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Programme of Activities HEALTH PROMOTION IN AFRICA THROUGH CO-OPERATIVES From 28 May to 1 June 2019 The African region of the International Co-operative Alliance is organising a conference in Zimbabwe with the involvement of government representatives, experts and co-operative leaders, on the topic “Health promotion and well-being in Africa through co-operatives”, with the aim of sharing successful experiences in different countries and exploring opportunities for health co-operatives in the development of the healthcare sector in Africa.
CO-OPERATIVES EUROPE ASSEMBLY 6 and 7 June 2019 Co-operatives Europe, the organisation that unites together 84 co-operative organisations from 33 European countries, will be holding its General Assembly in Strasbourg, France. Co-operatives Europe represents 141 million co-operative members linked to 176,000 co-operative enterprises that generate 4.7 million jobs.
7th GLOBAL CONGRESS OF SOCIAL ECONOMY RESEARCHERS 6 to 9 June 2019 Organised by the Solidarity Laboratory at Bucharest University, the new Romanian division of CIRIEC, the Congress will focus on the general topic of “Social and Solidarity economy: advancing towards a new economic system”.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CO-OPERATIVES 6 July 2019 This year International Day of Co-operatives will have the slogan “Co-operatives 4 Decent Work”. In dedicating this year’s celebration to decent work, the co-operative movement aims to launch the message that co-operatives are people-centred enterprises that prioritise human development and social justice in the field of employment. The International Day of Co-operatives has been celebrated on the first Saturday in July since 1953 and showcases the values and principles of co-operative enterprises and their contribution to social and economic development.
EUROPEAN CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCH CONFERENCE 21 to 23 August 2019 New technologies, environmental risks and increasingly integrated markets are transforming the principles of social interaction. Modern co-operative enterprises make an active contribution to fundamental changes in political, business and cultural contexts. At the conference, organised in Berlin by the research committee of the International Co-operative Alliance, debates will be held as to the role of co-operatives in response to these transformations.
GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON CO-OPERATIVES AND DEVELOPMENT 14 to 17 October 2019 The International Co-operative Alliance is organising its global conference on co-operatives and development, to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, under the auspices of the Government of the Republic of Rwanda, and with the support of the local co-operative movement. Co-operative members from all round the world, civil society actors, development agencies, political leaders and representatives of international organisations will be debating the issues of development and the role of co-operatives in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.