Gyeonggi-do Social Economy Center Promotes Excellence of Cooperatives to the World

[Asia Economy (Bucheon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Job Foundation’s Gyeonggi Social Economy Center is participating in the '33rd World Cooperative Congress' to promote the status of cooperatives in Gyeonggi-do and social economy cases on the global stage.

The 33rd World Cooperative Congress, hosted by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), will be held from December 1 to 3 at the Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul under the theme "Deepening the Identity of Cooperatives."

Gyeonggi-do is participating as a Korean partner, with the Gyeonggi Social Economy Center supporting the online broadcast of the congress and operating an offline promotional booth.

About 1,000 cooperative members from home and abroad are expected to participate both online and offline, with session-by-session discussions on "The Role and Direction of the Cooperative Movement" being broadcast live online.

On the 2nd, the Gyeonggi Social Economy Center will hold a presentation and discussion session under the theme "To Strengthen Local Communities," focusing on the role and contribution plans of cooperatives to local communities.

Moon Bo-kyung, head of the Gyeonggi Social Economy Center, said, "This congress will be a meaningful opportunity to reflect on the role and impact of cooperatives in local communities and to explore future development plans. We will do our best to widely promote the path that Gyeonggi-do cooperatives have taken and the path ahead on a global scale."

Meanwhile, the 33rd World Cooperative Congress, originally scheduled for 2020, was inevitably postponed to this year due to COVID-19.

In the history of the cooperative movement, 2020 was a significant year marking the 125th anniversary of the founding of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the "Statement on the Cooperative Identity" at the 1995 Manchester Cooperative Congress in the United Kingdom.

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