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On the 31st of May, a delegation of doctors and directors from the Unimed medical cooperatives in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais travelled to Barcelona to attend a workshop...

A recent study presented during the General Assembly of the International Co-operative Alliance, ICA, held in Manchester in October, indicated that the institutions which make up...

Integration to guarantee the future. That was the watchword of the forum staged on 3 August in Buenos Aires by FAESS, the Argentine Federation of Solidarity Health Entities,...

The Spanish Parliament acknowledged at a ceremony held on 26 June the important role being undertaken by co-operatives on today’s socio-economic landscape.

On 27 June, Leonardo Cocciro, Head of Resources and Marketing at FAESS, the Argentine Federation of Health Solidarity Organisations, travelled to Barcelona to discover for himself...

«During the final quarter of this year a government-sponsored international seminar about the co-operative movement will be staged, with the aim of spotlighting this form of...

On 13 March the President of the CIES Economy and Society Research Centre, Isabel Vidal, delivered a conference entitled “SCIAS, a social enterprise model”. The event, which was...

The Japanese Federation of Health and Welfare Co-operatives, HeW Coop Japan, which has been in operation since October 2010, is the new institution representing the Japanese...

On 23 and 24 August the Argentinian city of Buenos Aires hosted the international seminar entitled “The funding of health systems. The path towards universal coverage”.

On 10 June a delegation of doctors and managers from the Unimed medical co-operatives from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, headed by Dr. Helton Freitos, President of Unimed...

The United Nations has launched the new logo and slogan for the International Year of Cooperatives to be held on 2012. The slogan is «Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World.»

On 17 May a delegation of doctors and managers from the Unimed medical co-operatives and the OCB (Organisation of Brazilian Co-operatives) from the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso...