Cooperatives

The International Year of Cooperatives 2025 (IYC 2025) celebrations for Asia and the Pacific region and Japan officially kicked off on 19 February 2025 at the United Nations University in Tokyo. The hybrid launch event was co-hosted by the Japan…

“Tarakama” is the traditional nomadic pastoral lifestyle that guides the lives of Azerbaijani communities who move with the seasons. Mahammad Bayramov, originally from Aghdam, a small town in the centre of Azerbaijan, has lived this rhythm since he…

The United Nations Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) is proud to announce the launch of the official logo for the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC2025). The logo, now publicly available, symbolizes the power…

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) held a soft launch event for the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives on July 9 at the UN…

Farming is not easy in Brazil’s semi-arid north-east. Climate change is severely affecting the region, with increasingly erratic rainfall and shifting harvest periods.   Due to environmental degradation, much of its soil is no longer…

I am the son of cocoa farmers and I have always worked on a plantation in Côte d'Ivoire. Like many planters, I wanted to help fight child labour in our community. Through training, I discovered how improving safety and health at work is important to…

20 June 2024 - The UN General Assembly yesterday declared 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC2025) to be celebrated under the theme "Cooperatives Build a Better World." The theme highlights the lasting global impact of cooperatives…

Cooperatives provide women a path for economic independence and rebuilding lives after the earthquake. In 2019, Çiğdem Kudret realized for the first time that skills she had — making jams, pickles, spice mixes and tomato paste— could be monetized.…

Over one million people in drought-stricken southern Madagascar are benefitting from a range of complementary UN development initiatives which are being coordinated in order to have a greater impact as the UN Resident Coordinator in Madagascar …

Historic Moment for the SSE: At its 66th plenary meeting, the UN General Assembly adopts the resolution “Promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy for Sustainable Development”   At its 66th plenary meeting on April 18, 2023, the United…

An UNCTAD project is harnessing the power of bees to help women improve their livelihoods while creating sustainable opportunities in rural communities in the southern African nation. Mavilde de Assunção Alves has been a beekeeper for almost 15…

The eleventh edition of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Social Economy Forum 2021 started with an online event on 19th October. It counted with speakers from the region of Veneto in Italy, the Division for Social Inclusion Development in the Department of…