ministry of Cooperation says will cut bureaucratic delay and give cooperatives…
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has published Voices of Cooperators, a book gathering first-hand accounts from more than 70 cooperators working across agri-food systems in the Near East and North Africa — young leaders, farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists, food…
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