Africa
First ever credit union African Women’s Forum a success
There was a lot to be learned at the first-ever credit union African Women’s Forum held in March. Twenty credit union leaders, from all...
Co-operative Group asks Government to champion smallholder farmers
Smallholder farmers are at the forefront of a new campaign led by the Co-operative Group in association with Oxfam. Grow Co-operative is...
ICA welcomes two new Members from Zambia and Peru
The ICA is delighted to welcome two new members: Northern Province Co-operative Marketing Union Ltd. (NPCMU Ltd) from Zambia and Cooperativa de...
What’s on the menu for cocoa farmers
Here’s the latest post from Erica Kyere of Kuapa Kokoo Ltd: “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”. This is what every mother tells...
Tanzania officially Launches IYC
Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete launched the International Year of Cooperatives for the country at the Mnazi Mmoja Grounds in Dar es...
This beautiful story was submitted to the Global News Hub by...
This beautiful story was submitted to the Global News Hub by Nakazibwe Ritah from Centenary Bank, Uganda on the occasion of International Women’s Day...
Cocoa farmers get to see a UK farm in action
Latest post from Tom Allen of Trading Visions: While here in UK for Fairtrade Fortnight, Elias and Agnes had asked if they would be able to visit a...
Asia
Now’s the chance to tell your story to a truly global audience. We know that co-operatives operate in all sectors of the economy and this week we’d...
fairtrade: Members of the Hop Tac coffee cooperative in Vietnam were delighted when their Fairtrade sales soared this year. How did they do it and...
India’s sugar production may reduce by 5 percent in 2012-13 but the decline in production would not affect the country’s domestic...
In a case of catch-22 while government seems willing to accept the price diktat of gas supplying company, fertilizer cooperatives are crying foul at...
Being the International Year of Co-operatives, I had the opportunity during a trip to India to meet a number of senior officials working in the co-...
Food security was at the centre of the issues discussed at the International Food and Agricultural Congress in Antalya, Turkey. At the event,...
On the anniversary of the greatest natural disaster in Japan’s modern history, Dame Pauline Green, president of the International Co-operative...
North America
US co-operators made history last week as 150 co-operative leaders from across the country attended a national briefing at the White House on...
It was not the news Canadian co-operators wanted to hear during the International Year of Co-operatives. Canada's co-operative movement...
The following post was written by Jessie Myszka, Director of Support Operations, after her meeting at the White House on May 4th Jessie Myszka of...
Winter Park, Florida, became a Fair Trade Town in the U.S. this week, and the first in the southeast. With Claremont, CA, also becoming a Fair Trade...
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Claremont, California, became the 27th Fair Trade Town in the U.S. this week. The City Council voted on Tuesday to support a resolution of support...
The Summit is pleased to have the support of four partners from the financial sector, all of whom have a strong history of community involvement at...
Oceania
Mr Prakash Lonare, President, National Federation of Fishermen’s Cooperatives Ltd.(FISHCOPFED) to visit Korea on the eve of 50th...
Announcing the results of a Horizon Research survey conducted last week across 1,000 people, the chairperson of the New Zealand...
The need for Australia to have representation of cooperative and mutual businesses at a national level was a key topic discussed by...
Australia is celebrating the International Year of Cooperatives by issuing a stamp and a coin. The commemorative stamp was officially...
I’m just back from an exhilarating, if short, trip to Australia. The main purpose of the trip was to run a strategy day for the board and...
Farmer-owned Ravensdown Fertiliser Cooperative has kicked off the year by becoming an official New Zealand sponsor to the UN...
Australia's co-operative movement joins the worldwide co-operative movement in recognising that the International Year of Co-...
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Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins will mark the International Year of Co-operatives in a national conference today. Joining the country's President will be...
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To celebrate World Fair Trade Day on 12 May, this special series looks at how co-operatives and Fairtrade are working together right across the world.
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We are delighted to announce that Peter Skinner, MEP and Rapporteur for the European Parliament for Solvency II and EIOPA and long-time member of the...
Dame Pauline helps Ireland mark Co-op Year with major national conference: Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins will mark the International Year of...
The philosophy that inspired the cooperative movement was political. It sought to put the means of production and consumption under the control of...
European consumer co-operatives and the Fair Trade movement have long enjoyed a successful and mutually beneficial partnership. Thanks to this...
Today marks ICMIF’s 90th anniversary. On April, 25, 1922, 12 delegates from five insurance cooperatives met in the offices of the Lega Cooperativa in...
Co-operative banks will connect with academics and stakeholders at the European Co-operative week in Brussels next week (25 April). The main subject...
Based in Ireland, Co-operative Support Services Limited (CSS Limited) have become the 268th member of the International Co-operative Alliance. CSS...
Yesterday you read how Jessie Myszka represented Equal Exchange on a visit with other co-op leaders to the White House to discuss the role...
fairtrade: Fairtrade Liaison Officer José Gomez visited producers in Brazil and shared this story...
fairtrade: Fairtrade Liaison Officer José Gomez visited producers in Brazil and shared this story from the field. Fairtrade International...
In October 2011, Equal Exchange and Oke USA took a group of produce managers and buyers from food co-operatives in the midwest to northern...
The following photographic story by Dean Schladweiler is reprinted from the Wedge Co-operative newsletter. A Fair Trade, Organic Banana...
This article first appeared in The Exchange on February 6, 2012. By Jessica Jones-Hughes, Equal Exchange Bananas You may have heard about...
Tomorrow, March 1st marks the beginning of Banana Month at Equal Exchange! All month the blog will be full of videos, reports, and photos...
Co-operatives now hold the record for the world's largest hug! Peru's savings and credit co-operative Santa Maria Magdalena...
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