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The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) is a non-governmental cooperative organization founded in 1895 to unite, represent and serve cooperatives worldwide. The ICA is the custodian of the internationally recognised definition, values and principles of a cooperative in the ICA Statement on the Cooperative Identity.
The original Rochdale Principles were officially adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) in 1937 as the Rochdale Principles of Co-operation. Updated versions of the principles were adopted by the ICA in 1966 as the Co-operative Principles and in 1995 as part of the Statement on the Co-operative Identity. [1]
CICOPA (International Organisation of Cooperatives in Industry and Services) [2] is a branch of the International Cooperative Alliance. Founded in 1947, [3] CICOPA has a membership of 46 national and regional cooperative federations or support organizations. CICOPA is active in 30 countries, promoting worker cooperatives, social cooperatives ...
The All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives became a member of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) on 14 August 1985. [ 2 ] Subordinate organizations
2012 was designated as the International Year of Cooperatives by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 2009. [ 1 ] The designation has honored the use of cooperative organizations to contribute to socio-economic development across the world. [ 2 ]
Cooperatives Europe is the European regional office of the International Co-operative Alliance and acts for cooperative enterprises in Europe. Representing 83 member organisations from 33 European countries, [1] across all business sectors (data from 2014). Cooperatives Europe promotes the cooperative business model in Europe and advocates for ...
Organizations grouping almost all the countries in their respective continents. Note that Turkey is a member of both the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD). See also: international organization. Several smaller regional organizations with non-overlapping memberships. Several non-overlapping large alliances.
A second common form of co-operative federation is a co-operative union, whose objective (according to Gide) is “to develop the spirit of solidarity among societies and... in a word, to exercise the functions of a government whose authority, it is needless to say, is purely moral.” [2] Co-operatives UK and the International Co-operative Alliance are examples of such arrangements.