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Life after USAID: Negotiating tactics and a funding coup for co-ops

Paul Hazen from the US Overseas Cooperative Development Council talks to Co-op News about what happens…

Dorothy Francis looks back on a life of co-operative casework

'Co-ops have been my life', says the veteran development worker, who has retired after 40 years…

OurCoop marks International Women’s Day with look at Malawi Partnership

The co-op shares reflections from women whose leadership embodies the spirit of the International Year of…

Federation of Southern Cooperatives hails opening of seafood processing site

The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund has hailed “a historic milestone” as the Matagorda Bay…

India’s co-ops minister officially launches driver-owned Bharat Taxi

The platform is run as a multi-state co-op, with drivers joining as members, shareholders and co-owners

ILO briefing links social and solidarity economy to human rights

'Backing the social and solidarity economy is one of the most impactful ways in which governments…

Kazakhstan launches action plan to boost agri co-op sector

Measures include state support, assessments of land and infrastructure, and provision of skills and training

Almost half of Ugandan co-ops ‘dormant’, claims government

The government says it is working to recover 'grabbed co-operative assets' and restructure leadership

Government event at New Lanark looks for way to boost Scottish co-ops

Maximising economic growth by growing Scotland’s co-operative and mutuals sector was the focus of a recent…

Kenya’s Co-op University plans solar development to supply grid

The project will be delivered in partnership with circular economy developer Dahai Shandong to save costs

Government must do more to save community pubs, warns Plunkett UK

Plunkett UK has expressed disappointment at the government’s announcement of a 15% discount on pubs’ business…

Co-op Group funds £2m scheme to offer green industry skills to youth

The fund will 'support initiatives helping young people build the skills, confidence and networks needed to…