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COPAC is a successful and on-going partnership between representatives of the cooperative movement, farmers´ organizations, cooperative development agencies, and the United Nations and its agencies. Members work together on equal terms to promote and coordinate sustainable cooperative development through policy dialogues, technical cooperation and information, and concrete collaborative activities.

NEW! International Day of Cooperatives, 5 July 2008 Theme: "Confronting Climate Change through Cooperative Enterprise" --
Messages from the FAO, ICA, ILO and UN now available.
NEW! ILO CoopAfrica launches Challenge Funds to support cooperative development in Africa CoopAfrica is a partnership programme implemented by the ILO and funded by the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) to support the development and promotion of cooperatives in Africa. Partners include ICA, UK Co-operative College, International Trade Union Confederation, COPAC, and the African Union.
See more on the Challenge Funds
  New publications of interest World Bank Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development
  2007 United Nations Secretary-General's Report on Cooperatives "Cooperatives in social development" A/62/154 (pdf)
"Rôle des coopératives dans le développement social" A/62/154 (pdf)
"Las cooperativas en el desarrollo social" A/62/154 (pdf)
Arabic (pdf) -- Chinese (pdf)-- Russian (pdf)
ILO-COPAC Publication: Guidelines for Cooperative Legislation by Hagen Henry Download pdf version
  UN Handout on Cooperatives "Cooperatives at Work" (published by the United Nations Departement for Public Information) (pdf)
  Global Cooperative Campaign Against Poverty
Campaign Logo ... a call for action to the world co-operative movement
to join hands in fighting poverty ...
Policy Instruments on
Cooperatives


Statute for a European Cooperative Society
UN Guidelines on Cooperatives -- Resolution A/RES/56/114
ILO Recommendation 193 Concerning the Promotion of Cooperatives

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Comments and suggestions ? Contact the Coordinator.

MariaElena Chavez Hertig, Coordinator
Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives COPAC
15, Route des Morillons, 1218 Grand Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland.
E-mail: copac@copac.coop -- Tel. + 41 22 929 8825 -- Fax. + 41 22 798 4122

Updated: 9 July 2008

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