ICA Asia and Pacific

Asia and Pacific🌏 Regional Office of @icacoop | Established in 1960 | Unites, Develops, and Promotes cooperatives in the AP region. #WeAreCoops #Coops4dev🌏

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🤝 ICA-AP has signed an MoU with @NappFairtrade to advance sustainable, inclusive development across Asia-Pacific, strengthening cooperative trade, market access, producer livelihoods, capacity building and fairer value chains.

#ICAAP #Fairtrade #Cooperatives #coops4dev🌏

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🔎 What does it take to transform coops for future?

At the 20th ICA-AP Research Conf., @BCCM_AU Industry Panel will explore how coops and mutuals are innovating.

🎙️ Liz Thomas | Michelle Bagnall | Nick Hislop
🎤 Moderator: @melina_bccm
📍 Melbourne | 🗓️ 6 Oct
#Coops #Mutuals

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The 20th ICA-AP Research Conference opens in Melbourne on 6 Oct!

Prof. Simon Wilkie, Dean, Faculty of Business & Economics, Monash University, and ICA-AP Regional Director Balu Iyer will welcome participants.

#ICAAP2026 #Cooperatives #Research #Mutuals

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Exciting capacity-building opportunity for cooperatives in AP!

🚀 @icacoop, is hosting a practical online training series throughout October on navigating EU Delegations, funding mechanisms, and compliance.

👉Register your organization today.

EUExternalAction #coops4dev🌍

[International Cooperative Alliance @icacoop]

The ICA invites you to join the “EU Delegations and EU Compliance for the Cooperative World” online training series this October.

More info: https://t.co/JXrqlyQqEj

#Coops4Dev🌍 #EuropeanUnion #EU #GlobalGateway #EUFunding #EUDelegations

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📢 Cooperatives and Care | #Coops4Care at the 20th ICA-AP Research Conference, 7 Oct at Monash University, Melbourne.

🎙️ Mr. Osamu Nakanu, Ms. Bharti Birla & Mr. Nick Hislop

🕘 9:10 am to 10:10 am AEDT

#ICAAPResearchConference #Cooperatives #CareEconomy

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📢 Meet the YES Workshop speakers! Join Heira Hardiyanti, Dr. Sidsel Grimstad & Prof. Harekrishna Misra on 6 Oct in Melbourne for a day of research, collaboration & case study design. #YESScholars #ICAAP

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Only 18 days until the 20th ICA-AP Research Conference!

Day 1 kicks off with the #YESWorkshop at @MonashCollegeAu, #Melbourne, #Austrailia.

🗓 Oct 6–7, 2026

ℹ️ https://t.co/chNrbq4AY9

#Researchconference #ICA #AP #Transformingcoops @MonashUni

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@IFFCO_Coop @ncuicoop @ANGKASACoop @JCCU_PR @JCCU_Int @coopnews

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Congratulations to four Asia-Pacific leaders elected as At-Large Directors to the ICA Global Board for 2026–2030:

🇮🇳 @Dileep_Sanghani, India
🇨🇳 Yuyan Wang, China
🇯🇵 Yoshito Shinno, Japan
🇲🇾 Abdul Fattah Abdullah, Malaysia

ICA-AP congratulates the new Board.

#ICAPanama2026

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🎥 Comms meets advocacy! Shivali Sarna, Head, Communications & Membership Development, ICA-AP, invites you to the PROMOTE breakout at #ICAPanama2026.

🗓️ 16 Sept | 14:45–17:00
📍 Americas 1–2
Join the conversation on turning cooperative visibility into influence. #BuildingBridges

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🌏🤝 The ICA-AP Committee on Women's Annual Newsletter 2025/26 is out — a year of advocacy, leadership & stories from women cooperators across Asia-Pacific. 📖 Read it now! #ICAAP #GenderEquality

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🏆 Coop Pitch Finale results: 1st, Reframing Architects #Palestine | 2nd, Chongxing Technology #China | 3rd, Chuc Son Smart Growth #Vietnam. APCYS 5.0 also featured Go Green and visits to Alibaba, iFlytek, and Hangzhou Sixiang Agricultural Professional Cooperative.
#APCYS5

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At APCYS 5.0, youth shaped policy, shared cooperative stories and launched their Commitments. From Akkanut Wantanasombut’s Policy Hack to the Youth Open Mic, the Summit ended with a call for youth-led action.

#APCYS5

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At the APCYS 5.0 Opening, Dulce Bustamante, Zhang Lei and Monalisa Kashyap set the tone for four days of dialogue on ethical AI, digital economies and future-ready cooperatives.

#APCYS5

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From AI readiness to hands-on building! Facilitated by Jimmy Boey, SPEC, participants explored AI and digital tools, creating micro-websites, data dashboards and AI assistants for cooperatives. #APCYS5

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7 groups. Different countries, regions & languages. In a session facilitated by Rayann Koudaih, @ilocoopsse, participants built cooperatives, tackled growth challenges & pitched their ideas. Cooperation in action! #APCYS5

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Highlight images from the Plenary Jam at #APCYS5 in #Hangzhou! Young leaders unpack ethical tech & co-ops in the digital economy. 📸👇

Press release: https://t.co/tfBGJVE6hi

#Plenaryjam #Coops

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APCYS 5.0 opens in #Hangzhou, bringing 130 young cooperators from 13 countries together to shape ethical AI and digital economies. Young leaders are not just participants in change, but architects of it. #APCYS5 #China

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Coming soon at #APCYS5: Mr. Akkanut Wantanasombut (Institute of Asian Studies) facilitates the Policy Hack Dialogue on AI ethics, platform regulation & youth inclusion. Follow us and stay tuned for updates. 📝

🔗https://t.co/b8hi2JeLiT

#EthicalAI #PolicyHack

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@ilocoopsse @EUCouncil @icacoop @coopnews

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Next up at #APCYS5: Rayann Koudaih (ILO) leads "Start, Scale, Cooperate: The Start-up Journey." Follow us and stay tuned for updates. 🚀

🔗https://t.co/b8hi2JeLiT
#CoopStartup #YouthEntrepreneurship