Youth Summit in Bali, Indonesia
By Balu Aiyer 60 youth from across Asia Pacific, Europe, and America will gather for the First Youth Summit in ...
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ULCC, NCUI & ICA jointly conduct workshop
By Balu Aiyer The sprawling UL Cyber Park was the venue of the two-day workshop (August 18 and 19) on ...
Do Cooperatives Need a Separate Ministry?
By Balu Aiyer (Regional Director Asia and Pacific at International Co-operative Alliance) I recently received a query from a member ...
NCUI begins hunt for a new Chief Executive
The apex body of cooperatives in the country NCUI has begun looking for a suitable candidate for the job soon ...
What does a woman cooperator want?
By Balu Iyer (Women's Day Special) I didn’t need to shock myself with an electric hairdryer like the character Nick ...
Against all odds – women cooperatives in Palestine
By Balu Aiyer There was muted excitement in the group as we set out to visit women cooperatives in the ...
Nepal Co-op Chief thanks Awasthi and Balu
The 25th April quake which claimed about 9000 lives and numbed Nepal also saw a unique response from the global ...
Large banks – too big to fail;Co-op banks-too big to be a cooperative!
By Balu Aiyer I recently had the opportunity to share the stage with luminaries from the banking sector and stalwarts ...
Cooperators stumped by Pauline’s decision to quit
Cooperators in India were surprised when the news of premature retirement of the high-profile International Co-operative Alliance’s president Pauline Green ...
Pauline Green to step down as ICA president
After its General Assembly in November, the International Co-operative Alliance’s president Pauline Green is to step down following a cut ...
Poor monsoon can help Co-op improve its image: Balu
Balasubraminyam Iyer, Regional Director of International Cooperative Alliance in this part of the world sees the specter of poor monsoon ...
FISHCOPFED celebrates 5th World Fisheries Co-op Day
Keeping pace with the global cooperative calendar FISHCOPFED-the apex body of fisheries cooperatives at national level celebrated 5th World Fisheries ...
Odisha State Co-op Bank into building relationships
By Balu Iyer We build relationships! This is the sign that greets a visitor who enters the head office of ...
Appeal to aid earthquake victims in Nepal
By Anca Voinea As death toll climbs, co-operative organisations have been trying to contact their members in Nepal. The Co-operative ...
Buldana: A co-operative heeds the Clean India Call
By Balu Iyer, RD ICA (A-P) As one drives into Buldana, one notices, one side of the road is litter ...
