Sixty Years of NACUFOK: A Cooperative Success Story
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…
Board Member Dr. Nandini Azad on UN gender equality report / receives LifeTime Achievement Award
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…
New IRU Coordinator started in Bonn Secretariat General
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.…
Message to our Members
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…
Exchange with IRU Members in Turkey
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…
IRU Working Group meets in Leuven
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…
IRU meets ICNW in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia: From 14-17 November 2017, the Internatioanl Co-operative Allaince (ICA) invited its members to the Global Conference and General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur. On this occasion, IRU Sectetary General…
Dr. Ariel Guarco elected as ICA President
Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia: The General Assembly of the ICA International Cooperative Alliance elected Dr. Ariel Guarco from Argentina as its new president for the period 2017-2021 in Kuala Lumpur on 17…
IRU Secretary General meets CEO of KUSCCO in Kenya
Nairobi: In June 2017, Andreas Kappes, Secretary General of IRU – International Raiffeisen Union and Head of the Department International Affairs at DGRV met KUSCCO’s CEO George Ototo in Kenya.…
Scientific Symposium: “RAIFFEISEN 2018: Economic Innovation – Social Orientation”
On June 30 and July 1st, 2017, the Raiffeisen Symposium at Schloss Montabaur, the Academy of German Cooperatives (ADG), explored the co-operative idea of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen. The approximately 80…
