The International Co-operative Alliance is a non-profit international association established in 1895 to advance the co-operative social enterprise model.

The Alliance is the apex organisation for co-operatives worldwide, representing 284 co-operative federations and organisations across 95 countries, Members of the Alliance are national level co-operative federations, individual co-operative organisations and government offices concerned with co-operatives. The International Co-operative Alliance works with global and regional governments and organisations to create the legislative environments that allow co-operatives to form and grow. Towards the public, the Alliance promotes the importance of co-operatives’ values-based business model. Learn more at: http://ica.coop/