International Co-operative Day explained

Holiday Name:	International Day of Cooperatives
Type:	international
Nickname:	CoopsDay
Observedby:	Cooperatives all over the world
Week Ordinal:	first
Weekday:	Saturday
Month:	July
Duration:	1 day
Frequency:	Annual
Celebrations:	Multiple world wide events
Firsttime:	1995
Relatedto:	International Co-operative Alliance

International Cooperative Day is an annual celebration of the cooperative movement observed on the first Saturday in July since 1923 by the International Cooperative 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 Cooperatives has been observed jointly alongside International Cooperative Day.^[2]

Cooperatives 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

• 2023 Cooperatives for sustainable development
• 2022 Cooperatives Build a Better World
• 2021: Rebuild better together^[4]
• 2020: Cooperatives For Climate Action^[5]
• 2019: COOPS 4 DECENT WORK^[6]
• 2018: Sustainable consumption and production
• 2017: Cooperatives ensure no one is left behind
• 2016: Cooperatives: The power to act for a sustainable future.
• 2015: Choose cooperatives, choose equality
• 2014: Cooperative enterprises achieve sustainable development for all.
• 2013: Cooperative enterprise remains strong in time of crisis.
• 2012: Cooperative enterprises build a better world.
• 2011: Youth, the future of co-operative enterprise
• 2010: Cooperative Enterprise Empowers Women
• 2009: Driving Recovery through Cooperative Enterprise^[7]
• 2008: Confronting Climate Change through Cooperative Enterprise^{[8] [9]}
• 2007 Cooperative Values and Principles for Corporate Social responsibility^[10]
• 2006 Peace-building through Cooperatives^[11]
• 2005: Microfinance is OUR business! Cooperating out of poverty^[12]
• 2004: Cooperatives for Fair Globalisation: Creating Opportunities for All^{[13] [14]}
• 2003: Cooperatives Make Development Happen!: The contribution of co-operatives to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals^[15]
• 2002: Society and Cooperatives: Concern for Community^[16]
• 2001: The Cooperative Advantage in the Third Millennium^[17]
• 2000: Cooperatives and Employment Promotion^[18]
• 1999: Public Policy and Cooperative Legislation^[19]
• 1998: Cooperatives and the Globalization of the Economy^[20]
• 1997: The Cooperative Contribution to World Food Security^[21]
• 1996: Cooperative Enterprise: Empowerment for People-centred Sustainable Development^[21]
• 1995: The ICA Centennial and the Next 100 Years of International Cooperation^[21]

External links

• ICA Day information from the International Co-operative Alliance
• IDC information from the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC)
• Information portal on the social economy in GREECE

Notes and References

1. http://unclef.com/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntlCoops/index.html International Day of Cooperatives.
2. [Jan Kavan|Kavan, Jan]
3. http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/264892/88th-international-cooperative-alliance-international-cooperative-day 88th International Cooperative Alliance International Cooperative Day.
4. Web site: 2021-06-29. 2021 Theme. 2021-06-29. International day of cooperatives.
5. Web site: 2020-07-04. International Co-operative Day 2020: Learn Its Date, Theme and Significance. 2020-07-06. News18.
6. https://blog.evergalax.com/lifestyle/international-day-of-cooperative-theme/ International Day Of Cooperative, Theme
7. http://www.fao-ilo.org/news-ilo/detail/en/news/22269/icode/?no_cache=1 15th United Nations International Day of Cooperatives: "Driving global recovery through cooperative enterprise."
8. http://www.coopseurope.coop/spip.php?article625 86th ICA International Cooperative Day.
9. Mathes, Rohan. Co-operatives must go global - PM. Sri Lanka Daily News. 6 September 2008.
10. https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/obv637.doc.htm International Day of Cooperatives to Highlight Corporate Social Responsibility.
11. [Juan Somavía|Somavía, Juan]
12. http://www.i-newswire.com/panel-discussion-on-cooperatives/a26720 Panel Discussion on Cooperatives, Microfinance to mark International Day of Cooperatives, 23 June.
13. http://www.agra.com.na/print_med/docs/leading_july04.pdf International Day of Cooperatives promotes Fair Globalisation.
14. Menya, Davis. Co-op day this weekend. Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. 1 July 2004.
15. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=38471 UNAG organises peace walk.
16. https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/social/panels/coop/index.html Panel on "Society and Cooperatives: Concern for Community."
17. http://www.ica.coop/activities/idc/2001.html 79th ICA International Co-operative Day, 7th UN International Day of Cooperatives.
18. http://www.coop.org/activities/idc/2000.html 78th ICA International Co-operative Day, 6th UN International Day of Cooperatives.
19. http://www.australia.coop/ncu_22_1999_4_aug.pdf Public Policy and Co-operative Legislation.
20. [Kofi Annan|Annan, Kofi]
21. http://www.ica.coop/publications/digest/28-digest.pdf Planning Underway for 2005 International Co-operatives Day.