Events
The IYC will be an opportunity for communities around the world to celebrate and communicate their "co-operative difference".
To help plan and highlight these celebrations and events the ICA has launched a calendar which has full search facilities enabling visitors to upload a co-operative event and to search for events near them.
Some of the main events for 2012 include:
United Nations Official IYC Launch
Monday 31 October
United Nations Headquarters
New York City, USA
ICA leadership event
Tuesday 1 November 2011
New York City, USA
ICA Launch of the IYC, General Assembly & related meetings
Monday 14 November to Friday 18 November 2011
Cancun, Mexico
Promoting the understanding of co-operatives for a better world
Thursday 15 to Friday 16 March 2012
Venice, Italy
International summit of co-operatives, including Imagine 2012, the International conference on co-operative economics
Monday 8 to Thursday 11 October 2012
Quebec City, Canada
World Co-operative Forum plus ICA Expo
Tuesday 30 October to Friday 2 November 2012
Manchester, UK
See what others are planning
To give you an idea of what’s going on, here are just a few of the things being planned around the world.
Africa
Ghana
Football tournament
1 July 2012
Organizer: Sandlanders Football
A football tournament to be held in Ghana featuring eight African co-operative owned Sandlanders clubs together with four invited non-African sides (which will all be at least part supporter trust/co-operative owned clubs).
Asia-Pacific
India
International Conference on Co-operative Credit
27–28 January 2012
Organizer: The Cosmos Co-operative Bank Ltd
Conference to discuss the future of co-operative credit in the next decade.
Europe
Ireland
World of Rural Co-operation Conference
11–12 September
Organizer: Plunkett Foundation
Around the world, co-ops have a massive impact on rural communities. This conference will explore what that impact is and how we can work together to increase it.
If you’re planning an IYC event, we encourage you to tell the world about it. You can upload your information here.
