International Cooperative Alliance
@icacoop.bsky.social
Founded in 1895, we unite, represent & serve the 3 million cooperative enterprises and its more than 1 billion #coop members.
📬 December ICA Newsletter is out!
✨ New #IYC2025 policy briefs on
• #SDG1 End Poverty
• #SDG13 Climate Action
🌍 Case studies, #COP30 and #SocialSummit2025 highlights, Cultural Heritage Map & more
Read here 👇
bit.ly/icanewsdecember
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
✨ New #IYC2025 policy briefs on
• #SDG1 End Poverty
• #SDG13 Climate Action
🌍 Case studies, #COP30 and #SocialSummit2025 highlights, Cultural Heritage Map & more
Read here 👇
bit.ly/icanewsdecember
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📬 December ICA Newsletter is out!
✨ New #IYC2025 policy briefs on
• #SDG1 End Poverty
• #SDG13 Climate Action
🌍 Case studies, #COP30 and #SocialSummit2025 highlights, Cultural Heritage Map & more
Read here 👇
bit.ly/icanewsdecember
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
✨ New #IYC2025 policy briefs on
• #SDG1 End Poverty
• #SDG13 Climate Action
🌍 Case studies, #COP30 and #SocialSummit2025 highlights, Cultural Heritage Map & more
Read here 👇
bit.ly/icanewsdecember
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
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
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
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 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
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
We also celebrated the ICA–@FAIRTRADE Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2024, strengthening our shared commitment to fair, people-centred economies.
🔗 Read more: fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/203-fa...
#CoopsYear #Beyond2025 #FairTrade
🔗 Read more: fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/203-fa...
#CoopsYear #Beyond2025 #FairTrade
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We also celebrated the ICA–@FAIRTRADE Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2024, strengthening our shared commitment to fair, people-centred economies.
🔗 Read more: fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/203-fa...
#CoopsYear #Beyond2025 #FairTrade
🔗 Read more: fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/203-fa...
#CoopsYear #Beyond2025 #FairTrade
ICA Director of Partnerships Marc Noel shared how #cooperatives turn Fair Trade principles into reality:
• Collective power for fair prices
• Equitable value sharing
• Democratic governance
• Real pathways to dignity at work
• Collective power for fair prices
• Equitable value sharing
• Democratic governance
• Real pathways to dignity at work
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
ICA Director of Partnerships Marc Noel shared how #cooperatives turn Fair Trade principles into reality:
• Collective power for fair prices
• Equitable value sharing
• Democratic governance
• Real pathways to dignity at work
• Collective power for fair prices
• Equitable value sharing
• Democratic governance
• Real pathways to dignity at work
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
In this photo:
ICA Director of Policy Joseph Njuguna and ICA Director of Communications Leire Luengo Eslava present Dr. Singh with an ICA coop pin, a small but meaningful symbol of shared values and principles.
ICA Director of Policy Joseph Njuguna and ICA Director of Communications Leire Luengo Eslava present Dr. Singh with an ICA coop pin, a small but meaningful symbol of shared values and principles.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
In this photo:
ICA Director of Policy Joseph Njuguna and ICA Director of Communications Leire Luengo Eslava present Dr. Singh with an ICA coop pin, a small but meaningful symbol of shared values and principles.
ICA Director of Policy Joseph Njuguna and ICA Director of Communications Leire Luengo Eslava present Dr. Singh with an ICA coop pin, a small but meaningful symbol of shared values and principles.
🇬🇾 Answer: Guyana or shall we say "The Co-operative Republic of Guyana"!
And we had a great moment in Doha during the World #SocialSummit2025 meeting Hon. Dr. Ashni Singh, Guyana’s Minister of Finance.
And we had a great moment in Doha during the World #SocialSummit2025 meeting Hon. Dr. Ashni Singh, Guyana’s Minister of Finance.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🇬🇾 Answer: Guyana or shall we say "The Co-operative Republic of Guyana"!
And we had a great moment in Doha during the World #SocialSummit2025 meeting Hon. Dr. Ashni Singh, Guyana’s Minister of Finance.
And we had a great moment in Doha during the World #SocialSummit2025 meeting Hon. Dr. Ashni Singh, Guyana’s Minister of Finance.
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
#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
These stories don’t just belong to the past. They’re alive today.
Explore the living map, discover cooperative stories from every region, and nominate sites or traditions that matter to your community.
Start here → www.culturalheritage.coop
#Coops4Culture #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
Explore the living map, discover cooperative stories from every region, and nominate sites or traditions that matter to your community.
Start here → www.culturalheritage.coop
#Coops4Culture #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
These stories don’t just belong to the past. They’re alive today.
Explore the living map, discover cooperative stories from every region, and nominate sites or traditions that matter to your community.
Start here → www.culturalheritage.coop
#Coops4Culture #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
Explore the living map, discover cooperative stories from every region, and nominate sites or traditions that matter to your community.
Start here → www.culturalheritage.coop
#Coops4Culture #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
🗺️ Cooperation has roots that stretch across the world.
The map brings together real examples of culture created in common from historic buildings to living practices that keep cooperative values alive.
See the first featured sites:🔗 www.culturalheritage.coop
The map brings together real examples of culture created in common from historic buildings to living practices that keep cooperative values alive.
See the first featured sites:🔗 www.culturalheritage.coop
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🗺️ Cooperation has roots that stretch across the world.
The map brings together real examples of culture created in common from historic buildings to living practices that keep cooperative values alive.
See the first featured sites:🔗 www.culturalheritage.coop
The map brings together real examples of culture created in common from historic buildings to living practices that keep cooperative values alive.
See the first featured sites:🔗 www.culturalheritage.coop
🌍 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
🗺️ 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.
🗓️ 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...
🌍 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
Join us for the official closing of the Coops Year at the #SocialSummit2025 the related press conference online starting at 11:30 am Qatar Time live on UN Web TV
IYC Closing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r...
Press conference: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
IYC Closing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r...
Press conference: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Join us for the official closing of the Coops Year at the #SocialSummit2025 the related press conference online starting at 11:30 am Qatar Time live on UN Web TV
IYC Closing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r...
Press conference: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
IYC Closing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r...
Press conference: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Wow!
The Special #IYC2025 World Cooperative Monitor has just been launched: monitor.coop/en/online-li...
In the photo: Rebecca Harvey of @coopnews, Jeroen Douglas, ICA Director-General, Gianluca Salvatori of Euricse, Thomas Blondeel of ICETT & Dr. Ariel Guarco, ICA President
The Special #IYC2025 World Cooperative Monitor has just been launched: monitor.coop/en/online-li...
In the photo: Rebecca Harvey of @coopnews, Jeroen Douglas, ICA Director-General, Gianluca Salvatori of Euricse, Thomas Blondeel of ICETT & Dr. Ariel Guarco, ICA President
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Wow!
The Special #IYC2025 World Cooperative Monitor has just been launched: monitor.coop/en/online-li...
In the photo: Rebecca Harvey of @coopnews, Jeroen Douglas, ICA Director-General, Gianluca Salvatori of Euricse, Thomas Blondeel of ICETT & Dr. Ariel Guarco, ICA President
The Special #IYC2025 World Cooperative Monitor has just been launched: monitor.coop/en/online-li...
In the photo: Rebecca Harvey of @coopnews, Jeroen Douglas, ICA Director-General, Gianluca Salvatori of Euricse, Thomas Blondeel of ICETT & Dr. Ariel Guarco, ICA President