Useful links

You will find in this section a non-exhaustive list of International and National organizations working on the promotion and development of cooperatives.

• UN Agencies

  • ILO Cooperative Programme (EMP/COOP)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  • International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
  • United Nations (UN)
  • UN Information Resources on Cooperatives
  • UN Cooperatives and Social Development
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

• Inter-agency

  • Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC)

• Non Governmental Organizations

  • Agricord
  • Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/VOCA)
  • International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)
  • ICA Member Organisations in Africa

• Cooperative Colleges & Universities

  • ILO International Training Centre (ITC)
  • UK Cooperative College - England
  • Université de Sherbrooke - Canada
  • Higher Institute of Labour Studies - Belgium
  • Institut Supérieur Panafricain d’Economie Coopérative (ISPEC) - Benin
  • Netherlands Institute for Cooperative Entrepreneurship - The Netherlands
  • Moshi University College of Co-operative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS) - Tanzania
  • Co-operative College of Kenya - Kenya

• Cooperative Organizations

  • Deutscher Genossenschafts und Raiffeisenverband e. V. (DGRV - German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation)
  • Swedish Cooperative Centre
  • Canadian Cooperative Association
  • International Co-operative Development
  • National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA)

• Rural Organizations

  • International Federation of Agricultural Producers
  • Agriterra

• Regional Organizations

  • African Union Secretariat
  • One Village One Product Movement (OVOP)

• Employers and Workers Organizations

  • International Organization of Employers (IOE)
  • International Trade Union Confederation

• Governmental Organizations

  • Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO)