DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A global network of cooperative and mutual leaders launched at the World Summit for Social Development – and its first action was to publish a Contract for a New Global Economy.
The Cooperatives and Mutuals Leadership Circle (CM50) is an initiative of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) bringing together leaders of some of the world’s largest cooperative and mutual enterprises, including Jayen Mehta (Managing Director, Amul, India), Shirine Khoury Haq (CEO, Co-op Group, UK), Howard Brodsky (Co-founder and Chairman, CCA Global Partners, USA), Fabíola da Silva Nader Motta (General Manager, OCB, Brazil) and Rob Wesseling (President and CEO, The Cooperators, Canada).
The launch came as the Doha Summit recognised the cooperative business model as a tool to advance sustainable development, social inclusion and economic resilience.
The Doha Political Declaration highlights the role of cooperatives as leaders of the social and solidarity economy, through encouraging entrepreneurship, creating decent work, and driving social inclusion.
During the event, the ICA and the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) co-hosted a Solutions Session attended by Heads of State, UN representatives, cooperative and mutual leaders, and international partners.
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