International Co-operative Day
International Co-operative Day is an annual celebration of the co-operative movement observed on the first Saturday in July since 1923 by the International Co-operative Alliance.
On December 16, 1992, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed in resolution 47/90 "the first Saturday of July 1995 to be International Day of Cooperatives, marking the centenary of the establishment of the International Cooperative Alliance."[1] Since 1995 the United Nations' International Day of Co-operatives has been observed jointly alongside International Co-operative Day.[2]
Co-operatives around the world celebrate the day in various fashions and each year the organising institutions agree on a theme for the celebrations. The 2010 theme was Cooperative Enterprise Empowers Women, to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action.[3]
Previous years' themes
- 2009: Driving Recovery through Co-operative Enterprise[4]
- 2008: Confronting Climate Change through Co-operative Enterprise[5][6]
- 2007 Co-operative Values and Principles for Corporate Social responsibility[7]
- 2006 Peace-building through Co-operatives[8]
- 2005: Microfinance is OUR business! Cooperating out of poverty[9]
- 2004: Co-operatives for Fair Globalisation: Creating Opportunities for All[10][11]
- 2003: Co-operatives Make Development Happen!: The contribution of co-operatives to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals[12]
- 2002: Society and Co-operatives: Concern for Community[13]
- 2001: The Co-operative Advantage in the Third Millennium[14]
- 2000: Co-operatives and Employment Promotion[15]
- 1999: Public Policy and Co-operative Legislation[16]
- 1998: Cooperatives and the Globalization of the Economy[17]
- 1997: The Co-operative Contribution to World Food Security[18]
- 1996: Co-operative Enterprise: Empowerment for People-centred Sustainable Development[18]
- 1995: The ICA Centennial and the Next 100 Years of International Co-operation[18]
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