With this change, the cooperative movement achieves unparalleled recognition in the international economic context

The UN establishes the International Year of Cooperatives every ten years

With this change, the cooperative movement achieves unparalleled recognition in the international economic context

BY Compartir | 10 April 2026

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Following the success of the declaration of 2012 and 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives, the United Nations General Assembly has taken a historic step towards bolstering the role of cooperatives on the global agenda. In a recently adopted resolution, the international organization has proposed setting a fixed schedule for this commemoration, celebrating the International Year of Cooperatives every ten years

With this decision, which places the next global event in 2035, the UN wants to “promote the effective use of the cooperative business model in order to promote social and economic development”.

 

Institutional recognition of the cooperative movement

With this change, the cooperative movement achieves unparalleled recognition in the international economic context, becoming the only business model that has a guaranteed global event and scheduled every decade on the United Nations calendar. 

This unique fact underlines the growing realization by the international community that the cooperative model is, in addition to being a consolidated economic actor, an indispensable structural piece for sustainable development and the generation of prosperity. By institutionalizing this celebration, the UN sends a clear message to governments about the importance of creating legal and social frameworks that foster the development of cooperatives.

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