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  • Democracy

    Co-operative condolences to Sri Lanka after terrorist attacks

    Messages have come from the Co-operative College, the ICA and Co-operatives Europe

    4 years ago
  • Development

    Success for US co-op community at International Volunteer Day awards

    Volunteers from NCBA CLUSA and Land O’Lakes were among those honoured at Capitol Hill event

    5 years ago
  • Agriculture

    Sri Lanka plans new laws and national policy for co-ops

    The government of Sri Lanka is amending its co-operative legislation and looking to implement the country’s first national co-operative policy framework. Sri Lanka is home to over 14,500 co-operatives which are active in multiple sectors, including...

    6 years ago
  • Downtown Colombo – Sri Lanka's largest city. The country is working to build up the co-op sector following the devastation of civil war and the 2004 tsunami.
    Mutuals

    Sri Lanka holds its first ever Co-operatives Week

    Sri Lanka has announced its first ever Co-operatives Week, recognising the work done by co-ops in building up the country’s economy. In an address to officials, minister of industry and commerce Rishad Bathiudeen paid tribute to...

    7 years ago
  • Development

    College working to rebuild the co-operative movement in Sri Lanka

    The Co-operative College has given an update on its work in Sri Lanka, where it has spent several years helping to strengthen the co-operative movement. In July, the College’s team travelled across the country’s Northern Province to observe...

    7 years ago
  • College helping to rebuild the co-operative movement in northern Sri Lanka

    The Co-operative College is running a training programme in Sri Lanka to help co-operative development in the north of the country.  The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami left Sri Lanka devastated, and a civil...

    8 years ago
  • The programme helped Sri Lankan dairy farmers to increase milk through grants and training
    Development

    Co-operatives and peace: Sri Lanka and Rwanda

    In Sri Lanka a dairy co-operative development project joined farmers from different ethnicities including Tamils, Sinhalese and Muslims. Due to the civil war, many farmers had been displaced and needed help to raise themselves out...

    8 years ago
  • The learners on the course were a good balance of men and women, senior leaders and young field worlers

    Building a co-operative future in Sri Lanka

    The Co-operative College’s Stirling Smith has just returned from running a training course for Sri Lankan co-operators in Madurai, India. Imagine meeting a group of people who had all lost a family member or close...

    9 years ago
  • Banking and Insurance

    Takaful: Amana Takaful distributes surplus to policyholders

    ICMIF member Amana Takaful, Sri Lanka, recently announced a “payment of surplus” to its general insurance customers. This means Takaful policyholders will receive a proportionate rate from the surplus of the risk fund. As opposed...

    10 years ago
  • Agriculture

    News From the Congo

    The following post was written by Rodney North, Equal Exchange’s Answer Man Lately the Democratic Republic of the Congo (aka DRC) has been in the news again, but for the worst reasons. The feared M23...

    10 years ago
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