International Cooperative Alliance
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Founded in 1895, we unite, represent & serve the 3 million cooperative enterprises and its more than 1 billion #coop members.
Why a Cooperative Cultural Heritage List?
Being inscribed on this list highlights a site, settlement, tradition, or institution as a living example of the cooperative spirit, with lessons that remain relevant in today's rapidly changing world.
Check out culturalheritage.coop
Being inscribed on this list highlights a site, settlement, tradition, or institution as a living example of the cooperative spirit, with lessons that remain relevant in today's rapidly changing world.
Check out culturalheritage.coop
December 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Why a Cooperative Cultural Heritage List?
Being inscribed on this list highlights a site, settlement, tradition, or institution as a living example of the cooperative spirit, with lessons that remain relevant in today's rapidly changing world.
Check out culturalheritage.coop
Being inscribed on this list highlights a site, settlement, tradition, or institution as a living example of the cooperative spirit, with lessons that remain relevant in today's rapidly changing world.
Check out culturalheritage.coop
🌍 At #COP30 Brazil, #cooperatives showed how people-centred enterprise drives real climate solutions.
The Belém Declaration commits to increasing climate finance for smallholders, producers & co-ops.
Check out the full report here:
ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
The Belém Declaration commits to increasing climate finance for smallholders, producers & co-ops.
Check out the full report here:
ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🌍 At #COP30 Brazil, #cooperatives showed how people-centred enterprise drives real climate solutions.
The Belém Declaration commits to increasing climate finance for smallholders, producers & co-ops.
Check out the full report here:
ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
The Belém Declaration commits to increasing climate finance for smallholders, producers & co-ops.
Check out the full report here:
ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
The #OrangetheWorld campaign comes to an end, but our work does not.
Thank you for sharing your stories and for reaffirming that the cooperative movement is a powerful driver of equality and transformation.
For more info, visit genderequality.coop
#NoHayExcusa #NoExcuses
Thank you for sharing your stories and for reaffirming that the cooperative movement is a powerful driver of equality and transformation.
For more info, visit genderequality.coop
#NoHayExcusa #NoExcuses
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The #OrangetheWorld campaign comes to an end, but our work does not.
Thank you for sharing your stories and for reaffirming that the cooperative movement is a powerful driver of equality and transformation.
For more info, visit genderequality.coop
#NoHayExcusa #NoExcuses
Thank you for sharing your stories and for reaffirming that the cooperative movement is a powerful driver of equality and transformation.
For more info, visit genderequality.coop
#NoHayExcusa #NoExcuses
To mark the #HumanRightsDay, on 10th December 2020 the International Cooperative Entrepreneurship Think Tank (ICETT) organised an online discussion on how cooperatives practice, promote and protect human rights in value chains.
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEA...
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEA...
ONLINE EVENT - How cooperatives practice, protect and promote human rights in value chains
YouTube video by International Cooperative Alliance
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December 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
To mark the #HumanRightsDay, on 10th December 2020 the International Cooperative Entrepreneurship Think Tank (ICETT) organised an online discussion on how cooperatives practice, promote and protect human rights in value chains.
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEA...
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEA...
Human rights shape daily life.
This #HumanRightsDay reminds us that rights are positive, essential, and attainable, and that cooperation helps communities practice, promote & protect human rights.
SDG 10 Brief coming soon.
#HumanRightsDay #OurEverydayRights #IYC2025
This #HumanRightsDay reminds us that rights are positive, essential, and attainable, and that cooperation helps communities practice, promote & protect human rights.
SDG 10 Brief coming soon.
#HumanRightsDay #OurEverydayRights #IYC2025
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Human rights shape daily life.
This #HumanRightsDay reminds us that rights are positive, essential, and attainable, and that cooperation helps communities practice, promote & protect human rights.
SDG 10 Brief coming soon.
#HumanRightsDay #OurEverydayRights #IYC2025
This #HumanRightsDay reminds us that rights are positive, essential, and attainable, and that cooperation helps communities practice, promote & protect human rights.
SDG 10 Brief coming soon.
#HumanRightsDay #OurEverydayRights #IYC2025
What do you believe is missing in today’s economic systems that keeps so many people, even those who already have jobs, trapped in poverty?
Access to work is no longer a guaranteed way out of poverty.
👇
#SDG1 #NoPoverty
Access to work is no longer a guaranteed way out of poverty.
👇
#SDG1 #NoPoverty
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
What do you believe is missing in today’s economic systems that keeps so many people, even those who already have jobs, trapped in poverty?
Access to work is no longer a guaranteed way out of poverty.
👇
#SDG1 #NoPoverty
Access to work is no longer a guaranteed way out of poverty.
👇
#SDG1 #NoPoverty
Introducing Co-op Lunch Break, a new webinar series from the CCR–YES Network!
Short 30-min sessions featuring emerging cooperative researchers 🌍
🗓️ Dec 10 — Adrian Amon
🗓️ Jan 14 — Deivid Forgiarini (ES)
🗓️ Feb 23 — GiuliaTallarini
More info & links coming below
Short 30-min sessions featuring emerging cooperative researchers 🌍
🗓️ Dec 10 — Adrian Amon
🗓️ Jan 14 — Deivid Forgiarini (ES)
🗓️ Feb 23 — GiuliaTallarini
More info & links coming below
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Introducing Co-op Lunch Break, a new webinar series from the CCR–YES Network!
Short 30-min sessions featuring emerging cooperative researchers 🌍
🗓️ Dec 10 — Adrian Amon
🗓️ Jan 14 — Deivid Forgiarini (ES)
🗓️ Feb 23 — GiuliaTallarini
More info & links coming below
Short 30-min sessions featuring emerging cooperative researchers 🌍
🗓️ Dec 10 — Adrian Amon
🗓️ Jan 14 — Deivid Forgiarini (ES)
🗓️ Feb 23 — GiuliaTallarini
More info & links coming below
Every voice counts. Every action matters.
In this video, the GEC President Xiomara Núñez inspires us to keep moving toward a cooperative movement where all women can live free from violence, with equal opportunities and the full exercise of their rights.
#16Days #NoExcuses
In this video, the GEC President Xiomara Núñez inspires us to keep moving toward a cooperative movement where all women can live free from violence, with equal opportunities and the full exercise of their rights.
#16Days #NoExcuses
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Every voice counts. Every action matters.
In this video, the GEC President Xiomara Núñez inspires us to keep moving toward a cooperative movement where all women can live free from violence, with equal opportunities and the full exercise of their rights.
#16Days #NoExcuses
In this video, the GEC President Xiomara Núñez inspires us to keep moving toward a cooperative movement where all women can live free from violence, with equal opportunities and the full exercise of their rights.
#16Days #NoExcuses
What's the role of cooperatives in achieving living incomes and wages?
A Thread⬇️
A Thread⬇️
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
What's the role of cooperatives in achieving living incomes and wages?
A Thread⬇️
A Thread⬇️
On the Orange Days, we share the experience of Confcooperative. Through Fondosviluppo, Confcooperative takes a concrete step forward, sharing the stories, voices, and data of numerous initiatives that help confront persistent challenges.
#16DaysOfActivism #Coops4Women
#16DaysOfActivism #Coops4Women
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
On the Orange Days, we share the experience of Confcooperative. Through Fondosviluppo, Confcooperative takes a concrete step forward, sharing the stories, voices, and data of numerous initiatives that help confront persistent challenges.
#16DaysOfActivism #Coops4Women
#16DaysOfActivism #Coops4Women
🟣 #CoopPopQuiz
Which country is the only one in the world whose official name includes the word “Co-operative”?
(Hint: We met its Finance Minister in Doha 👀)
A. Sri Lanka
B. China
C. Guyana
D. Mongolia
Which country is the only one in the world whose official name includes the word “Co-operative”?
(Hint: We met its Finance Minister in Doha 👀)
A. Sri Lanka
B. China
C. Guyana
D. Mongolia
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🟣 #CoopPopQuiz
Which country is the only one in the world whose official name includes the word “Co-operative”?
(Hint: We met its Finance Minister in Doha 👀)
A. Sri Lanka
B. China
C. Guyana
D. Mongolia
Which country is the only one in the world whose official name includes the word “Co-operative”?
(Hint: We met its Finance Minister in Doha 👀)
A. Sri Lanka
B. China
C. Guyana
D. Mongolia
In cooperatives, small beginnings create echoes that last generations.
Discover more🌍 culturalheritage.coop
#Coops4Culture #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Discover more🌍 culturalheritage.coop
#Coops4Culture #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In cooperatives, small beginnings create echoes that last generations.
Discover more🌍 culturalheritage.coop
#Coops4Culture #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Discover more🌍 culturalheritage.coop
#Coops4Culture #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Hi! I'm Kaśka again from Kooperatywa Spożywcza Dobrze / “Dobrze” Food Cooperative in Warsaw, Poland.
Today, let me show you what our shop looks like and tell you more about the work we do.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #CoopsYear #ADayInTheLifeOfACooperator
Today, let me show you what our shop looks like and tell you more about the work we do.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #CoopsYear #ADayInTheLifeOfACooperator
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Hi! I'm Kaśka again from Kooperatywa Spożywcza Dobrze / “Dobrze” Food Cooperative in Warsaw, Poland.
Today, let me show you what our shop looks like and tell you more about the work we do.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #CoopsYear #ADayInTheLifeOfACooperator
Today, let me show you what our shop looks like and tell you more about the work we do.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #CoopsYear #ADayInTheLifeOfACooperator
We remember Alban D’Amours for the leadership, insight, and cooperative values that continue to guide our movement.
🔗 Read ICA President @ArielGuarco's reflection and the full tribute here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
🔗 Read ICA President @ArielGuarco's reflection and the full tribute here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
In memory of Alban D'Amours | ICA
The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mr Alban D’Amours, who died on 9 November 2025, aged 85. Mr D’Amours served as President of the Desjardins Gro...
ica.coop
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
We remember Alban D’Amours for the leadership, insight, and cooperative values that continue to guide our movement.
🔗 Read ICA President @ArielGuarco's reflection and the full tribute here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
🔗 Read ICA President @ArielGuarco's reflection and the full tribute here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#NoExcuses
Not today, not ever.
Cooperatives unite to end gender-based violence and uphold dignity, safety, and equality for all women.
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Not today, not ever.
Cooperatives unite to end gender-based violence and uphold dignity, safety, and equality for all women.
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#NoExcuses
Not today, not ever.
Cooperatives unite to end gender-based violence and uphold dignity, safety, and equality for all women.
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Not today, not ever.
Cooperatives unite to end gender-based violence and uphold dignity, safety, and equality for all women.
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Violence has no place in cooperatives. We reaffirm our commitment to dignity, safety, and equality for all women.
Gender-based violence affects millions and remains widely unreported.
Read this proclamation🔗 ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen
Gender-based violence affects millions and remains widely unreported.
Read this proclamation🔗 ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen
Proclamation for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women | ICA
Today we gather as a movement, as a community, and as a cooperative family to raise one voice in favour of life, dignity, and justice.On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against ...
ica.coop
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Violence has no place in cooperatives. We reaffirm our commitment to dignity, safety, and equality for all women.
Gender-based violence affects millions and remains widely unreported.
Read this proclamation🔗 ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen
Gender-based violence affects millions and remains widely unreported.
Read this proclamation🔗 ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen
🌍 What is the Cultural Heritage of Cooperativism?
It’s the shared traditions, places, and practices that show how cooperation has shaped communities, knowledge, and livelihoods across generations.
Swipe through the visuals ↓ and explore the global story of cooperation.
It’s the shared traditions, places, and practices that show how cooperation has shaped communities, knowledge, and livelihoods across generations.
Swipe through the visuals ↓ and explore the global story of cooperation.
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🌍 What is the Cultural Heritage of Cooperativism?
It’s the shared traditions, places, and practices that show how cooperation has shaped communities, knowledge, and livelihoods across generations.
Swipe through the visuals ↓ and explore the global story of cooperation.
It’s the shared traditions, places, and practices that show how cooperation has shaped communities, knowledge, and livelihoods across generations.
Swipe through the visuals ↓ and explore the global story of cooperation.
Hi! I’m Kaśka from Kooperatywa Spożywcza Dobrze / “Dobrze” Food Cooperative in Warsaw, Poland.
I’m taking over ICA’s social media to show what cooperation looks like in action and how we are building a better world.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #TakeoverTuesday
I’m taking over ICA’s social media to show what cooperation looks like in action and how we are building a better world.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #TakeoverTuesday
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hi! I’m Kaśka from Kooperatywa Spożywcza Dobrze / “Dobrze” Food Cooperative in Warsaw, Poland.
I’m taking over ICA’s social media to show what cooperation looks like in action and how we are building a better world.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #TakeoverTuesday
I’m taking over ICA’s social media to show what cooperation looks like in action and how we are building a better world.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #TakeoverTuesday
Do you want to learn how to develop youth cooperatives in your country, region or globally?
The ICA Youth Committee is inviting cooperators to register for a training of trainers this November.
Learn more here: globalyouth.coop/en/events/co...
The ICA Youth Committee is inviting cooperators to register for a training of trainers this November.
Learn more here: globalyouth.coop/en/events/co...
Cooperative Spring toolkit training | ICA
Do you want to learn how to develop youth cooperatives in your country, region or globally?
globalyouth.coop
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Do you want to learn how to develop youth cooperatives in your country, region or globally?
The ICA Youth Committee is inviting cooperators to register for a training of trainers this November.
Learn more here: globalyouth.coop/en/events/co...
The ICA Youth Committee is inviting cooperators to register for a training of trainers this November.
Learn more here: globalyouth.coop/en/events/co...
🗺️ Press Release: The world’s first Cooperative Cultural Heritage Map is here!
The ICA has unveiled a global platform dedicated entirely to the cultural heritage of cooperatives, and with it, the first-ever World Map of Cooperative Cultural Heritage Sites.
The ICA has unveiled a global platform dedicated entirely to the cultural heritage of cooperatives, and with it, the first-ever World Map of Cooperative Cultural Heritage Sites.
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗺️ Press Release: The world’s first Cooperative Cultural Heritage Map is here!
The ICA has unveiled a global platform dedicated entirely to the cultural heritage of cooperatives, and with it, the first-ever World Map of Cooperative Cultural Heritage Sites.
The ICA has unveiled a global platform dedicated entirely to the cultural heritage of cooperatives, and with it, the first-ever World Map of Cooperative Cultural Heritage Sites.
Missed the ILO-ICA joint webinar "Large and Multinational Cooperative Enterprises Advancing Decent Work Across Supply Chains"?
You can watch the full webinar here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3sZ...
You can watch the full webinar here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3sZ...
ILO-ICA: Large & multinational cooperative enterprises advancing decent work across supply chains
YouTube video by International Cooperative Alliance
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November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Missed the ILO-ICA joint webinar "Large and Multinational Cooperative Enterprises Advancing Decent Work Across Supply Chains"?
You can watch the full webinar here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3sZ...
You can watch the full webinar here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3sZ...
🗓️ Happening soon!
Join the ILO–ICA webinar on “Large and multinational cooperative enterprises advancing decent work across supply chains.”
Hear from leaders including ICA Director-General Jeroen Douglas
🕑 12 Nov 2025 | 14:00–16:00 CET
🔗 Register: https//us06web.zoo...
Join the ILO–ICA webinar on “Large and multinational cooperative enterprises advancing decent work across supply chains.”
Hear from leaders including ICA Director-General Jeroen Douglas
🕑 12 Nov 2025 | 14:00–16:00 CET
🔗 Register: https//us06web.zoo...
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🗓️ Happening soon!
Join the ILO–ICA webinar on “Large and multinational cooperative enterprises advancing decent work across supply chains.”
Hear from leaders including ICA Director-General Jeroen Douglas
🕑 12 Nov 2025 | 14:00–16:00 CET
🔗 Register: https//us06web.zoo...
Join the ILO–ICA webinar on “Large and multinational cooperative enterprises advancing decent work across supply chains.”
Hear from leaders including ICA Director-General Jeroen Douglas
🕑 12 Nov 2025 | 14:00–16:00 CET
🔗 Register: https//us06web.zoo...
🌍 At the World #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, leaders & cooperators from around the world celebrated the closing event of the UN International Year of Cooperatives.
This isn’t the end . It’s the beginning #Beyond2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
This isn’t the end . It’s the beginning #Beyond2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
Building a better world: UN World Social Summit celebrates the #IYC2025 | ICA
The UN Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) and the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) today co-hosted the official closing ceremony of the 2025 International Year...
ica.coop
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌍 At the World #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, leaders & cooperators from around the world celebrated the closing event of the UN International Year of Cooperatives.
This isn’t the end . It’s the beginning #Beyond2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
This isn’t the end . It’s the beginning #Beyond2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
"The greatest virtue of the cooperative model is not just its ability to include those who have been marginalised, but its guarantee of stopping their marginalisation in the first place," ICA President @ArielGuarco said at the #SocialSummit2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
The International Cooperative Alliance concludes the High Level Round table on Strengthening Three Pillars of Social Development at the World Social Summit | ICA
The high level round table on "Strengthening the three pillars of social development: poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and social inclusion" chaired by the ...
ica.coop
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"The greatest virtue of the cooperative model is not just its ability to include those who have been marginalised, but its guarantee of stopping their marginalisation in the first place," ICA President @ArielGuarco said at the #SocialSummit2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
🌍 How can we strengthen the three pillars of social development: poverty eradication, decent work & social inclusion?
At the #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, ICA President Ariel Guarco will deliver an intervention at High-Level Round Table 1.
#Beyond2025 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
At the #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, ICA President Ariel Guarco will deliver an intervention at High-Level Round Table 1.
#Beyond2025 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🌍 How can we strengthen the three pillars of social development: poverty eradication, decent work & social inclusion?
At the #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, ICA President Ariel Guarco will deliver an intervention at High-Level Round Table 1.
#Beyond2025 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
At the #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, ICA President Ariel Guarco will deliver an intervention at High-Level Round Table 1.
#Beyond2025 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear