Earlier this month, Prime Islami Life Insurance Limited (PILIL), an ICMIF member based in Bangladesh, travelled to Switzerland to receive a Century International Quality ERA Award in the Gold category for Quality Management. The presentation ceremony of the 2012 International Quality Awards was held during the Century International Quality ERA Convention, Geneva, Switzerland. The CQE Award acknowledged PILIL’s strong commitment to quality management in the insurance sector. Mrs Sabiha ...

According to a new report by the Worldwatch Institute, approximately 1 billion people in 96 countries now belong to a cooperative.

A first step in better positioning the cooperative model on the political and economic world stage was taken at the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 25 to 29, 2012. Monique F. Leroux, Chair of the Board, President, and CEO of Desjardins Group, was invited to the WEF to participate in a roundtable discussion of the business model of the future. The event gave her an opportunity to promote the principles and advantages of the cooperative model. The forum ...

On the eve of the International Credit Union Day and just a few days before the official launch of the International Year of Cooperatives, here is an interview with Dame Pauline Green (in photo), President of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA).