News Archive

The February edition of the ICA's eDigest is out now, read about pending changes in US and UK co-operative legislation alongside the latest updates on the Desjardins Summit and ICA Expo taking place in October and November. Also see our official IYC merchandise. If you'd like to receive copies of the eDigest email kelly@ica.coop To view click here. To view previous editions click here.

The ICA Board welcome in the International Year of Co-operatives, read about their views, beliefs and wishes for the Year. Also in this issue find out about the Official IYC poster and see a great new film about the Rochdale Pioneers. To view click here. To view previous editions click here.

The December edition of the ICA's monthly eDigest is now available.

The main feature this month covers Singapore's launch of the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives. There is also coverage of IFFCO's new mobile phone initiative which is helping them to make inroads into Indian agricultural productivity, as well as a summary of a decision by this year's General Assembly to allow mutuals to become members of the ICA. Regular features include the Director-General Charles Gould's blog and the co-operative calendar. To view click here. To view previous editions click here.

Over 2000 co-operators heard addresses from Mexican President Felipe Calderon, UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon, ILO's Juan Somavia, environmentalist Philippe Cousteau, Obama Blogger Sam Grraham-Felson along with our own President Dame Pauline Green, at the ICA General Assembly in Cancun last week. The event marked the ICA Launch of the international Year of Co-operatives and the ICA's new website www.2012.coop. The General Assembly was the largest in the ICA's 116 year history. A special edition of the ICA eDigest is now available online http://civimail.ica.coop/edigest/2011-11/cancun-special-edition-edigest-november To read previous editions click here.

The latest programme for the ICA Launch of the International Year of Co-operatives, General Assembly and related meetings has just been released. Click here.

The November edition of the ICA's monthly eDigest, covering the United Nations launch of next year's International Year of Co-operatives in New York, is now available. The main feature this month covers ICA President, Dame Pauline Green's message to the UN General Assembly about the seriousness of the co-operative business model. There is also coverage of the launch of the Global Development Co-operative, which is seeking to raise $US50 million which it will then lend to co-operative enterprises across the world, as well as the launch of the latest Global300 report which paints a picture of scale and reach of the 300 largest co-operatives around the world. Regular features include the Director-general Charles Gould's blog and the co-operative calendar. To view click here. To view previous editions click here.

To mark the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives 2012, the worldwide co-operative movement today launched the Global Development Co-operative. This new initiative aims to support co-operative businesses in developing countries by raising US$50m to provide access to low cost loans for capital and infrastructure projects.

To read the full press release on the Global Development Co-operative, click here.

The Global300 Report is kindly supported by IFFCO, Desjardins & Credit Cooperatif.

The International Co-operative Alliance today launches the latest Global300 Report, which states that the largest 300 co-operative enterprises in the world and their collective revenues amount to USD 1.6 trillion, which is comparable to the GDP of the world's ninth largest economy.

To see the full press release on the Global300 Report click here. To see the Global300 Report click here.

Today the United Nations will be marking the official launch of the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives at the UN General Assembly in New York City. To commemorate the event, more than 150 CEOs and Presidents of some of the world's largest co-operatives will gather for the official launch and to consider how to create the conditions that ignite the growth of co-operative enterprises throughout the decade.

To see the press release click here. To see the programme overview for the launch click here.

You can watch the live broadcast of the UN launch from 10am New York time (GMT - 4) on Channel 3 or 6: http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/

ICA Director-General Charles Gould today sent out a message to ICA members to book their stand at the ICA Expo to be held in Manchester in October 2012. http://www.icaexpo.coop/icaexpo_news.html