The National Co-operatives Confederation of Rwanda (NCCR) became a member on 10 November 2011. Founded 28 October 2010, NCCR is the apex organization for co-operatives in Rwanda. They represent, advocate for, and do lobbying on behalf of their federation members and co-operative unions that their members represent. They also assist in development of co-operatives and their members. In 2011, they represented 1,459,230 individual members. They have 6 employees of which 3 are women. In 2011, their members had 700 employees of which 128 were women.