The Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) is a multi-stakeholder partnership of global public and private institutions that champions and supports people-centred and self-sustaining cooperative enterprises as leaders in sustainable development. Learn more about our members and our work.
“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…
Report of the COPAC Open Forum. (Berlin, Germany) 21 January 2005 Download pdf Full presentations from the forum Full text of study pdf (finalised 23 February 2005) Opening Iain Macdonald, … Read more…
Report of the COPAC Open Forum 1999 (Berlin, Germany) Download pdf
Commissioned by COPAC to contribute to work of the ACC Network on Rural Development and Food Security at both international and national level in its follow-up to the recommendation of … 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…
This new third edition has been produced to incorporate more new developments that impact how cooperative law is being developed. These new developments are multiple and include a general trend … Read more…
by Johnston Birchall Joint ILO and COPAC publication, 2004 Download pdf
This book presents entrepreneurs’ cooperatives – cooperatives formed by groups of entrepreneurs, independently owned businesses, tradesmen, professionals, or by municipalities and other public bodies. It shows that cooperatives have helped … Read more…
A COPAC Commissioned Information Note. Prepared for the United Nations consultation of UN member states and the cooperative movement on the desirability and feasibility of proclaiming an International Year of … Read more…
A COPAC Commissioned Study. Background paper to the COPAC Open Forum on Fair Trade and Cooperatives 2005 (pdf) Download pdf
Report of an Expert Group Meeting organized by UNDESA, COPAC and the Government of Mongolia on 15-17 May 2002 (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) Download pdf
Report of the COPAC Open Forum 2000 (Geneva, Switzerland) Download pdf Full presentations from the forum Opening Joe Fazzio, COPAC Chair and Chief, Coop Branch, International Labour Office (ILO) Keynote … Read more…
Conference Room Paper for the First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the Outcome of the World Summit for … Read more…
Report of COPAC International Technical Meeting Rome, 8-10 November 1995 Download pdf