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President Obama's co-op connection

President-elect Barack Obama has given a struggling Chicago book store co-operative a massive boost after being revealed as a regular customer and member. 
January 16 2009
Category: Worldwide Co-operation

Climate change is focus for co-ops

The Director General of the International Co-operative Alliance, Iain Macdonald, has recognised what he called the increasingly vital role of the UK Movement in a worldwide context. 
July 21 2008
Category: Worldwide Co-operation

Co-operator spreading democratic message to Sierra Leone politicians

Co-op Party development officer Martin Tiedemann has just returned from a trip to Sierra Leone where he was providing cross-party training ahead of the country’s local elections in July. 
June 23 2008
Category: Worldwide Co-operation

Co-op values crucial in search for world peace, says ICA

DURING this year's 84th International Co-operative Day, co-operators are urged to remember that the movement's principles are an important force in the cause for peace building.
June 28 2006
Category: Worldwide Co-operation

Fairtrade gives workers a lift

FIVE hundred workers on a Fairtrade banana farm in Ghana have each received a bicycle thanks to the Co-op and its customers. The bicycles have been paid for out of the Fairtrade premium
December 05 2005
Category: Worldwide Co-operation

Asian quake hits hundreds of co-ops

OVER 1,550 co-operatives have been affected by the recent south Asia earthquake. Reports from the International Co-operative Alliance office in New Delhi revealed the devastation that th
December 05 2005
Category: Worldwide Co-operation

UK's influence on international co-op movement grows

THE British Movement increased its representation in the International Co-operative Alliance, the global co-operative body, during a gathering of 70 countries for the ICA General Assembly
October 06 2005
Category: Worldwide Co-operation

Poor must have access to financial services, say ICA

Access to finance and to financial services is essential to reduce poverty, the International Co-operative Alliance, has said. In a statement released to mark the recent International Co
July 27 2005
Category: Worldwide Co-operation

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