Created in 1895, the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) is the global representative organisation of cooperative enterprises
across all sectors, counting 317 members from 112 countries (November 2020). The ICA unites a significant part of today’s cooperative development activities through the work of its national member federations active in development implementation and through the coordination work by its regional offices. The ICA has grown into an important global organisation promoting the cooperative model around the world, safeguarding the cooperative identity and protecting and promoting the cooperative values and principles. Why young people and cooperatives?
The research aims to provide insights on the key challenges young people are facing today, if and how cooperatives can help to address them, and how the engagement between cooperatives and youth might be improved. When identifying key focus areas for research in the regions
of Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, youth remains
