23 Nov 2017

Expanding access to nutritious and diverse diets, NCBA CLUSA will continue to work in Senegal with the awarding of a new $40 million Feed the Future project. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Feed the Future Senegal Cultivating Nutrition Project began November 2017 and will run through 2022, with the goal of reaching over half a million children unde...

21 Nov 2017

High-level representatives highlight co-operatives as key partners in international development   At the International Co-operative Alliance's Global Conference and General Assembly held in Kuala Lumpur from 14 to 17 November in Malaysia, high-level representatives of the European Union, International Labor Organization, CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness, Internati...

16 Nov 2017

The largest 300 co-operatives and mutuals in the world have a combined turnover of $2.164tn. The figure is revealed in the latest World Co-operative Monitor, which was presented at the International Co-operative Alliance’s Global Conference and General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Monitor collected data for 2,379 organisations across eight sectors of activity, 1,436 of w...

13 Nov 2017

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is “Be Bold For Change” … we asked four co-operative women how the co-op movement – and women co-operators – can...  This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is “Be Bold For Change” … we asked four co-operative women how the co-op movement – and women co-operators – can make this happen… Dr. Chiyoge B. Sifa Regional Direct...

13 Nov 2017

Research shows that salespeople will never reach their performance potential without a well-defined sales-call procedure that they can follow and learn from. “Winging it” on sales calls has grim consequences – lost sales, extended sell cycles, margin erosion and no clear path to improvement. Bottom line: Your entire sales career can be mediocre if you “wing it.” Performance improves b...

13 Nov 2017

Sharing expertise and strengthening communications are some of the recommendations. A coalition of development organisations across Europe has looked at how to improve international development. The Cooperatives Europe Development Platform (CEDP) is a European network of co-operative organisations active in international co-operation. In its report looking at best practices, it says ...

13 Nov 2017

The Co-operative Group has published a statement showing how it has been working to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking across its supply chains. The Group’s food ethical trading monitoring programme covers 1,773 sites across six continents in 69 countries. Around half (51% by turnover) of the goods sold in Co-op Food stores are own-brand products. The retailer also sells a wi...

12 Nov 2017

Co-ops back 'people development' when looking at international development in a number of sectors including agriculture, banking, tourism, environment and energy Co-operatives play a key role in international development, according to research published by a coalition of European co-operative organisations active in development. The Cooperatives Europe Development Platform (CEDP), wh...

11 Nov 2017

The Global Conference and General Assembly of the International Co-operative Alliance is under way in Malaysia, with more than 1,800 delegates from around the world. Visitors were welcomed by YBhg. Dato’ Abdul Fattah Abdullah, president of Malaysian sector body ANGKASA, during a gala dinner. The event, in capital city Kuala Lumpur, will look at how co-ops are putting people at ...