📬 The first ICA Newsletter of 2026 is out!
From the global impact of #IYC2025 to a historic UN resolution declaring a #CoopsYear every decade, plus key updates on policy, data, events & what’s next #Beyond2025.
Check your inbox or read it here 👇
🔗 bit.ly/icajan2026
Following the success of the #CoopsYear in 2012 and 2025, the resolution “calls for the proclamation of an International Year of Cooperatives every 10 years … to encourage effective leveraging of the cooperative enterprise model to advance social and economic development”.
Historic UN decision 🚨
On 15 Dec 2025, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for an International Year of Cooperatives every 10 years, following #CoopsYear 2025 and 2012.
Read the full press release here: ica.coop/en/media/lib...
#Beyond2025
Cooperatives took the spotlight in 2025.
Our president Giuseppe Guerini reflects in the @csogroupeesc.bsky.social newsletter.
Read more via @CSOGroupEESC 👇
🔗 www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-medi...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Beyond2025 #CoopsYear #IYC2025
📘 Read the SDG 13 Policy Brief: Cooperative Contributions to Climate Action
🔗 www.copac.coop/iyc-2025-ser...
#IYC2025 #SDG13 #ClimateAction #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #CoopsYear
3️⃣ Expand co-op access to finance & markets
4️⃣ Invest in cooperative education & capacity
5️⃣ Build cross-sector partnerships
#CoopsYear
This series will:
✨ Spotlight research from young and emerging scholars
✨ Foster dialogue across regions and disciplines
✨ Connect senior researchers with new voices
✨ Give practitioners access to cutting-edge cooperative insights
#IYC2025 #CoopsYear
*Recent Loan Update*
Sow True Seed of Asheville, North Carolina, borrowed funds to refinance a loan and enhance their online presence. This women-owned worker co-op supports sustainable food production and regenerative agriculture.
#gocoop #CoopsYear #workercooperatives
sowtrueseed.com/pages/about
We also celebrated the ICA–@FAIRTRADE Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2024, strengthening our shared commitment to fair, people-centred economies.
🔗 Read more: fairtrade-advocacy.org/posts/203-fa...
#CoopsYear #Beyond2025 #FairTrade
*Borrower Update*
Irvington Court Realty Co. of Indianapolis, IN, borrowed funds for renovations & repairs. This housing co-op has a majority of women members and is home to 18 families.
We are thankful to this co-op who have borrowed from us multiple times. #gocoop #housingcooperatives #CoopsYear
Our conversation touched on:
• Guyana’s cooperative roots
• The country’s commitments to its people
• Opportunities for collaboration
• How cooperative identity shapes national development
#IYC2025 #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Guyana #Beyond2025 #Cooperatives #CoopsYear
Hi! I'm Kaśka again from Kooperatywa Spożywcza Dobrze / “Dobrze” Food Cooperative in Warsaw, Poland.
Today, let me show you what our shop looks like and tell you more about the work we do.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025 #CoopsYear #ADayInTheLifeOfACooperator
Ja és ben hora!
El Govern de les #IllesBalears no ha fet RES, però RES, per les #cooperatives en l'Any Internacional de les Cooperatives declarat per l'ONU.
"La Federació de Cooperatives es reuneix amb tots els grups parlamentaris per demanar-los suport a l’economia social"
#CoopsYear #ICY […]
These stories don’t just belong to the past. They’re alive today.
Explore the living map, discover cooperative stories from every region, and nominate sites or traditions that matter to your community.
Start here → www.culturalheritage.coop
#Coops4Culture #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
Why support #opportunitytoown H.503/S.305? See our images👇
Sincere thank you to the 18 MA Representatives and Senators who are supporting this bill. #gocoop #CoopsYear #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
*Recent Borrower Alert*
Five Point Holistic Health of Chicago, IL, borrowed funds for working capital. This worker co-op provides a variety of services to their community & are in the process of onboarding several new worker members.
www.fivepointholistichealth.com
#CoopsYear #workercooperatives
Co-ops Build Infrastructure - like tax bases that fund education, human services, & public operations.
Did you know Collective Copies generated $159K in total tax contributions across all governmental levels in 2024?
valleyworker.coop/.../Collecti....
#workercooperatives #gocoop
#CoopsYear
Thanks NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives for a great member meeting last night. We're proud to have someone on your board and to be part of the great work you're doing in New York City uniting worker co-ops and liberating workers across all five boroughs. #gocoop #workercooperative #CoopsYear
Is supporting worker buyouts in Massachusetts is on your to-do list?
#gocoop #CoopsYear #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
There's nothing like working w/worker co-ops who get how meaningful it is to work on education, conversions and legislation together. Then they send you cool stuff to remember successes.
Thanks @flatironcoop.bsky.social and all our members for all you do.
#gocoop #workercooperatives #CoopsYear
Their work impacts #sustainabledevelopmentgoals for Decent Work, Industry and Innovation, Sustainable Communities, and Responsible Production.
Thxz UMass Econ Dept, International Co-op Alliance, United Nations, NCBA CLUSA #InternationalYearofCooperatives2025 #CoopsYear #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Every day we work towards a truly cooperative economy. Are you starting a co-op that needs financing? Expanding a co-op? Or converting an existing business to a co-op?
Sign up for a free consultation about financing your co-op:
calendly.com/d/ds2-bnf-yt...
#CoopsYear #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Let Your Voice Be Heard! Urge committee chair Rep Carole Fiola to recommend Opportunity to Own (OTO) forward.
DYK:
• Worker co-ops themselves proposed and co-wrote OTO
• OTO got only positive feedback during testimony
• 80% of MA biz have no succession plan
Call Rep Carole Fiola today!
#CoopsYear
Their work impacts #sustainabledevelopmentgoals for Clean Energy, Decent Work, Innovation and Responsible Consumption and Production.
Thanks UMass Econ Dept, International Cooperative Alliance, United Nations,NCBA CLUSA #InternationalYearofCooperatives2025 #CoopsYear #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
*Recent Borrower Update*
Pachamama Coffee Cooperative in Sacramento, California, borrowed funds to purchase equipment. This producer co-op brings high quality coffee to the U.S.and added equipment to meet increased demand.
pachamamacoffee.com/pages/about
#CoopsYear #gocoop #producercooperatives
🌍 How can we strengthen the three pillars of social development: poverty eradication, decent work & social inclusion?
At the #SocialSummit2025 in Doha, ICA President Ariel Guarco will deliver an intervention at High-Level Round Table 1.
#Beyond2025 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
🌍 Today in Doha! Join us for the launch of the CM50 Manifesto, the Special World Cooperative Monitor, and the ICA Strategy 2026–2030, a defining moment for cooperative leadership and global impact.
14:30 (Qatar)
Join here: bit.ly/ICAinDoha2 #CM50 #IYC2025 #CoopsYear
Support worker co-ops thru worker buyouts in Massachusetts! Close out Co-op Month with action:
30 seconds of your time will show the support of worker co-ops. Please call & leave a message for Representative Carole Fiola to recommend Opportunity To Own - 617.722.2430 #gocoop #CoopMonth #coopsyear
Joseph also outlined how ICA programmes are pairing grassroots innovation with policy, evidence, and financing — from cooperative law reform and education initiatives to the CM50 Leadership Circle and its 2026–2030 Commitment Plan.
#CoopsYear
At the Global Social and Solidarity Economy Forum (GSEF2025) in Bordeaux 🇫🇷, Joseph Njuguna, ICA’s Director of Policy, joined a high-level plenary on how to re-embed democracy in the economy.
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #CoopsYear
