International Year of Cooperatives 2025
Why it Matters?
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah addressed a national seminar organized in Mumbai on the occasion of the International Year of Cooperatives 2025.
What You Should Know?
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives on June 19, 2024.
The 2025 theme is "Cooperatives Build a Better World", highlighting their role in solving global challenges.
Its purpose is to recognize cooperatives as key actors in social, economic, and environmental sustainability and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) by 2030.
It emphasizes the inclusive, people-centered, and self-sustaining nature of cooperative enterprises that promote community resilience.
The year is hosted by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC), a multi-stakeholder body including UN agencies and the International Cooperative Alliance.