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Founded in 1895, we unite, represent & serve the 3 million cooperative enterprises and its more than 1 billion #coop members.
@icacoop.bsky.socialThe PROMOTE breakout at #ICAPanama2026 looked at how cooperatives can turn visibility into influence.
It also launched the ICA Communications Strategy 2026–2030: Speak Up, Scale Up.
Read full report: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#coops4dev🌍 #BuildingBridges
@icacoop.bsky.social🗞️ October’s Cooperative Insider is out.
Inside: #ICAPanama2026, the new ICA Board, SDGs, communications strategy, peace, cooperative law, heritage, youth, EU training, Europe awards, credit unions, Morocco’s cooperative movement + upcoming events.
Check your email.
@icacoop.bsky.socialThe PRACTICE breakout at #ICAPanama2026 explored youth, gender and cooperation at scale, and what it takes to turn cooperative values into everyday practice.
Read the full report here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
#coops4dev🌍 #BuildingBridges
@icacoop.bsky.socialIn his #ICAPanama2026 address, ICA President Ariel Guarco linked peace to economic democracy, inclusion and opportunity, and argued that cooperatives already offer practical responses in finance, food, housing, health, work and technology.
@icacoop.bsky.socialLooking back at #ICAPanama2026: a new book, 63 Cooperative Cultural Heritage inscriptions from 39 countries, US$68K for cooperative-led action, updates on .coop digital tools, and the launch of amicus.coop.
Full report soon!
@icacoop.bsky.socialThe ICA invites you to join the “EU Delegations and EU Compliance for the Cooperative World” online training series this October.
More info: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
@ec.europa.eu #EuropeanUnion #EU #GlobalGateway #EUFunding #EUDelegations #EUTraining #Cooperatives #coops4dev🌍
@icacoop.bsky.socialThe ICA invites you to join the “EU Delegations and EU Compliance for the Cooperative World” online training series this October.
More info: ica.coop/en/events
@ec.europa.eu @coopseurope.eurosky.social
#Coops4Dev🌍 #EuropeanUnion #EU #GlobalGateway #EUFunding #EUDelegations
@icacoop.bsky.social🎥 In her video address to #ICAPanama2026, Economics Professor Jayati Ghosh spoke about multilateralism, inequality, moving beyond GDP and the role ICA can play in building cooperation across countries.
Watch the full address.
@icacoop.bsky.social🇰🇮 🇵🇦 Two countries, two very different contexts.
At #ICAPanama2026, Hon. Tangariki Reete of Kiribati and Hon. Gloria María De León Zubieta of Panama reflected on cooperatives, communities and peace.
@icacoop.bsky.social🌍 From education and AI to peacebuilding, resilience and reconstruction, From Local Roots to Global Impact brought leaders and young cooperators together at #ICAPanama2026.
The session closed with an intergenerational dialogue on the present and future of cooperatives.
@icacoop.bsky.social🕊️ On #InternationalDayOfPeace, we carry forward one idea from Panama: build a peace economy rooted in dignity, inclusion, participation and resilient communities.
Read the full article here: ica.coop/en/newsroom/...
@icacoop.bsky.social📚 Cooperatives in Action II was launched at #ICAPanama2026.
“Here, in these pages, you have examples of success that show that economic democracy works.”
— Juan Antonio Pedreño, in the prologue
By Ariel Guarco, presented by José Alves de Souza Neto.
@icacoop.bsky.social📸 Got photos or videos from #ICAPanama2026?
Post them, tag us, and use:
#ICAPanama2026
#BuildingBridges
#ConstruyendoPuentes
We’re wanna see your conference moments from Panama. 🇵🇦
@icacoop.bsky.social🕊️ At #ICAPanama2026, Building Bridges – The Cooperative Path to Peaceful Multilateralism brought together voices from Uruguay, Spain, the EU, World Bank Group, Pan-African Parliament and cooperative law.
Moderated by ICA Director-General Jeroen Douglas.
@icacoop.bsky.social📘 Now launched: Building a Better World Together: Cooperative Contributions to the SDGs.
Produced by ICA and COPAC, the report brings together policy briefs on cooperative contributions to all 17 SDGs.
🔗 Check it out here: 2025.coop/sdgs/
@icacoop.bsky.socialThe Panama Declaration has been adopted at #ICAPanama2026.
“Cooperation is a powerful force for peace, justice, democracy, inclusion, solidarity and shared prosperity.”
Read the full Declaration: ica.coop/en/media/lib...
@icacoop.bsky.social🌍 “The cooperative movement needs to have an essential role in a world that is losing its motivation. We are the opposite: full of energy and filled with people who can build bridges.”
— ICA President Ariel Guarco at #ICAPanama2026 Day 2 Opening
@icacoop.bsky.social🕊️ One more moment of peace before #ICAPanama2026 closes.
Later, delegates will join Folding Peace Together, a hands-on origami activity to fold paper peace doves. Led by Chitose Arai and Kenki Maeda of Japan. Practice with our short tutorial.
@icacoop.bsky.social🇵🇦 Day two at #ICAPanama2026:
🕊️ Cooperatives, communities & peace
📘 Cooperative contributions to all 17 SDGs
📜 Panama Conference Declaration
🕊️ Origami peace dove ceremony
🤖 Cooperative AI + more side events
One final full day of conversations in Panama.
#BuildingBridges
@icacoop.bsky.social⚖️ PROTECT at #ICAPanama2026 focused on keeping cooperative identity relevant and resilient as law, governance, capital and technology evolve.
Membership, education, public policy, intercooperation and digital democracy were all part of the conversation.
#coops4dev🌍
