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2016 International Day of Co-operatives - Alliance president Monique Leroux's address at United Nations
… is taking a pledge to contribute actively in reaching the UN’s goal to ensure a sustainable future for all of … to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.As we celebrate the International Day of … ILO and our work with the Blueprint will be shared with the UN. In addition, in order to showcase our commitment, we …
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International Co-operative Day 2012
… (ICA) - 90th ICA International Co-operative Day - 18th UN International Day of Co-operatives - 7th July 2012 - … The International Day is now run in partnership with the UN and the UN asks all member governments to participate in … helping to achieve internationally agreed upon development goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals. How to …
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Cooperatives' people-first approach proves effective for social and economic development
… cooperatives best help realize the sustainable development goals being hammered out by the UN? NEW YORK – With the welfare of members at the … day. On the 2014 International Day of Cooperatives, the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and …
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How are cooperatives fostering gender equality?
… equality and empowering women and girls is one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, which the Alliance is supporting. Co-operatives … celebrated their contribution to gender equality on the UN’s International Day of Co-operatives. The theme for the …
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ICA member NCBA CLUSA addresses the 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development
… to use cooperatives to advance their social development goals. To this end, he encouraged UN Member States to use the Cooperative Law and Regulatory … session. Mr O’Brien reiterated the importance of having UN Member States implement policies that are favourable to …
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How Swedish housing cooperatives are championing sustainability
… direction for 2019-2021. This includes reaching the UN’s SDGs - not an easy task considering that the … for sustainable growth consisting of four overarching goals: resource efficiency, climate, sustainable services … being an important community actor. They also support the UN’s SDGs number 5 and number 7 to 13 and contribute to …
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Interview with Monique F. Leroux, president of the International Cooperative Alliance
… the movement formally undertook to commit to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Do you think this will be followed up? The global co-operative movement is always attuned to the UN sustainable development goals. Basically, those goals are …
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Monique F. Leroux: The co-operative movement a vector of change for a better world
… planet. We shared our day-to-day contribution with UN ambassadors on the International Day of Cooperatives in 2016. And the UN saw the power of cooperatives and the pertinence of … do officially to help achieve their sustainable development goals. We responded to their invitation. …
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La Alianza participa en el Foro sobre Políticas de Desarrollo de la UE
… Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs) en la nueva agenda global, y la revisión de … o las relaciones externas, sino que debería ser vista como un componente fuerte de la próxima estrategia en estas … que era necesario reconocer las cooperativas como un socio importante en desarrollo a nivel nacional, algo …
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Strategy 2013-2016: English
… upon gains realised in 2012, during the celebration of the UN International Year of Co-operatives. The enthusiasm and … the African co-operative movement’s Special Development Goals, to improve members’ socio-economic situation by …