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Global news hub lifts co-operatives' news coverage
The ICA is bringing a 24-hour news service to its members. The Co-operative Press Limited is preparing to launch an online news hub in September that will provide a news feed which ICA members can both access and contribute to. read more
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Re-birth of internet domains recharges dotCoop
A seachange in internet domains is changing the way dotCoop can do business. Carolyn Hoover discusses with the eDigest why business is hotting up for dotCoop. read more
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Coop'Art asks youth to get creative
Coop'Art is the brainchild of the ICA's youth representative. It's the ICA's way of getting youth involved in the 2012 celebrations. The competition opens in November. read more
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Policy director has wins in EU, decade at the UN
The ICA's new Director of Policy has driven through European legislation, has spent a decade at the United Nations and is a newly-minted champion for the co-operative movement. Betsy Dribben lives in Washington D.C. but has spent her career jumping between Europe and the US. read more
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The older person is always the other
ICA Director-General Charles Gould spent part of June visiting co-operatives in Japan. Making one of the biggest impressions on him was a1000-bed co-operative hospital – Saku Central Hospital — one of the largest in the country with more than 37,000 beds. It is one of 117 co-operative hospitals in Japan. read more
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I'm a co-operator campaign's leadership expedition
The CIC Insurance Group, Kenya, hopes to impact 3000 young people directly and thousands more indirectly in a campaign to enlist young people in the co-operative movement. “I’m a Co-operator” is a campaign targeted at university students features campus talks and a 5-day Leadership Expedition in July. read more
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IYC:Europe is ready-set-go!
A few months before the launch of UN International Year of Co-operatives, the European co-operative movement met in Moscow between 30-31 May to prepare for the year-long celebration. read about the preparations here
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ICA welcomes Iranian co-operative fund as member
The Co-operative Investment Guarantee Fund (CIGF) of Iran has been made an Associate Member of the ICA. read about CIGF here
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Author to study potential of co-op banks in 2012
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the question of who owns banks has become crucial. The conventional narrative has been a massive bailout of private banks, taken into public ownership, but when they become viable, returned to their investor-owners. read more
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Membership - Emerging from misunderstanding
The same author, Johnston Birchall, has also published a book on a new means of viewing business. He distinguishes between member and investor owned organisations. read more
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Brazil designs for International Day of Co-ops 2011
UN International Day of Co-operatives has sparked initiatives worldwide, but in Brazil they're taking it to youth through marketing. see the designs here
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IFCO and KNFC adopt fisheries co-operators pledge
The first World Fisheries Co-operative Day was held in Korea on 16 July. ICFO and KNFC also adopted "The Fisheries Co-operators' Pledge to the Fisherman of the World" to improve the quality of fishermen's lives and to build a brighter future for fisheries worldwide. read more
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International Day of Co-operatives 2011
2 July - International Day of Co-operatives "Youth are the future of co-operative enterprise". Events worldwide. http://www.ica.coop/activities/idc.html
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ICA Africa board meeting
25-28 July - ICA Africa Regional Board meeting and Ministers in Charge of Co-operatives meeting, Windhoek, Namibia: ica@icaafrica.coop
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