Africa
ICA launches website for Cape Town event
The official website for this year’s biggest global gathering for co-operators has been launched. Two thousand co-operators from around the...
UN buys from Ethiopia's farmer co-operatives to feed local, starving people
Farmer co-operatives around Ethiopia are set to deliver one of the largest amounts of maize to a food development programme that will redistribute...
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...
Takaful: TIA to expand operations in East Africa
Kenyan ICMIF member, Takaful Insurance of Africa Ltd (TIA), plans to expand its operations into five East African nations, Chief Executive Officer...
Extending horizons and opportunities through worker cooperatives in Uganda
As many youths in Uganda face the unemployment crisis, the youths in Bwongera, in the South West of the country, have a different story to tell. They...
Register now to be part of the first ICMIF Biennial Conference to be held in Africa!
It gives us great pleasure to announce that registration for the 2013 ICMIF Biennial Conference and General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa, is...
Fairtrade sales hit high levels in UK stores
Co-operative Food stores have increased sales of Fairtrade products by 20 per cent. In support of Fairtrade Fortnight, the Co-operative Group...
Asia
Find out how Co-operative Enterprises Build a Better World in a new series of free eBooks that show how co-operatives provide an ethical...
International Co-operative Alliance President DamePauline Green met with Indian cooperative representatives yesterday, 24 April, and called upon the...
Losing their jobs after a merger, a group of people decided to launch a business under the form of a worker cooperative. They did really not know...
Funeral homes around the UK are offering for sale a selection of fairly-traded coffins. The bamboo coffins are available in 900 branches of The...
–Compiled by I C Naik For those cooperators who are engaged in making out a strong case for freeing cooperative banks from the control of...
Nimitt desain4 Dear Sir, My parents own a flat in Ahmedabad, India. However, they rarely live there. The flat is mostly locked-up. It has not...
Dr. M. L. Abhyankar, Chairman Emeritus, Cosmos Co-op. Bank, the fastest growing urban bank in India has sent New Year massage which is being produced...
North America
Former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called on world leaders to connect with the co-operative model. Ms Albright, who held the...
Young co-operators cycled their way into US co-operative history this month, as they completed a 4,000 mile journey across the country visiting more...
It was not the news Canadian co-operators wanted to hear during the International Year of Co-operatives. Canada's co-operative movement...
Fairtrade America, the new organization representing the Fairtrade International (FLO) system in the U.S., today announced the appointment of Hans P...
To celebrate World Fair Trade Day, Fairtrade America is offering Fair Trade supporters in the United States a chance to win a basket of Fairtrade...
The Green Worker Cooperative was founded in 2003 and it is based in the South-Bronx of New York, USA. This organization, which employs 4 persons, is...
The ICMIF 2013 Annual LARG (Latin American Reinsurance Group) Meeting will take place this year in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic from Wednesday...
Oceania
I ♥ co-ops shows the amazing power of co-operatives in the different trades and sectors throughout the world. This week we have...
Indo-Kiwi cooperative venture in Punjab New Zealand Minister for Primary Industries who is paying India a visit has met Punjab Minister...
2 November 2012 The next phase of co-operative business development in Australia would be determined by the...
1 November 2012 National awards recognising outstanding leadership in the field of co-operative business...
6 September 2012 Speakers: Paul Flowers, Chairman, The Co-operative Banking Group and Deputy Chairman of The Co...
Stephen Leahy It takes a village to protect a reef and sustain a local fishery, more than two decades of experience now shows. And even...
It takes a village to protect a reef and sustain a local fishery, more than two decades of experience now shows. And even well-intentioned...
United States Stories
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President Barack Obama has nominated the leader of the largest consumer co-operative in the US to join his cabinet and oversee America's national parks and energy reserves....
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Thousands of fans will be shouting for their team during this weekend's Champions League final, and it is also a chance for co-operators to shout...
The Welsh Government’s Business Minister, Edwina Hart, says the principality’s new Co-operative and Mutuals Commission will help create...
The Secretary General of EuroCoop told Co-op News he advocates for a ‘Single Market’ for consumer co-operatives. Rodrigo Gouveia said the...
The Cochabamba Project combats deforestation by working with poor smallholders in the Bolvian Amazon, Co-op News talked to the Director David Vincent...
An example of inter cooperation, the “Consorzio RicostruiaMO” (or “Rebuild Consortium”) has been officially created. Its aim is to contribute, along...
Earlier this year ICMIF member and Belgian cooperative P&V Group organised a one day conference on cooperative entrepreneurship in collaboration...
ICMIF’s Claims Network Seminar took place in London, UK, on 15 and 16 April, hosted by ICMIF Supporting Member, Clyde & Co. The event takes place...
On 14 May, employees of the Graphic Cooperative MOM, former Lanci Printing, in Buenos Aires (Argentina), were “brutally evicted by the...
Last December, ICMIF member SURCO Seguros of Uruguay organised a national competition for school children as part of their celebrations of...
Consider a cooperative as an opportunity of freedom. This is how 14 workers of the cooperative, de Kbrones, see it. The large majority are...
“Fair Trade Beyond 2015″ campaign seeks to speak with a strong voice for Fair Trade in the global sustainable development...
Thousands of cooperatives, mutuals and associations active in the communication sector in Argentina have created COOMUNICAR, a platform...
Pope Francis: His fight against social injustice and human exploitation in Argentina: Latin America’s first Pope is a strong supporter of...
Fair World Project, Dr. Bronner’s, Alaffia, Alter Eco, Divine Chocolate, Equal Exchange, Maggie’s Organics, and Farmer Direct Cooperative...
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