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Co-operatives have launched an initiative to raise $50 million (US) to help finance co-operatives in developing countries. Following the launch of the International Year of Co-operatives at the United Nations in New York City, the Global...

The United Nations is to officially launch the International Year of Co-operatives at its New York City headquarters on Monday. Members of states from around the world will hear about the co-operative movement throughout the day to encourage as...

By Dr Daman Prakash The One village one product movement  is a Japanese regional development program. It began in Japan’s Oita Prefecture in 1979 when the then-governor Morihiko Hiramatsu advocated the program. Implementation started...

The global co-operative movement is lining up behind the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives, says Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance. In the run-up to the United Nations’ official launch of...

Bernard Maris es economista del Instituto de Estudios Europeos de París. La cadena televisiva española RTVE lo entrevistó durante el rodaje del reportaje 'El desencanto de Europa'. El economista francés Bernard Maris, el ‘tío Bernard...

Sarah Henry tells the story of the Cheese Board Collective in Berkeleyside.  "The Cheese Board opened in 1967, when revolution was in the air, in the slip of a space that now houses The Juice Bar Collective. On the first day of business,...

India needs to focus on rapid development of villages by providing   urban amenities in rural areas to become a developed nation by 2020, former President A P J Abdul Kalam said in here today in the capital while addressing the second global agri-...

By Co-ops UK Secretary-General Ed Mayo The number of people who own shares on a global basis pales in comparison to those who are members of a co-operative. Co-ops UK Secretary-General Ed Mayo penned a comparative report in January which established...

As the co-operative domain name, dotCoop, reaches its tenth anniversary, Anthony Murray speaks to Carolyn Hoover, Chief Executive of dotCooperation — the management organsiation that oversees the movement's space on the web....

2012 will be a tough year — it takes no intelligence to predict that. Consumer confidence is likely to fall further, while unemployment rises yet higher. Europe is suffering, but the knock-on effects are spreading out — with the...

To celebrate the International Year of Co-operatives, Korean co-operatives including iCOOP KOREA and social enterprises will come together at Work Together Foundation on January 12, 10:30 am (KST). The Korea Preparatory Committee for Planning...

In the increasingly competitive and globalized market, brand management has become a prominent element of success for both private and cooperative enterprises. The International Year of Cooperatives, mobilizing national and international resources...