African Ministers Agree to Support Cooperatives
Africa’s tenth Ministerial Conference on the theme of co-operatives was held a month ago in Rwanda. The meeting brought together 14 ministers from across Africa to focus on ways of supporting the co-operative enterprise model and engaging with governments. At the opening of the event from 25-26 October, Rwanda’s Prime Minister Dr Pierre Damien Habumuremyi called on participants...
Youth too often target for products and services to sell, says chairman of Rabobank
Young people are too often seen as a target for products, rather than being given the resources to become entrepreneurs, said Elise Van Driel from Rabobank at the Cooperatives and Youth: Empowerment, Employment and Engagement forum during the two day closing ceremony of the IYC in New York. Elise Van Driel, project leader of the UN IYC at Rabobank, chaired the event and read...
A New Era for Cooperatives Declared
Afaf Konja of South-South News covered the UN Press Conference for the IYC Closing Ceremony held on 20 November 2012 at the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium, UN Headquarters in New York. Speakers on the press conference include Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance; Mr. Vincent Lokin, Executive Director, Cooperative Banking and Sustainability...
Cooperatives as Business Models of the Future
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 2012 (IPS) – When the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) concluded last week, some of the overwhelming success stories highlighted at a two-day interactive session came both from developing and developed countries, including India, Brazil, China, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Italy, France and the United States. As Dame Pauline Green, president of the...
UN chief praises potential of cooperatives to empower communities and combat hunger
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the role that cooperatives play as catalysts of inclusive development and their capacity to empower communities by creating jobs and generating incomes. During a ceremony to close the International Year of Cooperatives at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Ban also highlighted the contributions that cooperatives make to achieve...
Cooperatives: Empowering women farmers, improving food security
Rural cooperatives and farmers’ organizations play a crucial role in the eradication of hunger and poverty. One of the ways they achieve this is through their vocation to empower small agricultural producers, and in particular women farmers. “Organizing is the key to empowerment. Organizing is the process by which people who are individually weak and vulnerable unite and create...
Measure Cooperative Quality based on Members Properly Served and Social Contacts Established, says Indonesian Minister
New York, 20 November – Dr. Syarifuddin Hasan, State Minister for Cooperatives and SMEs of the Republic of Indonesia attended the UN IYC closing ceremony and presented the highlights and achievements that his country made during the international year. In his remark, he strongly suggested that the number of members properly served by cooperatives and social contact with...
International Year of Cooperatives Closes with Special Observance
New York, 19 November-Governments, civil society and representatives of cooperatives, from various sectors, meet today at United Nations Headquarters to mark the closing of the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) under the theme “Promoting Cooperatives Beyond 2012.” The event, taking place from 19 to 20 November, will highlight major outcomes from the year and lessons learned...
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United Nations all set for the official closing of 2012 IYC in 19-20 November
The official closing of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives (IYC), “Promoting Cooperatives Beyond 2012” will take place at the United Nations Headquarters inNew York on 19-20 November 2012….
Cooperatives: an alternative to austerity measures
In these times of economic uncertainty and political and social tensions in a number of regions throughout the world, people are subject to destabilizing and divisive austerity measures. In Europe,…
Global Worker Cooperative Day set on November 16, 2012 in Marseille
A full day of exchanges and experiences of the diversity of the models and practices of worker cooperation across the world, debates and analyses on the urgent challenges stemming from…
What financial cooperatives can teach the big banks
GENEVA (ILO News) – While many big banks struggled for survival during the global economic crisis, networks of financial cooperatives – customer owned banks – weathered the storm and came…
ICA data show world’s top 300 co-operatives have a turnover of around $2 trillion
The world’s top 300 co-operatives have a turnover of around $2 trillion, according to data released by the ICA today. The data forms part of the brand new World Co-operative…
Cooperatives crucial allies in fight against hunger
One of the only chances small-scale food producers have to gain competitive access to local and global markets is by banding together in cooperatives, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva…
Focus on branding of cooperatives says ICA Director General Gould
The visiting Director General of ICA Charles Gould emphasized the branding of cooperatives as a viable model in a meeting with the top cooperators of India in New Delhi on…
The cooperative movement and operational excellence share the same values!
This is the first of five articles that will examine the world of cooperatives through the lens of operational excellence. The author, Éponine Pauchard, an operational excellence consultant, offers insight…
