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"Driving global recovery through co-operative enterprise"

The decision of the UN to celebrate an international day with the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) highlights the complementarity of the goals and objectives of the United Nations and the international co-operative movement. Both the ICA and UN Days are celebrated on the same day - the first Saturday in July every year.

This year the theme of the International Day focuses on the opportunities for co-operatives to highlight how they not only promote economic growth, but also promote their ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. It underlines the fact that co-operatives are enterprises that can effectively contribute to global economic recovery, but also that these enterprises will do so in respect of the co-operative values and principles which guide their operations.

The theme also allows stakeholders to address the response of the cooperative movement to crisis - financial, food, values. However, it is key to be reminded that cooperatives serve their members needs in both good and bad times whether it be economically, socially and/or culturally. They are not tools to address crisis, but a sustainable form of enterprise that outlives crisis and drives recovery.

Get Informed

Watch some interesting stories on Ethical.TV:

Find out:

- What it is a Co-operative
- What are the Cooperative Values and Principles

And, visit the website of:

- The International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
- The Division for Social Development of United Nations
- Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC)
- The Co-operative College
- The Co-operative TV