The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) today shared its 2026-2030 strategic plan to empower the future of cooperatives. Titled Practice, Promote and Protect, the strategy is a global roadmap designed to strengthen cooperative enterprise, accelerate sustainable development, and expand economic democracy worldwide.
Representing more than 3 million cooperatives and over 1 billion members worldwide, the document positions cooperatives as a key solution to the defining challenges of our time — from climate change and inequality to declining trust in institutions.
“This plan is more than a document — it is a compass for our future,” said Ariel Guarco, President of the International Cooperative Alliance. “Together, by practising, promoting, and protecting cooperation, we will continue to show that another way of doing business is not only possible — it already exists."
