New SG Report on Cooperatives in Social Development
The latest Report of the Secretary-General on Cooperatives in Social Development reviews national and international actions taken by cooperatives in response to the corona virus disease; and recommends that governments create policies and programmes to leverage the cooperative enterprise model for a more inclusive and resilient recovery, by scaling up the provision of cooperative health-care […]
The circular economy, cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy
Introduction In his report to the 59th Commission for Social Development on the priority theme of socially just transition towards sustainable development (E/CN.5/2021/3), the Secretary- General pointed out that “By adopting the 2030 Agenda, world leaders recognized that the current trajectory of economic development has not led to shared prosperity for all, but to […]
2021 International Day of Cooperatives: Let’s “Rebuild better together”
This July 3rd, the International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay) will be celebrated as “Rebuild better together”. Cooperatives around the world will showcase how they are meeting the COVID-19 pandemic crisis with solidarity and resilience and offering communities a people-centred and environmentally just recovery. In the fields of health, agriculture, production, retail, finance, housing, employment, education, […]
ASG Spatolisano calls for Social and Solidarity Economy actors to join with the United Nations Decade of Action for the SDGs
Assistant Secretary General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Ms Maria Francesca Spatolisano, participated in the closing panel at the 2020 Mont Blanc Meetings, organized for the Social and Solidarity Economy Forum International, 1st October 2020. The biannual meetings are attended by policy-makers, social and solidarity economy practitioners, academics and civil society with the aim […]
2020 International Day of Cooperatives on “Coops 4 Climate Action”
No country is immune from it. Greenhouse gas emissions are more than 50 percent higher than it was in 1990, and global warming is causing long-lasting changes to our climate system which threatens irreversible consequences if we do not act. Cooperatives for Climate Action was chosen as this year’s theme to address this, and to […]
2019 International Day of Cooperatives on “COOPS 4 DECENT WORK”
The 2019 International Day of Cooperatives will be celebrated at the United Nations on Monday 8th July 2019 (the actual day falls on the first Saturday of July, and this year it is on 6 July). The theme for this year’s celebration is COOPS 4 DECENT WORK. The celebration will feature the screening of a short documentary […]
UN DESA Holds a Training Workshop on Cooperative Healthcare
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), in collaboration with AFRIKAM Centre of the Istanbul Aydin University, organised a training workshop on the role of cooperatives in sustainable development with particular focus on its contribution to achieving the sustainable development goal target 3 – the provision of universal health care. The […]
Harnessing the Power of Cooperatives to achieve Sustainable Development for All
In the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, Member States recognized the important role of cooperatives, stating that: “we acknowledge the role of the diverse private sector, ranging from micro-enterprises to cooperatives in the implementation of the new Agenda.” The United Nations has also consistently called for the promotion and development of cooperatives as inclusive and socially responsible […]
In Focus
Intl. Day of Cooperatives
In resolution 47/90 of 16 December 1992, the General Assembly proclaims "the first Saturday of July 1995 to be International Day of Cooperatives, marking the centenary of the establishment of the ICA..".
