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ICA General Assembly adopts new strategy in Manchester 

The global movement came together in Manchester to celebrate the 2025 UN International Year of Cooperatives

How can co-ops keep the momentum from the international year?

'The legacy will depend on how outcomes will be embedded into long-term national strategies, policy reforms…

Credit unions as key international development actors

Woccu's approach mixes business discipline with making people's money work for them, says its VP Angelina…

Calling all co-operators: New development fund needs you!

Interview with Debbie Robinson, chair of the Fund for International Cooperative Development

With global development at a crossroads, can co-ops step up?

Trump has axed US aid spending, and other countries have made cuts, leaving a hole in…

Fairtrade International’s annual report shares ‘commitment to co-operation’

Last year, 58 projects were active across the Fairtrade system, representing almost 1.9 million farmers and…

International Labour Conference closer to new standard on platform work

Delegates highlighted the value of the co-op model in driving decent work and helping to formalise…

Woccu asks G20 to recognise co-ops in final declaration

The apex has written to this year's South African presidency urging support for a favourable regulatory…

Co-op and mutuals movements adjust to life on the cybercrime frontline

After the ransomware attack on the Co-op Group, we look at the threat to co-ops in…

Fairtrade Foundation launches Brew it Fair campaign to support tea workers

The campaign calls on UK tea drinkers, businesses and government to take action and support Fairtrade

Global co-op think tank meets to discuss kickstart for social economy

Asett, a social economy hub that emerged from the 2021 ICA world congress, has held its…

CM50 leaders pledge to ‘drive impactful change globally’

Fifty leaders of co-ops and mutuals set priorities in Madrid ahead of November's Second UN World…