This OCDC BLOG is an opportunity for OCDC members and staff to share information about current events and programs. Blogs are listed in order by date, with the most recent first.
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Member Spotlight: GENEX
Member Spotlights is a new series OCDC started to showcase our diverse members, cooperative development organizations. This month, read the interview with Marcel Petrutiu, Director of Global Development at GENEX: 1. What is GENEX? GENEX is a farmer owned cooperative focused on cattle genetic improvement. GENEX is dedicated to providing our member-owners and customers – Read More
Glimpse how co-op members are celebrating the 100th anniversary of International Day of Cooperatives
On July 2, the International Day of Cooperatives celebrates a milestone anniversary — 100 years of building a better world through cooperatives. The U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC) and its member organizations invite you to join in the celebration through a glimpse of how lives have been changed through membership in locally managed and Read More
Call for Nominations: 2022 OCDC International Cooperative Champion Award
The U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC) is launching a call for nominations for its annual OCDC International Cooperative Champion Award . This award was created to recognize a member or partner that has made outstanding contributions through championing, promoting and advocating for effective, sustainable international cooperative development, particularly in low income and emerging economies. Read More
Call for Nominations: 2022 OCDC International Cooperative Innovation Award
The U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC) is launching a call for nominations for its annual OCDC International Cooperative Innovation Award. There is nothing cookie-cutter about creating a more equitable and sustainable world. It takes new ideas, new strategies, new approaches — and the courage to put them into action. OCDC seeks to identify, recognize, Read More
OCDC AND OUR MEMBERS WILL SHOWCASE THE RELEVANCE, VERSATILITY AND ROLE OF CO-OPS IN LOCALIZATION ON MARKETLINKS – JOIN US THIS JUNE!
Agriculture and food security, democracy, human rights and governance, economic growth and trade, environment and global climate change, gender and women’s empowerment. What sectors do you work in? Whatever they may be, in the quest to increase local efforts for a more resilient, prosperous, democratic and inclusive world, there has never been a better time Read More
MEXICO: CROP DIVERSIFICATION TOWARDS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
According to research by the University of Vermont (UVM), smallholder coffee producers in Mesoamerica experience food insecurity from 2.5 to 8 months of the year. Usually during the rainy season, landslides and blocked roads reduce access to food markets, coffee profits decrease, and households consume their food reserves. UVM’s findings ultimately showed that coffee farmers Read More
RWANDA: TRADING PLACES – ENHANCING THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC WORK BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN
In Rwanda, Land O’Lakes Venture37 (Venture37) is working with agricultural cooperatives to address gender barriers and power dynamics that negatively affect women’s participation in cooperatives, both as members and leaders, and within their households. To empower both men and women through USAID’s Cooperative Development Program (CDP), Venture37 hosted a Trading Places exercise as a transformative Read More
Uganda: Cooperatives Provide Sustainable Health Care
In rural Uganda, out-of-pocket health care costs are so high that patients often go into debilitating debt to receive treatment. To address this issue, USAID/Uganda provided low-cost vouchers to women that could be redeemed for prenatal care, delivery, and postpartum wellness checks for newborns and mothers. When this program ended last year, it left a Read More
Mapping International Cooperative Development Programs: New Online Cooperative Data Platform
Cooperatives play a major role in creating an inclusive and sustainable economy around the world. To demonstrate the impact of Cooperative Development Organizations (CDOs) in international cooperative development, the U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC) and the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) join forces to create an online global data platform displaying international development projects run Read More
Paul Hazen to be Inducted into the 2022 Cooperative Hall of Fame!
Announcing the 2022 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductees and introducing Unsung Cooperative Heroes. On October 6, 2022, four outstanding cooperative leaders will receive the cooperative community’s most prestigious honor, when they are inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The inductees are: Paul Hazen, Executive Director, U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Read More
