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ICA Annual Report

ICA issues an annual report of its activities, highlighting key accomplishments and challenges.

 

ICA Annual Report 2010

The ICA Annual Report for 2010 is now available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

ICA Annual Report 2009

 
   
ICA Annual Report 2009 2009 was thebeginning of new era for the ICA with the implementation of its new Statutes and Bye-Laws. Main highlights of the year include:
  • the election of Dame Pauline Green as the first female president of the ICA as well as the election of a new Board, emphasising our democratic credentials.
  • the implementation of the four-year ICA Strategic Plan. Following the restructuring of ICA, the plan approved by the Board, is ne way of consolidating ICA's newly declared positioning as one global entity with several constituent parts.
  • the financial and economic crisis has shown to many how co-operative enterprise with its emphasis on solidarity, democracy, social justice, and responsible trading can provide a better form of doing business.
  • the impact of ICA's work on international accounting standards
  • the recognition of co-operatives with the declaration by the United Nations of 2012 as the International Year of Co-operatives.

ICA Annual Report 2007-2008

ICA Annual Report 2007-2008 2007 and 2008 were momentous years for the ICA and international co-operation with serious achievements such as:
  • increasing recognition that co-operative businesses are as successful as any other business model;
  • recognition at the international, regional and national levels of the co-operative model of enterprise and its contribution to the overall economic and social development;
  • recognition by the International Accounting Standards Board that co-operative accounting methods, especially with regard to the treatment of co-operatives shares, are valid;
  • ICA becoming a leaner, stronger, healthier and more representative body working under a global strategic plan for all parts of the organisation;
  • the approval of a fairer and more open membership subscription system;
  • the holding of the first global co-operative trade fair-ICA Expo.
Read more about the achievements of the ICA strategic objectives as reported by its Central and Regional Offices. Download the report: ICA Annual Report 2007-2008

The 2007 and 2008 ICA audited financial statements were approved by the ICA General Assembly 2009 in Geneva in November 2009. Download the report: ICA Annual Report 2007-2008: Financial Statements (pdf)

Previous ICA Annual Reports

There reports are made available on the University of Wisconisin Centre for Co-operatives UWCC (USA) website (formerly gopher site) . ICA and UWCC had an electronic networking project to make ICA publications and information available digitally in the 1990s.
Previous reports can be obtained by contacting ICA at ica@ica.coop

Last Updated: 28 October 2011