#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld

📘 Download the SDG1 Policy Brief:
EN: copac.coop/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1-ENG-poverty.pdf

ES: copac.coop/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1-SP-poverty.pdf

FR: copac.coop/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/1-FR-poverty.pdf

More from COPAC: www.copac.coop/iyc-2025-ser...

3️⃣ Expand co-op access to finance & markets
4️⃣ Invest in cooperative education & capacity
5️⃣ Build cross-sector partnerships

#CoopsYear

But scaling this impact requires action.

To unlock the full potential of cooperatives in ending poverty, governments & partners must:

1️⃣ Integrate co-ops into poverty-reduction strategies
2️⃣ Strengthen legal & institutional environments

🇰🇪 Women-led dairy co-ops in Kenya
🇬🇭 Cocoa farmers gaining fair income in Ghana
🇧🇷 Waste pickers formalised & protected in Brazil
🇳🇵 Climate-resilient forest co-ops in Nepal
🇲🇽 Indigenous coffee producers in Mexico
🇲🇿 Rural income growth in Mozambique
🇱🇦 Stronger coffee co-ops in Laos

The latest COPAC–ICA Policy Brief on SDG 1 highlights real examples of co-ops reducing poverty worldwide, including:

(see next)

This is where cooperatives make a transformative difference.

As democratic, people-centred enterprises, co-ops:
✔️ Stabilise incomes
✔️ Expand access to finance, housing, health & care
✔️ Strengthen community resilience
✔️ Reduce multidimensional poverty
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld

Access to work is no longer a guaranteed way out.

🌍 240M workers still live below the poverty line
🌐 3.8B people have no social protection
Millions remain one shock away from crisis.
#IYC2025

Bring your lunch, your curiosity, and your cooperative spirit and join us in building this new global research space.

🗓️ 14 January — 18:00–18:30 CET
Giulia Tallarini
The Scenery of Work Integration Social Enterprises in Europe

🔗 Register: TBA

🗓️ 14 January — 14:00–14:30 CET (in Spanish)
Deivid Ilecki Forgiarini
Protocol for the Promotion of the 17 SDGs in Cooperatives: Aligning Cooperative Identity and Sustainability

🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Upcoming sessions:
🗓️ 10 December — 13:30–14:00 CET
Adrian Amon
Institutions and Identity in the Dynamics of Degeneration and Regeneration: A Canadian Perspective

🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #CooperativeResearch

This series will:
✨ Spotlight research from young and emerging scholars
✨ Foster dialogue across regions and disciplines
✨ Connect senior researchers with new voices
✨ Give practitioners access to cutting-edge cooperative insights

#IYC2025 #CoopsYear

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

Did you know?
👉 75–80% of Fairtrade products come from cooperatives.
👉 Fair trade thrives where strong co-ops exist.
👉 Ethical business models already exist — and they work.

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