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Asia Pacific Cooperative Youth Summit to tackle sustainability

185 young people from 19 countries are set to attend the event, which includes a co-op…

Singapore’s co-op apex runs another round of emerging leaders training

The previous round of the SNCF scheme took participants through a range of activities over the…

Indian PM Narendra Modi salutes co-op movement at its national congress

Modi praised the sector's support for small farmers but urged the 3,000 delegates to stay ahead…

ILO conference looks at how statistics can support co-op movement

'Having valid statistics on the performance of co-operatives allows us to visualise that we are the…

ICA-AP launches Cooperative Excellence Awards

The awards have three categories - inspirational Cooperative Leader, Enterprising Cooperative, and Enabling Government

Baghdad event explores the role of co-ops in Iraq’s agriculture

The agricultural sector remains the largest employer in rural areas in Iraq and it employs 20%…

Indian government approves grain storage scheme for co-operatives

The project, involving several government departments, aims to create the world's largest grain storage plan

Water for Rojava Committee publishes report on recent visit

The delegation, which included the Solidarity Economy Association, visited a number of projects that have been…

Nepalese co-operative apex wins Food and Agricultural Organisation award

The federation was praised for its work on local living standards, sustainable agri-food systems, biodiversity and…

Dubai’s Union Coop signs agreement with World Wildlife Fund

The co-op will support the work of Emirates Nature-WWF as part of its wider social responsibility…

Mobile banking services rolled out to credit co-op members in Tiribogo, Uganda

Sector apex CEO Kyepa Andrews says digitisation will help unlock the potential of credit union members

Singapore co-ops discuss the sector’s relevance at national forum

Discussion included digitisation, cybersecurity, competition from conventional business and employee retention