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Mutuals and insurance cooperatives more resilient than the rest of the insurance market
During the 2007 and 2008 global economic crises, mutuals and insurance cooperatives in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and in the European market consistently outperformed the rest of the insurance market. This is the main finding to emerge from a series of Market InSights reports rel... >>
Vietnam Cooperative Alliance rewards two SOCODEVI employees
The Vietnam Cooperative Alliance recognized SOCODEVI's contribution to the development of cooperatives in Vietnam by awarding medals of honour to two of the organization's employees. Kim Sa, SOCODEVI-Vietnam coordinator, and Maxime Prud'Homme, program manager (photo), received this prestigious honou... >>
Talk about your success to build a better future
On June 26–28, 2013, cooperators from coast to coast will meet in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for the joint Congress of the Canadian Co-operative Association and Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité (CCCM), held in cooperation with the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association an... >>
Despite record unemployment, cooperatives have created 8,000 new jobs in Spain
In the third quarter of 2012, Spanish cooperatives created 7.2% more new jobs at a time when more than 6.2 million Spaniards were out of work. The figures published by the Spanish ministry of employment confirm that Spanish cooperatives created 8,000 new jobs in the first half of 2012. According to ... >>
The voices of one billion members of cooperatives need to be heard.
— Dame Pauline Green, ICA President
An interactive session with Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), and stakeholders of Indian cooperative organizations and representatives of the government was organized by the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) on April 24, 2013, at the NCUI campus... >>
Young cooperators to gather in Guanajuato, Mexico
The International Seminar of Youth will be held in the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, June 14 through 16, 2013. The central theme of the seminar will be cooperative project management. The International Seminar of Youth is just one event on the 2013 calendar of the International Co-operative Alliance (... >>
Come out for the World Credit Union Conference
Following in the footsteps Gdansk, Poland, in 2012, it's Ottawa's turn to host the 2013 World Credit Union Conference. It all takes place July 14 to 17 at the Ottawa Convention Centre. The annual four-day conference has been a popular event since its inception in 2005 and brings together the heads o... >>
Help the cooperative movement fashion its global brand image
Co-operators and co-operatives the world over are invited to take the co-operative global identity survey for the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). Their views on the worldwide cooperative movement will be used to design a global brand image for the cooperative movement. Calverts, a small L... >>
Co-operatives committed to community development
In March 2012 a workshop on consumer co-operative strategies for local involvement was held in Rome, Italy. This one-day workshop organized by Euro Coop brought together experts from the European consumer co-operative movement and Euro Coop members. As a follow-up to this workshop, in December 2012 ... >>
The Co-operators: Number one company for sustainable development
The highly regarded magazine Corporate Knights* recently announced that The Co-operators—a Canadian insurance leader for 60 years—topped its list of the world's 35 most sustainable co-ops operating in G-7 countries. To establish its rankings, Corporate Knights looks at a variety of indicators measur... >>
