NEWS
Planning is underway. See more information on new COPAC webpage dedicated to the Year > > >. |
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2009
United Nations Secretary-General's Report |
Resilience of the cooperative business model in times of crisis: ILO report A new ILO report that was commissioned to the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) shows that cooperative enterprises around the world are proving resilient to the global economic crisis. Financial cooperatives remain financially sound; consumer cooperatives are reporting increased turnover; worker cooperatives are seeing growth as people choose the cooperative form of enterprise to respond to new economic realities. The report provides historical evidence and current empirical evidence that proves that the cooperative model of enterprise survives crisis, but more importantly that it is a sustainable form of enterprise able to withstand crisis, maintaining the livelihoods of the communities in which they operate. Read the full report. Read the full report > > > |
UN Expert Group Meeting: "Cooperatives in a World of Crisis" "Cooperatives in a world in crisis" organized by the Division for Social Policy and Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) in coordination with the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) in New York on 28-30 April 2009. |
Documents of Interest
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