In Germany, cooperatives are considered as schools of democracy. Their masterminds, Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch and Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, developed them in a Central European region that was not yet a national…
We are glad to inform that the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) in collaboration with ICA Asia Pacific and the support of member organizations organized an online seminar on…
IRU – International Raiffeisen Union congratulates long-term board member Hans Groeneveld, Professor for ‚Cooperative Financial Services’ at Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University and Director for International Cooperative…
At the end of March, the Senate of the National Congress of the Republic of Paraguay officially adopted the Declaration 174. The Declaration recognizes the importance of the cooperative system…
It is a great pleasure and honour for the IRU – International Raiffeisen Union to congratulate our long-time member NACUFOK – National Credit Union Federation of South Korea on its…
IRU – International Raiffeisen Union congratulates Board Member Dr. Nandini Azad on receiving the well acknowledged Social LifeTime Achievement Award recently in Chennai, India. The prestigious award is granted to…
Dear members and colleagues, Today, April 1st 2020, Korbinian März joined the IRU – International Raiffeisen Union. He will serve as the new coordinator in the Secretariat General in Bonn.…
Dear Members of the IRU – International Raiffeisen Union, At this very moment we are all facing the threats and the severe consequences of the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus…
On March 19 and 21, 2019, Andreas Kappes, IRU Secretary General and Head of the Department of International Affairs at DGRV, visited two IRU member organizations in Turkey: the Central…
March 13, 2019, Leuven/Belgium Upon invitation of Cera/BE and the IRU Secretariat General, the IRU working group met to discuss the topic of “youth & cooperatives”. Having just celebrated 200…
