International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)
The ICA was founded in London in August1895 by delegates from cooperatives from around the world to represent them before governments and international organizations. The ICA defines cooperatives as 'autonomous organizations where people voluntarily gather to satisfy common economic, social, and cultural needs and desires through jointly-owned and democratically-run businesses.' It is currently the world's largest non-governmental organization with one billion individual members.
International Cooperative Fisheries Organisation (ICFO)
The ICFO is one of the sectoral organizations of the ICA and was founded in 1976. It assists fisheries development by providing information on fisheries to fisheries cooperatives around the world, and promotes exchange of expertise and experience among them through training, symposiums, seminars, and other means. It has vigorously pushed forward the development of global fisheries by such means as designating World Fisheries Cooperative Day, the first of the ICA's eight sectoral organizations to designate such a day
ICFO history
- 1966 Originally founded as a sub-committee of the ICA's Agricultural Committee
- 1976 Became an independent body
- 1979 Suhyup joined the ICFO
ICFO members
- 20 cooperative organizations in 19 countries
| Country | Member Organization |
|---|---|
| Korea |
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| Australia |
Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-operative(GFC) |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh Jatiya Samabaya Union (BJSU) (Bangladesh National Cooperative Union) |
| Cameroon |
Alliance Cooperatives Cameroon (COOP-CAMEROON) |
| Canada | Newfoundland-Labrador Federation of Co-operatives (NLFC) |
| France | Caisse Centrale de Credit Cooperatif (CCCC) |
| India | National Federation of Fishermen's Co-operatives Ltd. (Fishcopfed) |
| Italy | National Association of Fisheries Co-operatives (Lega Pesca) |
| Federazione Nazionale Cooperative delle Pesca(Federcoopesca) |
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| Japan | National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations (JF Zengyoren) |
| Jordan |
Jordan Co-operative Corporation(JCC) |
| Myanmar | Central Cooperative Society Limited (CCS) |
| Mauritius | Mauritius Co-operative Alliance Limited (MCAL) |
| Nepal | Nepal Central Fishery Cooperative Union (NCFCU) |
| Nigeria | Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Cooperative Multipurpose Society Ltd(NNPC-CMS Lagos) |
| Palestine | Economic&Social Development Center of Palestine (ESDC) |
| Somalia | Somali Union Cooperatives Movement (UDHIS) |
| Thailand | The Co-operative League of Thailand (CLT) |
| Tanzania | Tanzania Federation of Co-operatives Ltd. (TFC) |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Co-operatives Alliance (VCA) |
ICFO Board
- Chairman
- Noh Dong Jin, NFFC(Korea)
- Vice Chairman
- Nguyen Ngoc Bao, VCA(Vietnam)
- Executive member
- Saroj Kumar Sharma, NCFCU(Nepal)
- Auditor
- Akram Yosef, ESDC(Palestine)
ICFO Secretariat
Suhyup, operating the secretariat of the ICFO, carries out activities not only for Korea’s own fishing industry but also for the joint development of the fishing industry around the world.
ICFO Primary tasks
- Sharing expertise and experience among fisheries cooperatives on the occasion of "World Fisheries Cooperative Day"
- Educational support for the development of the world's fishing industry and fisheries cooperatives (Korean Suhyup's KSP education)
- Providing information on fisheries including major fishery countries' statistics and policies
- Providing informatization equipment and fisheries equipment and materials to facilitate the development of the fishing industry
- Activities to respond to issues related to the fishing industry such as the WTO, FTA, and green growth
- Activities to increase the number of ICFO members
