The Centre for Cooperatives and Livelihoods – Autonomous (CCL) at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in India joined the ICA as an Associate Member in June.
A non-profit society, CCL provides capacity building training for civil servants and undertakes research related to the cooperative sector. They joined the ICA to benefit from guidance from the regional organisation of the ICA in Asia Pacific, share their experience and collaborate with other cooperatives.
The ICA has now 321 member organisations from 111 countries, of which 278 are full members and 43 are Associate Members.