Centre Global d'Actualités
20 May '13

Africa

Mauritius

Forum coopératif de l’Outaouais – Le tissu d’une région

Claude Béland a tracé l'histoire de la démocratie en décrivant l'alternance entre le courant primaire, qui s'est exprimé par les...

Swaziland

Water sales help a million Africans

For every litre of Fairbourne Springs sold in co-operative and Somerfield stores around the UK, 3p is donated by the Co-operative Retail Trading...

Rwanda

Co-operative Awards winner: Shared Interest

Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, it currently lends more than £33 million a year, helping to tackle poverty in 36 different countries. ...

South Africa

DIY stores build a nationwide co-op

Mica is a co-operatively-owned chain of more than 60 independent hardware stores based in all parts of the country. Mica actually has its roots in...

South Africa

Fairtrade champions World Cup wineries

The Fairtrade Foundation is encouraging football fans to switch their usual drink to Fairtrade to support farmers, workers and their communities in...

Kenya

World bank points to global initiatives

He spoke of the work of the World Bank in tackling poverty in the world’s poorest countries, observing that 2.6 billion people still have to...

South Africa

Fairtrade gets fruity

Organised by AgroFair — the company that connects the farmers with stores like Tesco, Sainsbury's and The Co-operative — the group joined...

Asia

United Kingdom

Dans le cadre du projet Co-operatives United, l'ICAEXPO abritera un grand étalage de produits provenant de tous les pays coopé...

Japan

As the crisis deepened over the uncertainty of stabilising Japan's nuclear reactors, the International Co-operative Alliance launched the Japan...

Japan

The 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred 130km off the east coast Oshika Peninsula on March 11th, which caused tsunami waves of up to 10 metres that...

India

Many small businesses are on the point of ruin because their credit lines are drying up. This might seem surprising, given the fast rate of...

India

ICAExpo 2010 — organised by the International Co-operative Alliance — is centered around the Movement’s principle of co-operating...

Bahrain

The deal, which enhances the College’s growing international profile, was completed after Chair Paul Sommerfeld travelled to Bahrain recently...

Pakistan

CFS is the first British company to participate in the programme in response to the growing e-waste problem in the developing world from computers...

North America

United Kingdom

Encore 100 jours jusqu’au festival "Co-operatives United", et le nord-ouest de l’Angleterre se prépare à...

Canada

Les coopératives ont accordé le droit de vote aux femmes près d'un siècle avant la plupart des parlements de la...

United States

Por primera vez México es sede del máximo evento cooperativo mundial, donde se están iniciando a nivel mundial los festejos del Año Internacional de...

Mexico

The competition, organised by International Co-operative Alliance, is around the theme of “Co-operative enterprises build a better world...

Canada

Halifax — Créer des liens coop. C’est le thème du Congrès qui a réuni le mouvement coopératif canadien à Halifax du 27 au 29 juin dernier....

Costa Rica

Commenting on the co-op’s sixth annual social audit report, Chair Kate Priestley said: “This investment has led to £7m of producer...

United States

And now a new television series will draw further attention to the Movement as it follows one man’s efforts to launch The People’s...

Oceania

New Zealand

The 6.3-magnitude quake struck the city of Christchurch, on the country's south island, on February 22nd.

Australia

The Alternative Vote or Preferential Voting has been used in Australia since 1918. In 2007 Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister when Labour won...

Palau

Last month, representatives of the Fairtrade Foundation and international Fairtrade Labelling Organisation (FLO) held a workshop in...

Australia

THERE is myth and there is reality. One of the secrets of a happy life is not to confuse the two. It is a lesson that one trade union...

New Zealand

A Hamilton-based farmer co-operative has come up trumps in NZ Marketing magazine&#039s National Marketing Awards, because it listened...

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ICA Global Conference and General Assembly   International Summit of Cooperatives 2014 

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