Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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AgricultureSri 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...
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MutualsSri 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...
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DevelopmentCollege 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...
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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...
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DevelopmentCo-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...
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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...
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Banking and InsuranceTakaful: 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...
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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...
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Democracy
Kotikawatta Thrift and Credit Co-operative Society Ltd. (KTCCS)…
Kotikawatta Thrift and Credit Co-operative Society Ltd. (KTCCS) from Sri Lanka has joined the ICA as its 274th Member. KTCCS provides micro-credit and savings facilities to its members, they are also involved in economic social...
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Democracy
Cooperatives can offer solutions to hunger and poverty, President of Costa Rica says
FAO nominates Special Ambassadors for cooperatives The cooperative model offers unique solutions to "free people from hunger and poverty in a globalized world in which crises, including climate change, touch everyone", President of Costa Rica...