#IYC2025
The UN has declared 2025 as the International Year of the Cooperative. Throughout the year we look forward to sharing more info about cooperatives and how they build a better world. Did you know that Minnesota is home to some of the largest cooperatives in the country?

#IYC2025
February 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We are proud to be part of a global movement celebrating #CoopsDay on Saturday July 5th. We are proud to work with our members to build a truly co-operative economy.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #workercooperatives #gocoop @usworker.coop @icacoop.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Join us in celebrating co-ops around the world this Saturday. The United Nations declared this year's theme to be the #InternationalYearOfCooperatives. Support #IYC2025 and #gocoop #workercooperatives #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #cooperatives
July 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We're joining co-ops around the world during United Nations Year of Co-operatives to raise awareness of how co-ops are open to all, democratic, and meet need over profit. Join us with this media kit from @icacoop.bsky.social #IYC2025

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Overview About the United Nation’s International Year of Cooperatives 2025 (IYC2025) The United Nations has declared 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives, with the theme “Cooperatives Build ...
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February 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We're taking part in activities and programming for the UN Int'l Year of Co-ops. Today we attended "Thriving Together: Strengthening Co-op Networks" organized by Int'l Centre for Co-op Mgmt. We want to support and promote our members as much as possible and we're using #IYC2025 all we can to do so.
January 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
📢 BLOG ALERT: The Beauty and the Beast As One 💡
👉https://tinyurl.com/yc7hzudp

Latest in our blog series to celebrate International Year of #Cooperatives contrasts the beauty of cooperatives as a concept, but a beauty that is all too commonly neglected in practice.

#FinancialInclusion #IYC2025
July 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🌍 Celebrating #Cooperatives – Building a Better World 🌱
👉https://tinyurl.com/4nze359c

Learn how e-MFP members are actively engaged in #empowering communities through cooperative models — whether as cooperatives themselves or as organisations working closely with them.

#IYC2025
July 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
📢 BLOG: Listening, Learning, Improving: How Client Voices are Central to Bettering #Cooperatives’ Outcomes
👉https://tinyurl.com/y6rrddwa

Our member Oikocredit dives into how #clientvoice — often overlooked—can become a powerful catalyst for improving #cooperative performance and impact.
#IYC2025
July 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🌾BLOG ALERT: Strengthening Armenia’s Agricultural #Cooperatives: Lessons from the Jinishian Memorial Foundation’s Two-Decade Journey
👉 tinyurl.com/yp2w32ny

What does it take to empower #farmers, build #resilience in #rural communities & create sustainable #agricultural ecosystems?

#IYC2025
Strengthening Armenia’s Agricultural Cooperatives: Lessons from the Jinishian Memorial Foundation’s Two-Decade Journey
Author: Gevorg Aboyan, Jinishian Memorial Foundation.In the fourth in our blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives, Gevorg Aboyan from Jinishian Memorial Foundation (JMF) explai...
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June 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🌍BLOG ALERT: Are Cooperatives Fit for Purpose in Accelerating a Sustainable Transition in Africa?
👉https://tinyurl.com/bdemrfdx

Key takeaway:
🌱 #Cooperatives are not only fit for purpose — they’re essential to Africa’s #green and #inclusive future.

#IYC2025 #financialinclusion
June 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🌍BLOG ALERT: #Cooperatives- A Key Driver for MFIs to Improve the Livelihoods of Cocoa-Producing Communities
👉 tinyurl.com/559kehdn

Our latest e-MFP blog to celebrate the Int. Year of Cooperatives focuses on Advans Côte d'Ivoire now reaching 130K+ farmers with tailored financial tools #IYC2025
Cooperatives: A Key Driver for MFIs to Improve the Livelihoods of Cocoa-Producing Communities
Authors: Albert Dah & Armel Katinan OuattaraIn the third in a new blog series to celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives, Armel Ouattara and Albert Dah from Advans Côte d'Ivoire explain the r...
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May 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Did you know?

If the world's 300 largest co-ops were a single country, it would be the 8th biggest economy on Earth. #IYC2025
January 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
TIL that #2025 is an [[International Year of Cooperatives]]!

https://www.un.org/en/desa/cooperatives-launch-2025-international-year

> The UN General Assembly (...) declared 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives ( #IYC2025 ) to be celebrated under the theme [[Cooperatives Build a Better
January 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
EMERGE Recycling & @emergetouchwood.bsky.social are proud to be a community cooperative (aka Community Benefit Society). Owned by our 130 members who are committed to building a fairer, more sustainable economy & environment.
Join us 👉https://www.emergerecycling.co.uk/share-offer/
#IYC2025
June 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🌍 2025: Any Internacional de les Cooperatives.

Celebra-ho pujant a la mobilitat elèctrica cooperativa. Puja a Ecotxe!

➡️ https://url.pangea.org/m2501aic

#coop #cooperativa #cooperatives #Carsharing #mobilitat #sostenible #CotxeCompartit #iyc2025 #coopsbuildabetterworld #palma #mallorca
January 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Entre las figuras clave de. Las organizaciones representativas estatales, el presidente de COCETA, Luís Miguel Jurado, exponiendo como las #CooperativasDeTrabajo son exponentes de transformación social con más igualdad, sostenibilidad y empleo indefinido, en #IYC2025
#SomosCoop
La UJA acoge el XX Congreso Internacional de CIRIEC-España, reuniendo a figuras clave del ámbito científico y representativo a nivel nacional e internacional.

https://diariodigital.ujaen.es/investigacion-y-transferencia/destacan-el-papel-fundamental-de-la-universidad-en-el-fomento-del
April 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Peace grows when communities have a voice. Ahead of #CoopsDay2026, discover how cooperatives contribute to SDG 16 through inclusion, participation, and trust.

📘 ica.coop/en/media/lib...

#CoopsDay #CoopsDay2026 #SDG16 #IYC2025 #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Coops4Peace |
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June 17, 2026 at 11:18 AM
🌏 The ICA-AP Annual Activities Report 2025 is out — 22 countries, one landmark year for cooperatives across Asia & the Pacific.

👉 icaap.coop/2026/05/18/ica…#IYC202525#Cooperativese#AAR20252#Reportr#annualreportrt

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May 18, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Last year in Colombo, the 12th Asia-Pacific Cooperative Forum brought leaders together to discuss finance, policy, and storytelling for stronger cooperatives.

📄 Read the report:
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#CoopsBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025
March 13, 2026 at 9:04 AM
✨ Happy New Year from the International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific.
As we step into the new year, here’s a look back at IYC2025, on how cooperatives across Asia-Pacific came together to celebrate, collaborate, and build a better world.
#HappyNewYear #IYC2025
International Year of Cooperatives 2025 in Asia and Pacific - A Recap
YouTube video by ICA Asia and Pacific
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December 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🎧 Listen to the episode and subscribe to the series:

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5uGG...

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/t...

#IYC2025 #Cooperatives #SocialAndSolidarityEconomy
December 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
As the #IYC2025 comes to a close, the conversation on democratic, member owned enterprises continues.

WorkWise Pod launches its 'Social and Solidarity Economy' series with an opening episode on cooperatives, featuring Mr. Balu Iyer, Regional Director, ICA-AP
December 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Panels on governance and access to credit and on digitalisation and transformation, led by Ms Kiriwandeniya and Ms Murali, featured Chief Guest Dr Chandrapal Singh Yadav and speakers from Sri Lanka, India, the Philippines and Jordan. #CreditAndBankingCooperatives #IYC2025
December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Congratulations to the newly elected ICA Asia and Pacific Regional Board 2025 to 2029, led by President Dr Chandrapal Singh Yadav (NCUI), with new members from #Jordan and #Thailand and youth voice from Dulce Bustamante. #ICAAPRA2025 #AyubowanCoops #IYC2025
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM