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Interview with ICA President Ariel Guarco



ICA President Guarco recently visited Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Korea and Japan. He met with ICA members, called on Ministers and representatives in charge of cooperatives, and visited cooperatives to gain first-hand understanding of the movement in these countries. Here is an interesting and insightful look into the President’s tour, his vision for ICA and the way forward!



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Travels with ICA President 2.0*, Balu Iyer, Regional Director, ICA-AP



Traveling for 12 days to six countries (Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Korea and Japan) with Ariel Guarco, President of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) was an exhilarating experience. I had done this earlier in 2016 and was looking forward to this trip.



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ICA-AP ACTIVITIES

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ICA-AP Training Program for Managers of Consumer Cooperatives, Summer 2019



Since 1991, JCCU has been organizing training programs for managers of consumer cooperatives in Asia. This summer, five co-op managers from four Asian countries were invited to Japan to take part in the 2019 training program to learn about the businesses and activities of Japanese cooperatives



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3rd ICA-Japan training course on “Empowering Women in Business and Management of Agricultural Cooperatives”




The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of the Government of Japan had chosen ICA to implement an umbrella project on “Capacity Building in Agricultural Sector in Asia and Africa (CB Project)” for three years starting from 2017.


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The Global Youth Cooperative Webinar 2.0

The ICA-AP Committee on Youth Cooperation (ICYC) organised its second Global Youth Cooperative Webinar on August 12, 2019 to celebrate the International Youth Day. This year, the Day focused on ‘Transforming Education’ to highlight initiatives in making education inclusive and accessible for youth, including initiatives taken by youth themselves.


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Enhancing Gender Equality in Cooperative Business

The ICA-AP Committee on Women in collaboration with the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) and support from the Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union (JCCU) organized an International Workshop on “Enhancing Gender Equality in Cooperative Business” at NCUI in New Delhi, India from August 20 to 22, 2019.


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NEWS FROM MEMBERS

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Report on Consumer Cooperatives in the Visayas, the Philippines


The ICA-AP Consumer Committee is one of the ten sectoral/ thematic committees in the Asia-Pacific region. The Committee periodically comes out with reports which explore the state of cooperatives in the region.


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NEW MEMBER

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Metro South Cooperative Bank (MSCB), The Philippines


The Metro South Cooperative Bank or MSCB is a cooperative bank run for cooperatives in the Philippines. MSCB receives financial aid or loans from the government and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for and on behalf of the cooperative banks and primary cooperatives and their federations engaged in business; supervise the lending and collection of loans; acts as a balancing medium for the surplus funds of cooperatives and their federations; and mobilizes savings of its member for the benefit of cooperative movement. They provide services not only to cooperative members but to the general public as well. Member-cooperatives of MSCB are also the stockholders/owner of the Bank, and they are not required to open a savings account. As of December 2018, they had 823 member-cooperatives/stockholders.


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Tirumala Tirupati Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Limited, India


The Tirumalla Tirupati Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Limited is a Multi-State Co-operative Society registered under Multi State Co-operative Society Act 2002. The primary objective of the society is to uplift the social and financial status of its members by promoting/educating saving habits amongst them. The saving products can be in the form of fixed deposits, recurring deposits, monthly income schemes and other investment plans. As of 2019, the cooperative society has 109,492 individual members.


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Exposure visit of ICA-AP staff to Indonesia’s youth cooperative movement



Mr. Ivjyot Singh and Ms. Simren Singh, Program Officers of ICA-AP went on an exposure visit to Indonesia from August 5-8.


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National Workshop for Women’s Cooperatives, Ahmedabad, India



ICA-AP along with the Gujarat Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Cooperative Federation and SEWA Bharat with the support of the ICA-EU Partnership organized the National Workshop for Women’s Cooperatives, in Ahmedabad, India.


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THE MEMBER BULLETIN

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Maldives Fishermen’s Association (MFA)

The Singapore National Co-operative Federation (SNCF), the apex body of cooperatives, represents 99% of the cooperatives in Singapore! One of their strategic interests is to increase engagement with young Singaporeans.


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