India to host ICA General Assembly and Global Cooperative Conference for first time
Sep 09, 2024
New Delhi [India], September 9 : For the first time in the 130-year-long history of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), the premier body for the global cooperative movement, with the initiative of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO), the ICA General Assembly and Global Cooperative Conference will be hosted by India.
The event is scheduled to be held from November 25 to 30, 2024, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
According to IFFCO, Minister of Cooperation, Government of India, Amit Shah, will be the Chief Guest at the conference on November 25, 2024, and will chair the inaugural session of the Global Cooperative Conference.
During the ICA Board meeting in Brussels on June 28, 2023, the IFFCO proposed hosting the ICA General Assembly and Global Conference in India, which was agreed to by the Board members.
Further, in a meeting held at the headquarters of the United Nations Organisation (UNO), it was decided that the Global Cooperative Conference in India will also mark the official launch of the UN International Year of Cooperatives (2025). (UN IYC2025).
