{"id":238051,"date":"2016-06-29T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/celebrating-the-international-day-of-co-operatives\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T10:59:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:59:35","slug":"celebrating-the-international-day-of-co-operatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/celebrating-the-international-day-of-co-operatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the International Day of Co-operatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA, June 29 \u2013 On July 2, The United Nations International Day of Co-operatives<\/a> will be celebrated around the world. The 2016 theme is \u201cThe Power to Act for a Sustainable Future,\u201d a statement that asserts the capacity and potential of co-operatives to work toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n

These are ambitious goals: end extreme poverty, fight inequality and reduce the impacts of climate change \u2013 all in the next 15 years. World leaders signed onto the 17 United Nations\u2019 goals<\/a> to achieve this vision for a better world, and co-operatives are well placed to deliver significant gains on the triple bottom line of social, economic and environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n

In the sphere of international development, the co-operative business model, with its base of ethical values and principles, has sustainable development at its very core. Locally rooted and people-driven, co-operatives are able to contribute to sustainable development in almost every economic sector.<\/p>\n

In Canada, we have amazing international co-operative development organizations who are well known abroad, but need to be celebrated by us at home. The CCA<\/a>, SOCODEVI<\/a>, DID<\/a>, and Rooftops Canada<\/a> all implement sustainable co-operative development around the world. We invite you to explore their work and share their stories.<\/p>\n

To raise awareness and spur action, Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada is asking members, supporters and stakeholders to mark July 2 as the day we begin communicating our collective \u201cpower to act for a sustainable future\u201d to assure that policy makers understand how the quiet and consistent work that is being done by co-operative developers at home and internationally is building a better world<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On July 2nd<\/sup>, The International Co-operative Alliance<\/a> will launch a pledge web page. Your co-operative or mutual can discover ways to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals and make pledges to implement these solutions in your community.<\/p>\n

Use the International Day to promote your co-operative; have a gathering, raise awareness with employees and members; celebrate through social media and share content and stories from around the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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