Summit Info

Watch the exclusive interview with Jean-Claude Detilleux, President of Coop FR, in which he shares the hope he has for the International Summit of Cooperatives: "We have aligned ourselves with the Canadian cooperative movement, we believe in the Summit's theme, we want to amaze the world. We are a model for economic recovery."

Duration : 8 min 32 s

Several partners of Développement international Desjardins, microfinance networks on 4 continents, will take part in the first Summit which will be held in Quebec City from October 8 to 11, 2012. These DID partners are members of Proxfin, an international network for study and discussion that makes financial services accessible to more than 8.5 million people around the world.

Duration : 3 min 01 s

Reflections from attendees at the 2011 National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) annual conference, on what they hope to see as the legacy of the United Nation's International Year of Cooperatives.

Duration : 7 min 35 s

Co-operatives brought women equality first says Dame Pauline on International Women's Day 2012

Duration : 5 min 43 s

As part of the International Year of Cooperatives, two Desjardins Group professionals, Valérie Racine, Strategic Advisor, People and Culture Executive Division and Dimitri Souléliac, Senior Advisor, Governance IT Security Administrative Department, discuss their experience in Haiti.

Duration : 4 min 18 s

Press conference given by five of the main players in the international cooperative movement, at the launch of the International Year of Cooperatives at UN headquarters in New York

Duration : 25 min 27 s

Declaration by Dame Pauline Green, the President of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), speaking before the United Nations General Assembly at the launch of the International Year of Cooperatives.

Duration : 10 min 26 s

Official video marking the United Nations’ launch of the International Year of Cooperatives.

Duration : 2 min 50 s

Monique F. Leroux, Chair of the Board, President and CEO of Desjardins Group, announces the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives at the Desjardins Annual General Meetings (April 11, 2011).

Duration : 1 min 41 s

Monique F. Leroux, Chair of the Board, President and CEO of Desjardins Group, speaks to the members of the Toronto Chamber of Commerce about the importance of the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives (June 2, 2011).

Duration : 1 min 31 s

In this video interview, Charles Gould describes the economic and financial challenges that will be addressed by the international cooperative and mutualist community at the International Summit of Cooperatives in Quebec City, Canada, from October 8 to 11, 2012.

Duration : 7 min 59 s

Discover Quebec City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site!

Duration : 2 min 31 s

The social economy and globalization: Global 300.

Duration : 22 min 31 s