COPAC revealed the preliminary findings of its research work on women’s empowerment and gender equality in cooperatives at two global conferences in Antalya, Turkey in November 2015. Dr Fiona Duguid, … Read more…
How exactly can agriculture cooperatives and producer organisations contribute to global food security and increased nutrition in the context of the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals? What do cooperatives need … Read more…
“Many of the global challenges we’re facing derive from a business model that puts financial return ahead of human need—that values short-term gain over long-term sustainability. That’s why the cooperative model … Read more…
To celebrate the 2015 International Day of Cooperatives, COPAC will host an event on 8 July 2015 at United Nations Headquarters in New York under the theme “Choose cooperatives, choose … Read more…
During the 74th Annual Board Meeting of COPAC in New York, members appointed the International Co-operative Alliance as the next chair of the partnership, for a term of two years. … Read more…
The members of COPAC have selected equality as the theme for the 2015 International Day of Cooperatives, to be celebrated on 4 July 2015, with an accompanying slogan of “Choose … Read more…
Amina J. Mohammed, Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning, thanked COPAC for its inputs to the Secretary-General’s synthesis report on the Post-2015 Agenda. In her letter, … Read more…