January 1st is the beginning of a year-long schedule of activities to raise the profile of co-operatives during the United Nations' International Year of Co-operatives. Across the world, co-operators and co-operatives will come together to celebrate the Co-operative Movement's year with hundreds of activities planned to promote the co-operative voice. Many of these people and organisations have spoken to Co-operative News, the Global News Hub, to tell readers about their plans for 2012, which ...