International Cooperative Alliance
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Founded in 1895, we unite, represent & serve the 3 million cooperative enterprises and its more than 1 billion #coop members.
Do you want to learn how to develop youth cooperatives in your country, region or globally?
The ICA Youth Committee is inviting cooperators to register for a training of trainers this November.
Learn more here: globalyouth.coop/en/events/co...
The ICA Youth Committee is inviting cooperators to register for a training of trainers this November.
Learn more here: globalyouth.coop/en/events/co...
Cooperative Spring toolkit training | ICA
Do you want to learn how to develop youth cooperatives in your country, region or globally?
globalyouth.coop
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Do you want to learn how to develop youth cooperatives in your country, region or globally?
The ICA Youth Committee is inviting cooperators to register for a training of trainers this November.
Learn more here: globalyouth.coop/en/events/co...
The ICA Youth Committee is inviting cooperators to register for a training of trainers this November.
Learn more here: globalyouth.coop/en/events/co...
🗺️ Press Release: The world’s first Cooperative Cultural Heritage Map is here!
The ICA has unveiled a global platform dedicated entirely to the cultural heritage of cooperatives, and with it, the first-ever World Map of Cooperative Cultural Heritage Sites.
The ICA has unveiled a global platform dedicated entirely to the cultural heritage of cooperatives, and with it, the first-ever World Map of Cooperative Cultural Heritage Sites.
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗺️ Press Release: The world’s first Cooperative Cultural Heritage Map is here!
The ICA has unveiled a global platform dedicated entirely to the cultural heritage of cooperatives, and with it, the first-ever World Map of Cooperative Cultural Heritage Sites.
The ICA has unveiled a global platform dedicated entirely to the cultural heritage of cooperatives, and with it, the first-ever World Map of Cooperative Cultural Heritage Sites.
Missed the ILO-ICA joint webinar "Large and Multinational Cooperative Enterprises Advancing Decent Work Across Supply Chains"?
You can watch the full webinar here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3sZ...
You can watch the full webinar here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3sZ...
ILO-ICA: Large & multinational cooperative enterprises advancing decent work across supply chains
YouTube video by International Cooperative Alliance
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November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Missed the ILO-ICA joint webinar "Large and Multinational Cooperative Enterprises Advancing Decent Work Across Supply Chains"?
You can watch the full webinar here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3sZ...
You can watch the full webinar here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3sZ...
🗓️ Happening soon!
Join the ILO–ICA webinar on “Large and multinational cooperative enterprises advancing decent work across supply chains.”
Hear from leaders including ICA Director-General Jeroen Douglas
🕑 12 Nov 2025 | 14:00–16:00 CET
🔗 Register: https//us06web.zoo...
Join the ILO–ICA webinar on “Large and multinational cooperative enterprises advancing decent work across supply chains.”
Hear from leaders including ICA Director-General Jeroen Douglas
🕑 12 Nov 2025 | 14:00–16:00 CET
🔗 Register: https//us06web.zoo...
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🗓️ Happening soon!
Join the ILO–ICA webinar on “Large and multinational cooperative enterprises advancing decent work across supply chains.”
Hear from leaders including ICA Director-General Jeroen Douglas
🕑 12 Nov 2025 | 14:00–16:00 CET
🔗 Register: https//us06web.zoo...
Join the ILO–ICA webinar on “Large and multinational cooperative enterprises advancing decent work across supply chains.”
Hear from leaders including ICA Director-General Jeroen Douglas
🕑 12 Nov 2025 | 14:00–16:00 CET
🔗 Register: https//us06web.zoo...
🌍 At the World #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, leaders & cooperators from around the world celebrated the closing event of the UN International Year of Cooperatives.
This isn’t the end . It’s the beginning #Beyond2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
This isn’t the end . It’s the beginning #Beyond2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
Building a better world: UN World Social Summit celebrates the #IYC2025 | ICA
The UN Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) and the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) today co-hosted the official closing ceremony of the 2025 International Year...
ica.coop
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌍 At the World #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, leaders & cooperators from around the world celebrated the closing event of the UN International Year of Cooperatives.
This isn’t the end . It’s the beginning #Beyond2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
This isn’t the end . It’s the beginning #Beyond2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
"The greatest virtue of the cooperative model is not just its ability to include those who have been marginalised, but its guarantee of stopping their marginalisation in the first place," ICA President @ArielGuarco said at the #SocialSummit2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
The International Cooperative Alliance concludes the High Level Round table on Strengthening Three Pillars of Social Development at the World Social Summit | ICA
The high level round table on "Strengthening the three pillars of social development: poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and social inclusion" chaired by the ...
ica.coop
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"The greatest virtue of the cooperative model is not just its ability to include those who have been marginalised, but its guarantee of stopping their marginalisation in the first place," ICA President @ArielGuarco said at the #SocialSummit2025
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
Read more here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
🌍 How can we strengthen the three pillars of social development: poverty eradication, decent work & social inclusion?
At the #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, ICA President Ariel Guarco will deliver an intervention at High-Level Round Table 1.
#Beyond2025 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
At the #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, ICA President Ariel Guarco will deliver an intervention at High-Level Round Table 1.
#Beyond2025 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🌍 How can we strengthen the three pillars of social development: poverty eradication, decent work & social inclusion?
At the #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, ICA President Ariel Guarco will deliver an intervention at High-Level Round Table 1.
#Beyond2025 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
At the #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, ICA President Ariel Guarco will deliver an intervention at High-Level Round Table 1.
#Beyond2025 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
Join us for the official closing of the Coops Year at the #SocialSummit2025 the related press conference online starting at 11:30 am Qatar Time live on UN Web TV
IYC Closing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r...
Press conference: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
IYC Closing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r...
Press conference: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Join us for the official closing of the Coops Year at the #SocialSummit2025 the related press conference online starting at 11:30 am Qatar Time live on UN Web TV
IYC Closing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r...
Press conference: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
IYC Closing: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r...
Press conference: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Wow!
The Special #IYC2025 World Cooperative Monitor has just been launched: monitor.coop/en/online-li...
In the photo: Rebecca Harvey of @coopnews, Jeroen Douglas, ICA Director-General, Gianluca Salvatori of Euricse, Thomas Blondeel of ICETT & Dr. Ariel Guarco, ICA President
The Special #IYC2025 World Cooperative Monitor has just been launched: monitor.coop/en/online-li...
In the photo: Rebecca Harvey of @coopnews, Jeroen Douglas, ICA Director-General, Gianluca Salvatori of Euricse, Thomas Blondeel of ICETT & Dr. Ariel Guarco, ICA President
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Wow!
The Special #IYC2025 World Cooperative Monitor has just been launched: monitor.coop/en/online-li...
In the photo: Rebecca Harvey of @coopnews, Jeroen Douglas, ICA Director-General, Gianluca Salvatori of Euricse, Thomas Blondeel of ICETT & Dr. Ariel Guarco, ICA President
The Special #IYC2025 World Cooperative Monitor has just been launched: monitor.coop/en/online-li...
In the photo: Rebecca Harvey of @coopnews, Jeroen Douglas, ICA Director-General, Gianluca Salvatori of Euricse, Thomas Blondeel of ICETT & Dr. Ariel Guarco, ICA President
🌍 Today in Doha! Join us for the launch of the CM50 Manifesto, the Special World Cooperative Monitor, and the ICA Strategy 2026–2030, a defining moment for cooperative leadership and global impact.
14:30 (Qatar)
Join here: bit.ly/ICAinDoha2 #CM50 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
14:30 (Qatar)
Join here: bit.ly/ICAinDoha2 #CM50 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🌍 Today in Doha! Join us for the launch of the CM50 Manifesto, the Special World Cooperative Monitor, and the ICA Strategy 2026–2030, a defining moment for cooperative leadership and global impact.
14:30 (Qatar)
Join here: bit.ly/ICAinDoha2 #CM50 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
14:30 (Qatar)
Join here: bit.ly/ICAinDoha2 #CM50 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
🧵 Who decides what’s worth learning?
Education lies at the heart of the cooperative identity.
Guided by Principle 5, cooperatives make learning a shared journey, from early childhood to lifelong training, rooted in community, equality, and participation.
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Education lies at the heart of the cooperative identity.
Guided by Principle 5, cooperatives make learning a shared journey, from early childhood to lifelong training, rooted in community, equality, and participation.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
🧵 Who decides what’s worth learning?
Education lies at the heart of the cooperative identity.
Guided by Principle 5, cooperatives make learning a shared journey, from early childhood to lifelong training, rooted in community, equality, and participation.
⬇️
Education lies at the heart of the cooperative identity.
Guided by Principle 5, cooperatives make learning a shared journey, from early childhood to lifelong training, rooted in community, equality, and participation.
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Your story can change realities
In every corner of our cooperatives, there are stories of struggle, resilience, and transformation.
Today, we want to hear yours.
In every corner of our cooperatives, there are stories of struggle, resilience, and transformation.
Today, we want to hear yours.
October 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Your story can change realities
In every corner of our cooperatives, there are stories of struggle, resilience, and transformation.
Today, we want to hear yours.
In every corner of our cooperatives, there are stories of struggle, resilience, and transformation.
Today, we want to hear yours.
Tu historia puede cambiar realidades
En cada rincón de nuestras cooperativas hay historias de lucha, resiliencia y transformación.
Hoy queremos escuchar la tuya
En cada rincón de nuestras cooperativas hay historias de lucha, resiliencia y transformación.
Hoy queremos escuchar la tuya
October 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Tu historia puede cambiar realidades
En cada rincón de nuestras cooperativas hay historias de lucha, resiliencia y transformación.
Hoy queremos escuchar la tuya
En cada rincón de nuestras cooperativas hay historias de lucha, resiliencia y transformación.
Hoy queremos escuchar la tuya
🌱 Seeds of Inclusion 🌾
How women & youth-led cooperatives are transforming agrifood systems.
Join @fao.org and the ICA at #WorldFoodForum2025, celebrating FAO’s 80th year & the power of cooperation.
🗓️ Oct 15 | 10:30–11:30 | FAO HQ, Rome and online
🔗 ica.coop/en/events/se...
How women & youth-led cooperatives are transforming agrifood systems.
Join @fao.org and the ICA at #WorldFoodForum2025, celebrating FAO’s 80th year & the power of cooperation.
🗓️ Oct 15 | 10:30–11:30 | FAO HQ, Rome and online
🔗 ica.coop/en/events/se...
Seeds of Inclusion: How women and youth-led cooperatives are transforming agrifood systems | ICA
The side event 'Seeds of Inclusion: How women and youth-led cooperatives are transforming agrifood systems' is organised during the upcoming 2025 World Food Forum which al
ica.coop
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🌱 Seeds of Inclusion 🌾
How women & youth-led cooperatives are transforming agrifood systems.
Join @fao.org and the ICA at #WorldFoodForum2025, celebrating FAO’s 80th year & the power of cooperation.
🗓️ Oct 15 | 10:30–11:30 | FAO HQ, Rome and online
🔗 ica.coop/en/events/se...
How women & youth-led cooperatives are transforming agrifood systems.
Join @fao.org and the ICA at #WorldFoodForum2025, celebrating FAO’s 80th year & the power of cooperation.
🗓️ Oct 15 | 10:30–11:30 | FAO HQ, Rome and online
🔗 ica.coop/en/events/se...
The CM50 (Cooperatives & Mutuals Leadership Circle) brings together cooperative & mutual leaders from across the globe.
Each week, we’re spotlighting CM50 leaders who are shaping the future of #cooperatives.
Here are this week’s featured leaders A 🧵
#CM50 #Beyond2025
Each week, we’re spotlighting CM50 leaders who are shaping the future of #cooperatives.
Here are this week’s featured leaders A 🧵
#CM50 #Beyond2025
October 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The CM50 (Cooperatives & Mutuals Leadership Circle) brings together cooperative & mutual leaders from across the globe.
Each week, we’re spotlighting CM50 leaders who are shaping the future of #cooperatives.
Here are this week’s featured leaders A 🧵
#CM50 #Beyond2025
Each week, we’re spotlighting CM50 leaders who are shaping the future of #cooperatives.
Here are this week’s featured leaders A 🧵
#CM50 #Beyond2025
🌍 This week, the ICA will join world leaders at the #GlobalGateway Forum 2025 in Brussels 🇪🇺 to spotling how cooperatives drive sustainable, inclusive, & people-centred development.
Stay tuned for updates from Brussels! 💬✨
🔗 global-gateway-forum.ec.europa.eu
#coops4dev🌍
Stay tuned for updates from Brussels! 💬✨
🔗 global-gateway-forum.ec.europa.eu
#coops4dev🌍
October 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🌍 This week, the ICA will join world leaders at the #GlobalGateway Forum 2025 in Brussels 🇪🇺 to spotling how cooperatives drive sustainable, inclusive, & people-centred development.
Stay tuned for updates from Brussels! 💬✨
🔗 global-gateway-forum.ec.europa.eu
#coops4dev🌍
Stay tuned for updates from Brussels! 💬✨
🔗 global-gateway-forum.ec.europa.eu
#coops4dev🌍
🚨 Big news: The Closing Ceremony of #IYC2025 will take place at the 2nd World Social Summit in Doha on 4 Nov.
Read the article for more info: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#CoopsYear #IYC2025 #WSS #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Read the article for more info: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#CoopsYear #IYC2025 #WSS #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
World Social Summit in Doha to Host Closing Ceremony of the UN International Year of Cooperatives | ICA
The International Cooperative Alliance will host the Closing Ceremony of the UN International Year of Cooperatives (IYC2025) on 4 November from 11:30 to 12:45 at the Qatar National Convention Centre, ...
ica.coop
October 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨 Big news: The Closing Ceremony of #IYC2025 will take place at the 2nd World Social Summit in Doha on 4 Nov.
Read the article for more info: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#CoopsYear #IYC2025 #WSS #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Read the article for more info: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#CoopsYear #IYC2025 #WSS #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
🚨 Join our team!
The ICA is looking for a Junior Communications Officer in Brussels to support global comms for #coops4dev🌍
Apply by 26 Oct 2025 👉 ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#Hiring
The ICA is looking for a Junior Communications Officer in Brussels to support global comms for #coops4dev🌍
Apply by 26 Oct 2025 👉 ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#Hiring
September 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🚨 Join our team!
The ICA is looking for a Junior Communications Officer in Brussels to support global comms for #coops4dev🌍
Apply by 26 Oct 2025 👉 ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#Hiring
The ICA is looking for a Junior Communications Officer in Brussels to support global comms for #coops4dev🌍
Apply by 26 Oct 2025 👉 ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#Hiring
Our @UNESCO #Mondiacult2025 hybrid side event in Barcelona brought together cooperators, policymakers & cultural leaders
We “traveled” across Jeju, Morocco, Italy, the US & Rochdale, proving that cooperation is a living thing, not just the past.
#Coops4Culture
We “traveled” across Jeju, Morocco, Italy, the US & Rochdale, proving that cooperation is a living thing, not just the past.
#Coops4Culture
September 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Our @UNESCO #Mondiacult2025 hybrid side event in Barcelona brought together cooperators, policymakers & cultural leaders
We “traveled” across Jeju, Morocco, Italy, the US & Rochdale, proving that cooperation is a living thing, not just the past.
#Coops4Culture
We “traveled” across Jeju, Morocco, Italy, the US & Rochdale, proving that cooperation is a living thing, not just the past.
#Coops4Culture
🌍 From the first International Year of Cooperatives in 2012 to today, #cooperatives have been key UN partners in tackling poverty, inequality & sustainability.
Read Erbin Crowell’s reflection 👉 greenenergytimes.org/2025/07/a-se...
#IYC2025 #CoopsYear #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Beyond2025
Read Erbin Crowell’s reflection 👉 greenenergytimes.org/2025/07/a-se...
#IYC2025 #CoopsYear #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Beyond2025
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🌍 From the first International Year of Cooperatives in 2012 to today, #cooperatives have been key UN partners in tackling poverty, inequality & sustainability.
Read Erbin Crowell’s reflection 👉 greenenergytimes.org/2025/07/a-se...
#IYC2025 #CoopsYear #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Beyond2025
Read Erbin Crowell’s reflection 👉 greenenergytimes.org/2025/07/a-se...
#IYC2025 #CoopsYear #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Beyond2025
🌍 The CM50 (Cooperatives & Mutuals Leadership Circle) brings together cooperative & mutual leaders from across the globe.
Each week, we’re spotlighting CM50 leaders who are shaping the future of #cooperatives.
Here are this week’s featured leaders A 🧵
#CM50 #Beyond2025
Each week, we’re spotlighting CM50 leaders who are shaping the future of #cooperatives.
Here are this week’s featured leaders A 🧵
#CM50 #Beyond2025
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🌍 The CM50 (Cooperatives & Mutuals Leadership Circle) brings together cooperative & mutual leaders from across the globe.
Each week, we’re spotlighting CM50 leaders who are shaping the future of #cooperatives.
Here are this week’s featured leaders A 🧵
#CM50 #Beyond2025
Each week, we’re spotlighting CM50 leaders who are shaping the future of #cooperatives.
Here are this week’s featured leaders A 🧵
#CM50 #Beyond2025
Did you know? Since 1844, the cooperative principles have been refined through four phases. The table shows an important constancy in their evolution—and how they’ve steadily moved towards more completeness. #IYC2025 #CoopHistory #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Coopsyear #ICA130
September 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Did you know? Since 1844, the cooperative principles have been refined through four phases. The table shows an important constancy in their evolution—and how they’ve steadily moved towards more completeness. #IYC2025 #CoopHistory #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Coopsyear #ICA130
🕊️ Yesterday was the International Day of Peace.
Cooperatives strengthen democracy, social cohesion & solidarity, which are key building blocks of peace.
This #IYC2025, we show how #cooperatives help create a more inclusive & peaceful world.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Cooperatives strengthen democracy, social cohesion & solidarity, which are key building blocks of peace.
This #IYC2025, we show how #cooperatives help create a more inclusive & peaceful world.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
September 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🕊️ Yesterday was the International Day of Peace.
Cooperatives strengthen democracy, social cohesion & solidarity, which are key building blocks of peace.
This #IYC2025, we show how #cooperatives help create a more inclusive & peaceful world.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Cooperatives strengthen democracy, social cohesion & solidarity, which are key building blocks of peace.
This #IYC2025, we show how #cooperatives help create a more inclusive & peaceful world.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld