Cooperatives Europe

European Coop Convention - Moscow 19-21 April ’10

Programme, Registration and Hotel Reservation

Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all

On the 8th March 2010, International Women’s Day, the ICA calls on its member organisations and co-operators, to review and reinforce their commitments, policies and programmes to make gender equality a reality.

Let us be leaders in assuring progress for all by taking important steps to booster women’s rights and access to participation and leadership in co-operative enterprise.

Let us begin by asking all our members to ensure that from this year onwards that their representative delegations are truly gender-balanced.

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ICA EXPO 2010

EU Jigsaw Complete - New Parliament, New Treaty and New Commission

Michel Barnier, Commissioner for Internal Market & Services will be looking at the model of co-operatives and mutuals in the context of giving fresh impetus to the ’Internal Market’

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Assistance for Cooperatives in Haiti

The International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) is mobilising its members and partners around the world to provide emergency relief and reconstruction assistance to co-operators in Haiti following the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010.

ICA is working with its members and partners to contact the ICA member, Conseil National des Coopératives –CNC– (National Co-operative Council) located in Port-au-Prince to determine the relief and future needs of Haitian co-operators for longer-term reconstruction of the co-operative movement. Information will be available on the ICA website as it becomes available.

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ICA Seeks New Director General

The International Co-operative Alliance is seeking candidates for the position of ICA Director-General.

The Director-General will be responsible for ensuring that the business of the ICA is carried out in accordance with the Values and Principles of the International Co-operative Alliance, the ICA Rules and Bye-Laws, and the strategy agreed by the Board.

Job Description and Application Details

Closing date for applications is 8 March 2010.

UN proclaims 2012 International Year of Cooperatives

The ICA is pleased to announce the adoption of the UN resolution, "Co-operatives and social development" which proclaims 2012 International Year of Co-operatives. The resolution A/RES/64/136) passed on 18 December 2009 by consensus was proposed by 55 UN Member States.

It recognises that the co-operative business model is a major factor in realising economic and social development and calls on governments, international institutions, co-operatives and other stakeholders to support the development and growth of co-operatives worldwide.

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Copenhagen COP15 - Success or Failure?

Read the Copenhagen Accord

What do you think?

Tell us what ACT! should do now to help Cooperatives continue to address the climate threat.

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CoopErasmus

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a European exchange programme aimed at helping new entrepreneurs to acquire relevant skills for managing a small or medium-sized enterprise by spending time (1 to 6 months) in an enterprise managed by an experienced entrepreneur in another European country.

COOPERATIVES EUROPE and the other 7 European partners of the consortium CoopErasmus (COOPERATIVES UK, CEPES-ANDALUCIA, UNCCUE, ELABORA-CONFCOOPERATIVE, INFORCOOP-LEGACOOP, CCU-BULGARIA, COOMPANION) have been selected to be Intermediary organisations. Intermediary organisations help new and host entrepreneurs in getting in contact and assist them during the relationship.

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