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Welcome to the official website on the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC). Here you will find information on events planned throughout the year, as well as suggestions on how to get involved and participate.

International years are declared by the United Nations to draw attention to and encourage action on major issues. The International Year of Cooperatives is intended to raise public awareness of the invaluable contributions of cooperative enterprises to poverty reduction, employment generation and social integration. The Year will also highlight the strengths of the cooperative business model as an alternative means of doing business and furthering socioeconomic development.

For more information on the aims and objectives of the Year, please visit our "About IYC".

Event to discuss the Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in enhancing Smallholder Farmer's Entrepreneurship Skills

Malta IYC National Committee launched "Lil hinn mill-Bieb"

The Almería Agricultural Cooperative Model: creating successful economic and social communities, presentation by Ms. Cynthia Giagnocavo, University of Almería, Spain.

International Conference on the Cooperative Responses to Global Challenges in Berlin on March 21-23, 2012

Call for Papers: 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives

Rabobank Group has come forward as the first donor to the International Year of Cooperatives.

United Nations launched the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) at the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday, 31 October 2011 | Programme | Photos | Videos | Summary of Events during the IYC launch