Articles in Mutuals

The event that will be held in Cancun on 17th November is unique in several different ways. Primarily, it will be a source of inspiration for the work of cooperatives, which deliver concrete actions on a daily basis in the field of development. How do they do it? How do they create the conditions to develop viable and prosperous cooperatives? - News / Internacional, Portada

At the launch of the International Year of Co-operatives on October 31st, the United Nations issued a document outlining what a co-operative is.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, and the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, announced the official launch of the International Year of Cooperatives from UN headquarters in New York. In a plenary meeting, the United Nations General Assembly kicked off the International Year of Cooperatives, which aims to raise government and public awareness of the important contributions cooperative enterprises make to poverty reduction, job ...

José Domingo Guariglia interviews FELICE LLAMAS, focal point on cooperatives for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29 (IPS) - With 800 million members in over 100 countries, the cooperative sector is a globally important group of collective organisations. On Oct. 31, the United Nations (U.N.) will begin a year of recognising their importance by launching the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) in New York.