so i went to the ICA (International Cooperative Alliance) website just now to look something up for my senior project (which is about building a co-op network in urban Cascadia (SLICE) - ask me about it!) and i found out something amazing that might be something huge for us co-operators, everybody we know, and for the future of our global community, coming soon…
UN proclaims 2012 International Year of Co-operatives
The ICA is pleased to announce the adoption of the UN resolution, “Co-operatives and social development” which proclaims 2012 International Year of Co-operatives. The resolution (A/RES/64/136) passed on 18 December 2009 by consensus was proposed by 55 UN Member States. It recognises that the co-operative business model is a major factor in realising economic and social development and calls on governments, international institutions, co-operatives and other stakeholders to support the development and growth of co-operatives worldwide.
See text of UN resolution - Cooperatives in Social Development
English (pdf) — Français (pdf) — Español (pdf) — Arabic (pdf) — Chinese (pdf) — Russian (pdf)
ICA Press Release: ICA commends UN on Proclamation of International Year of Co-operatives 2012
this might be something huge, no?! -hb
Tags: co-op the world!
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