The ICA 33rd World Cooperative Congress will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea from 1 to 3 December 2021. The Congress will be a hybrid event, will take place both in person and virtually for those who are unable to travel.
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In March 2016, ICA and the European Union signed a Framework Partnership Agreement (Europe Aid/150-053/C/ACT/Multi) to implement a multi-year, multi-country development program aimed at benefiting and advancing cooperatives worldwide. “Cooperatives in...
The Indian cooperative movement is one of the largest in the work with coverage of 100% villages through 8,00,000 Primary Cooperatives, 33 State Cooperative Unions and 17 National Cooperative Federations. However, the absolute contribution of...
The ICA-AP held its Regional Board Meeting online on 26 August 2021. Mr. Li Chunsheng, Chairperson of the Regional Board extended a warm welcome to members who joined from China, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, and Singapore. The...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Government of Japan has partnered with the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) to implement ‘Capacity Building Project for Farmer’s Organizations to support the development of Food Value...
The ICA-AP Committee on Consumer Cooperation organised a webinar on ‘Effective Operation of the Small-Medium Scale Coop Stores: An Introduction to New Generation Stores in the Philippines’ on 25 August 2021. The webinar focused on small-medium scale...
The ICA-AP Committee on Women organised a webinar on ‘Opportunities for Women Cooperators in Asia-Pacific Post COVID-19’ on 24 August 2021. It was attended by 35 participants from nine countries (China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Palestine,...
By Bhima Subrahmanyam, Managing Director, National Federation of State Cooperative Banks (NAFSCOB), President International Cooperative Banking Association
The Consultation on Cooperative Identity, jointly organised by ICA-AP and NCUI, comes at the...