This year, the International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay) will be celebrated as “Rebuild better together” on 3rd July. Cooperatives around the world will showcase how they are meeting the COVID-19 pandemic crisis with solidarity and resilience and offering communities a people-centred and environmentally just recovery.

“In the last year, we have witnessed how the cooperative model has been working towards the well-being of people and respect for the planet, underscoring what the cooperative movement stands for. We will indeed rebuild better together, and I’m confident that we will see many stories of how the cooperative movement can help communities become stronger in the post-pandemic world”, declared Bruno Roelants, Director General of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA).

#CoopsDay will spread the word about how a human-centred business model, sustained by the cooperative values of self-help and solidarity and the ethical values of social responsibility and concern for community, can reduce inequality, create shared prosperity, and respond to the immediate impacts of COVID-19. The ICA calls on cooperators and partners around the world to get ready to celebrate #CoopsDay on 3rd July and to show the world how we can Rebuild better together.

The 2021 #Coopsday actions’ pack including the logo, key messages and other digital resources will be available soon here