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ICA Annual Report

ICA issues an annual report of its activities, highlighting key accomplishments and challenges.

ICA Annual Report 2007-2008

2007 and 2008 were momentous years for the ICA and international co-operation with serious achievements such as:

increasing recognition that co-operative businesses are as successful as any other business model;
recognition at the international, regional and national levels of the co-operative model of enterprise and its contribution to the overall economic and social development;
recognition by the International Accounting Standards Board that co-operative accounting methods, especially with regard to the treatment of co-operatives shares, are valid;
ICA becoming a leaner, stronger, healthier and more representative body working under a global strategic plan for all parts of the organisation;
the approval of a fairer and more open membership subscription system;
the holding of the first global co-operative trade fair—ICA Expo.

Read more about the achievements of the ICA strategic objectives as reported by its Central and Regional Offices. Download the report: ICA Annual Report 2007-2008

Annual Report 2007.2008: Financial Statements

This document includes the 2007 and 2008 ICA audited financial statements. The statements were approved by the ICA General Assembly 2009 in Geneva in November 2009.

Download the report: ICA Annual Report 2007-2008: Financial Statements (pdf)

Annual Report 2006

In 2006 the ICA focused on essential internal restructuring and on external communications. The Global 300 was launched - identifying the key contribution of co-operatives to the global economy with a 2004 annual turnover of USD 963 billion and a combined assets of US$30-40 trillion. The Annual Report also features significant co-operative activity throughout the world - Singapore's co-operatives, the Emilia Romagna model in Italy, CIC in Kenya and the Desjardins Group in Canada.

Co-operative issues highlighted in the Annual Report include - development and gender, turning the tide on demutualisation, co-operatives and Climate Change, youth and the tsunami response one year on.The annual report also include ICA's audited accounts.

Download the report : Annual Report 2006 (pdf)

Previous ICA Annual Reports

Previous reports can be obtained by contacting ICA ica@ica.coop

Last Updated: 18 May 2010