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Colombia’s financial co-ops to receive expert support with digitisation

The digital acceleration programme will run for 13 weeks

Living our co-operative identity to make a sustainable future for all

'Co-operatives focus on long-term sustainability rather than profit for shareholders and wealth creation alone'

OCDC announces International Cooperative Champion and Innovation award winners

The Champion Award goes to Paul Clark and the Innovation Award goes to the Uruguayan Confederation…

Brazilian co-ops working to tackle climate change represented at COP26

The delegation presented case studies of co-ops such as cocoa producer Camta, which uses tech to…

Health co-ops continue to battle against Covid-19

'Our co-op identity commits us to a humanised healthcare approach ... that places people at the…

Obituary: Dr Eudes de Freitas Aquino

The global co-operative movement paid tribute to one of its most ardent champions, a leading light…

ICA Americas launches 2020 Statistical Observatory survey

Data is being gathered from first, second and third degree co-ops, mutuals, credit unions and other…

Woccu’s social inclusion project in Peru supports newly settled Venezuelans

The scheme offers training and business management, marketing and other entrepreneurial skills

Building a new economy: Covid and the finances of key co-op sectors

Snapshots from the agriculture, community energy and tech sectors

Global commerce platform for co-ops prepares for pilot project

US apex body NCBA CLUSA has partnered with Direct Global on the venture to help co-ops…

Lessons in self-management from Argentina’s worker co-ops

How an economic crisis spawned a new generation of workplace democracy

Argentinian worker co-ops affected by Covid-19 ask government for more help

While co-ops can access certain streams of funding, some government programmes are not available for them