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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
