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December 14, 2012
Contact: John Torresjtorres@ncba.coop202.383.5452
CLUSA to Strengthen Food Security for Smallholder Farmers in Mozambique
(WASHINGTON, DC) – In Mozambique, the National Cooperative Business Association’s (NCBA) CLUSA International program has been awarded a five-year $14 million contract by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to bolster long-term food security in the country’s Central and Northern provinces of Zambezia, Tete, and Manica. ...
On Dec. 6, 2012, National Cooperative Business Association Vice President Liz Bailey and three cooperative business leaders attended the White House Business Council. Liz Bailey (pictured on the right) was joined by IDC-USA CEO Jack Bailey, National Cooperative Bank President and CEO Charles E. Snyder and Gina Schaeffer, owner of seven Ace Hardware stores in the Washington DC metro area.
At the Council, White House and Administration officials consulted with entrepreneurs and business owners ...
On December 19-20, 2012, the United Nations held the official closing ceremony for the International Year of Cooperatives. In his remarks regarding the event, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon observed that there "…continues to be a hunger for policies and approaches that address social and economic goals that go beyond a one-dimensional bottom line. By emphasizing core values, cooperatives help advance a vision that embraces social objectives into the business model." The UN's IYC Short Film ...
On December 19-20, 2012, the United Nations held the official closing ceremony for the International Year of Cooperatives. In his remarks regarding the event, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon observed that there "…continues to be a hunger for policies and approaches that address social and economic goals that go beyond a one-dimensional bottom line. By emphasizing core values, cooperatives help advance a vision that embraces social objectives into the business model." The UN's IYC Short Film ...
In an impassioned speech made at the Co-operatives United event in Manchester, England, Dame Pauline Green encouraged delegates to "act as the voice of the one billion members of cooperators from across the world." Tipping her hat to the International Year of Cooperatives, Dame Pauline celebrated the tremendous momentum built over this past year. "This UN IYC has been a fabulous year, as I visited the movement across the world, I can't help being struck by the impact…Never before in its ...
Underscoring the co-op business model's growing importance around the globe, the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives (held in October in Quebec, Canada) drew nearly 2,800 participants from over 90 countries. In the words of Monique F. Leroux, chair of the board, president and CEO of Desjardins Group, one of the event's three co-hosts, "The Summit was a great opportunity to exchange ideas and innovative practices…[Participants agreed] that now is the time to strengthen and develop the ...
The International Year of Cooperatives may have just ended, but the Cooperative Decade (2011-2020) has only just begun. As Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance, observed during the Co-operatives United event in Manchester, UK in late October, "This international year has seen the global cooperative movement come together in a way which was previously unimaginable. Now our challenge is to build on this hard work in a way which garners results. We now are in a ...
The International Year of Cooperatives may have just ended, but the Cooperative Decade (2011-2020) has only just begun. As Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance, observed during the Co-operatives United event in Manchester, UK in late October, "This international year has seen the global cooperative movement come together in a way which was previously unimaginable. Now our challenge is to build on this hard work in a way which garners results. We now are in a ...
President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Cooperative Business Association Michael Beall has announced the Association’s support of the Credit Union Small Business Jobs bill (H.R. 1418 and S. 2231). NCBA is the US national association for cooperative business enterprise and represents cooperatives of all types and in all industries, including credit unions, which are financial cooperatives.
Beall, acting on behalf of the more than 29,000 cooperative businesses in the United ...
Attending the close of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives (IYC), the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) shifts focus to growth of the cooperative approach over the next 10 years, in the US and internationally.
NCBA’s strategy is in line with the rest of the world’s cooperatives, according to Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) who, in an official statement, declared a new era open for cooperatives, referencing ...
