Highlights

An in-depth analysis of the national cooperative legislation, based on harmonized tools and methodologies: 2 countries per region already covered.

A number of publications on the cooperative difference in development processes, tackling themes such as peace building, worker ownership, gender and participation.

The launch of the International Cooperative Development Platform (ICDP), bringing together at the global level the cooperative federations and organisations implementing international development. This includes regional networks such as the ‘Cooperatives Europe Development Platform’ (CEDP) and the ‘Cooperatives of the Americas Development Platform’ (CADP), the US network of ‘Overseas Cooperative Development Council’ (OCDC) as well as individual cooperative development organisations (CDOs).