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US Cooperative Development Foundation advertises board vacancy

CDF has called for individuals familiar with member-owned business models who are interested in expanding the…

Positive difference found for co-op members in Central America

Members in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala were found to be economically and socially better off

Woccu hails success of credit union scheme for Venezuelan migrants

A report finds that women and young people supported by the programme have higher incomes

Co-ops UK CEO joins International Cooperative Alliance board

'Challenges from climate change to inequality require co-operative solutions that transcend borders, and the ICA offers…

Holiday became a history lesson on civil rights

David J Thompson shares the story of the co-op that changed the South in the US

NCBA Clusa supports business incubator launch in Timor Leste

'This incubation centre is a key tool to develop the capacity of our youth – especially…

Report sets out measures to grow democratic economy in Scotland

Commissioned by the Scottish government, the report had input from organisations including Co-operatives UK, the EOA…

Working for change: UK co-ops and community organising

How can co-ops utilise organising practices when it comes to the seventh co-operative principle?

African Union adopts 10-year social and solidarity economy strategy 

This is the second regional social economy strategy in the world to be adopted, following the…

Could deliberative mini-publics improve democratic member control in co-ops?

Deliberative mini-publics involve selecting a diverse body of citizens randomly to reason together about an issue

Revisiting the co-operative economy in a contemporary Indonesia

Mutianwar Syarahil Mutianwar Efendi, LL.B. writes for Co-op News about the role the co-op sector can…

New book suggests increased co-ops’ role in the world economy 

E. G. Nadeau's Emerging Cooperative Economy argues for ways to reshape the global system by 2050