Goals
By naming any given year as an international year, the UN draws attention to issues of global significance and this theme was chosen for 2012 in part because co-operation is clearly part of what the UN is all about. The UN declared that 2012 would be the International Year of Co-operatives on 18 December 2009. The UN’s goals for the IYC are to:
- Increase public awareness about co-operatives and their contributions to socio-economic development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
- Promote the formation and growth of co-operatives.
- Encourage governments to establish policies, laws and regulations conducive to the formation, growth and stability of co-operatives.
To support these goals, the ICA has an online presentation that gives a quick overview of the co-operative movement and the IYC. It’s available in English, French and Spanish.
