Cooperatives are a strategic actor in the international economy and are called on to play an even more leading role in the productive transformation of Latin America and the Caribbean and in the efforts to achieve more inclusive and sustainable development in the region, according to authorities and other representatives present at the inauguration of an event entitled International Year of Cooperatives 2025: Cooperatives build a better future by promoting productivity, inclusion and territorial development, which is taking place this Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The event – organized by the International Cooperative Alliance, Cooperatives of the Americas – A Region of the International Cooperative Alliance, the CORFO-INAC Committee of Chile and ECLAC, with the collaboration of German Cooperation – seeks to increase public awareness of cooperatives’ contribution to sustainable and inclusive productive development, strengthening exchange and collaboration between cooperatives, the governments of the region, and the United Nations.
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