Celebrate the International Day of Co-operatives!

International Co-operative Day

Celebrate the International Day of Co-operatives!

The International Co-operative Day is an annual celebration of the co-operative movement happening on the first Saturday of July since 1923 by the Alliance.

On December 16, 1992, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed in resolution 47/90 "the first Saturday of July 1995 to be International Day of Co-operatives, marking the centenary of the establishment of the Alliance." Since 1995 the United Nations' International Day of Co-operatives has been observed jointly alongside International Co-operative Day.

Co-operatives around the world celebrate the day in various fashions and each year the organising institutions agree on a theme for the celebrations.

Previous themes of the International Day of Co-operatives

• 2017: ​Co-operatives ensure no one is left behind
• 2016: Cooperatives: The power to act for a sustainable future
• 2015: Choose co-operatives, choose equality
• 2014: Co-operative enterprises achieve sustainable development for all
• 2013: Cooperative enterprise remains strong in time of crisis
• 2012: Co-operative enterprises build a better world
• 2011: Youth, the future of co-operative enterprise
• 2010: Cooperative Enterprise Empowers Women
• 2009: Driving Recovery through Co-operative Enterprise
• 2008: Confronting Climate Change through Co-operative Enterprise
• 2007: Co-operative Values and Principles for Corporate Social responsibility
• 2006: Peace-building through Co-operatives
• 2005: Microfinance is OUR business! Cooperating out of poverty
• 2004: Co-operatives for Fair Globalisation: Creating Opportunities for All
• 2003: Co-operatives Make Development Happen!: The contribution of co-operatives to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals
• 2002: Society and Co-operatives: Concern for Community
• 2001: The Co-operative Advantage in the Third Millennium
• 2000: Co-operatives and Employment Promotion