Dear Cooperators and Youth Leaders, Happy International Year of Cooperatives! As we embark on 2025, the International Year of Cooperatives, we are reminded of the transformative power of cooperatives in driving sustainable development and strengthening communities worldwide. This…
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 βStrategic Dialogue on Cooperative…
ICA-AP is pleased to announce the release of the Study Report on 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 cooperatives…
The ICA-AP Committee on Women organized an online lecture on Emotional Wellness for Women Cooperators on September 6, 2024, in collaboration with Sleepwell Foundation India. It was attended by 27 participants from India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal and the Philippines. The…
The Trade Dialogue titled “Empowering Cooperatives through Digital Transformation: E-commerce and Big Data” was held on September 2 and 3, 2024 at Zhongwei Green Lake Hotel, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. Organized by the Trade and Business Committee, the event focused on the…
The second ICA Asia-Pacific (ICA-AP) Trade and Business Committee Meeting of 2024 was held on September 1, 2024 in Kunming, China. The meeting was attended by 28 members representing 15 organizations from 12 countries, including India, China, Malaysia, Palestine, Vietnam,…
The ICA-AP Committee on Youth Cooperation (ICYC), represented by its Chairperson, Atty. Dulce Bustamante-Delmo, participated in the International Forum on Cooperation in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia held from September 18 to 22. Joining Atty. Dulce were Mr. Abubakar Sadiq Labaran,…
On September 1, 2024, the Malaysia Business Office (MBO) Council held its meeting in Kunming, China, with 16 members from four organizations in Malaysia, Japan, Korea, and China, including the Regional Director of ICA-AP, Mr. Balasubramanian Iyer. Additionally, four members…
The International Cooperative Allianceβs (ICA) global and regional teams – Africa, Americas, Asia and Pacific, and Europe gathered in Brussels from September 17 to 20, 2024, to kick off the second phase of the #coops4dev project. In April 2024, the ICA and the European Commissionβs…
The Asia Pacific Cooperative Development Platform (APCDP) is an initiative by the ICA Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) Regional Office to foster exchanges and collaboration among cooperative development organisations (CDOs) active in international cooperation and development. These organisations have their roots…