Agriculture is a key activity in Sri Lanka, but is mainly practiced by poor smallholders who farm very small parcels of land. Plus, farm yields are subject to unstable weather conditions and wide price fluctuations that threaten farmers’ incomes. Under such conditions, crop insurance is seen as essential to safeguarding farmer assets. But, to make […]
National Auditing Union of Workers Co-operatives (NAUWC)
Established on 14th November 1991 as a successor of an organisation liquidated during the political transformation in Poland, NAUWC associates production and service co-operatives and cooperates also with social co-operatives. Moreover, the Students Development Cooperative Fund belongs to NAUWC. The statutory activities include auditing, training and archiving documents and are conducted through Regional Offices located […]
Breaking Free From Deep-Rooted Sexism
Founded by nine young unemployed women in 1990 in Scalea, a pretty town along the Calabrian coast, the Idea 90 social cooperative quickly became a local leader in childcare provision. It now works with public authorities and many businesses in the local area to provide a range of services, mostly for children (nurseries, summer schools) […]
Idea 90
Idea 90 is a social cooperative founded in 1990 in Scalea (Calabria), Italy. It quickly became a leader in providing socio-educational services for children. For over 20 years it has worked to alleviate problems faced in the region and in 2010 Idea 90 served as the voice of the third sector in discussions regarding planning […]
Small savings, big development for farmers in northern Uganda
Small savings, big development is the motto of Koboko United Cooperative, a savings and credit co-operative (SACCO) in northern Uganda, an area that is still recovering from the effects of civil war. One of the best SACCOs in the West Nile region, its nine employees serve 2780 members. Established in 2003, Koboko SACCO is addressing […]
Finnish Cooperative Banks Shape Their Own Destiny
Cooperative banks are hugely important in Finland, with a combined market share of over one-third, one of the highest in Europe. The cooperative banking sector in the country was shaken up in the 1990s, when a minority of banks split from the central cooperative banking group, OP Group. They formed their own competing cooperative banking […]
POP Pankkiliitto (POP Bank Alliance)
POP Pankki (POP Bank) is a cooperative banking group comprised currently of 36 independent cooperative banks.
Willy Street Co-op
A full-service grocery cooperative specializing in natural, organic and locally produced foods. Our Deli features delicious hot food, vegan bakery and a fresh soup and salad bar. Visit our juice and coffee bar; then see our fresh seafood, freshly baked bread, and our acclaimed produce department, full of organic and local fruit and vegetables. You […]
Valuing the work of care
CADIAI is one of Italys most established social services cooperatives. It was founded in Bologna in 1974 by 30 people, 27 of whom were women. The founders had experience in care, whether as informal workers, home carers, in nursing homes or private rest homes or assisting children and the elderly. Their aims were to ensure […]
GoCoop
GoCoop is an organization dedicated to socio-economic development of co-ops and self-help groups (SHGs) through technology innovation. In this endeavour, GoCoop.com is a web-based global collaboration platform for Co-ops which helps them connect, collaborate and co-operate. The GoCoop.com platform leverages information and communication technology and enables cooperative organizations to communicate and collaborate with their members […]