As a first concrete follow-up to the resolutions of the 33rd World Cooperative Congress held in December 2021, the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) is organizing an online discussion on 13 May 2022.
The World Cooperative Congress, held on the theme “Deepening our Cooperative Identity”, demonstrated how the relevance of cooperatives in building a better world lies in the genuine implementation and practice of cooperatives’ universal values and principles, claims an ICA release.
“Our movement initiated a consultative process aimed at exploring how well the Statement on the Cooperative Identity is known and understood and if it has stood the test of time since its adoption in 1995”, it adds.
The online discussion will focus on “Inform widely on the main takeaways of the 33rd World Cooperative Congress, create awareness about the global consultation on the ICA Statement on the Cooperative Identity being launched now, thematically bring together cooperators
and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) focusing on ILO’s standard-setting role, in particular through ILO Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (n°193).
The webinar is also aimed to initiate members’ engagement with the ICA in forthcoming discussions on fostering cooperation in this decade, including through events such as the 110th session of the International Labour Conference (May 27 – June 10), the 100.
International Cooperative Day on July 2, and the 20th Anniversary of ILO Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (n° 193) on June 20, 2022.
ICA exhorts members to register for the webinar. “We look forward to the large participation of cooperators from all regions and sectors in both the webinar and the survey on the cooperative identity”, reads the release.
In recent times, and in the current global context, the need to foster cooperation has never been as urgent as it is today. Our movement initiated a consultative process aimed at exploring how well the Statement on the Cooperative Identity is known and understood and if it has stood the test of time since its adoption in 1995, reads the release.