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International Day of Cooperatives 2020: About, Logo, Wishes

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International Day of Cooperatives 2020: It is a yearly celebration done on the first Saturday of July. It is also called Coops Day. The International Co-Operative Alliance started the co-operative movement since 1923. The date varies every year according to the first Saturday of July.

Background

On December 16, 1992, the United Nations General Assembly announced in resolution 47/90. It said that “the first Saturday of July 1995 to be International Day of Cooperatives. It denotes the century of the foundation of the International Cooperative Alliance.” Since 1995 the United Nations’ International Day of Cooperatives has been observed together.

Celebration

Co-operatives around the globe praise the day in different ways. Every year the sorting out establishments concur on a topic for the festivals. The 2010 theme was Cooperative Enterprise Empowers Women, to agree with the fifteenth commemoration of the Beijing Platform for Action.

Every year, the Committee on the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) controls the theme of the day. It is a part of the ILO and a current seat (since March 2017).

Logo

The United Nations‘ logo is frequently connected with showcasing and special material for the occasion. It includes a projection of a world map  fixated on the North Pole. The olive branches encase the map. They represent harmony and the world map speaks to all the individuals of the world. It has been included in colors, like, white against a blue background or blue against a white background.

Wishes

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