List/Grid Monthly Archives: February 2012
Panel Discussion on Rural Women: Are We Delivering on Our Commitments?
On the occasion of the 56th Session of the Commission of the Status of Women, the Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations and FAO, IFAD and DESA will…
Quebec’s National Assembly adopts motion in support of cooperatives
On February 21, Quebec’s National Assembly adopted a motion that underscores the contribution of the cooperative and mutualist movement to society and the Quebec economy. In adopting this motion, Quebec’s…
UN official urges focus on rural development to lift millions out of poverty
A top United Nations official today committed to pull up to 90 million people out of poverty by 2015 and help small farmers and all those in rural areas to…
Panel Discussion on Unleashing Rural Women’s Voice to End Hunger and Poverty
A panel discussion on Unleashing Rural Women’s Voice to end Hunger and Poverty will be held on Friday, 2 March 2012 from 11:30 am – 12:45 pm at the Conference…
Event to discuss the Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in enhancing Smallholder Farmers’ Entrepreneurship Skills
Over the past years international development organizations and governments have shown a renewed interest in cooperatives as autonomous, jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprises that can contribute to the development…
Malta IYC national committee launched “Lil hinn mill-Bieb”
Around 50 persons from 24 existing and prospective cooperatives attended the event ‘Lil Hinn Mill-Bieb’ held at Koperattivi Malta in Qormi. The one day seminar included six workshops aimed at…
International Conference on the Cooperative Responses to Global Challenges in Berlin, Germany on March 21-23, 2012
A three-day conference on ‘Cooperative Responses to Global Challenges’ will be held in Berlin, Germany from March 21-23, 2012, organized by Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin in cooperation with the United Nations…
Call for Papers: 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives
The 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives, a major international event, will take place in Quebec City, Canada, from October 8 to 11, 2012, as part of the 2012 International Year…
Cooperatives in Timor-Leste participate in Forum on Inclusive Growth
The Ministry of Economy and Development of the Government of Timor-Leste, the UNDP, the GIZ and other development partners conducted a Forum on Inclusive Growth aimed to strengthen the national…
National Show of Cooperative Force in the Philippines set on February 18, 2012
As part of the effort to celebrate 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC), about fifty thousand cooperative members from different provinces in the Philippines will converge on February…
