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On the 30 September 2021, #coops4dev celebrated five and half years of partnership with the EU with a Closing Event, that gathered the ICA-EU Partnership's team, partners and stakeholders as well as many actors of the cooperative movement from all regions. During this journey, #coops4dev? has marked the start of a new chapter for cooperatives in international development!

Coopedia Knowledge Base is a collaborative and open-source search engine listing resources on cooperative entrepreneurship. It aims to give entrepreneurs worldwide the support and tools they need to set up cooperative businesses, and to provide learning and introduction to students and actors interested in the cooperative business model.

The second edition of the Global Youth Forum – Cooperative Entrepreneurship 2021 (GYF21) was held virtually on the 25 and 26 March 2021. Organised by the ICA-EU Partnership with the collaboration of the ICA Youth Network, it gathered 430 participants from around the world, who took part in the 28 online sessions and workshops, an online concert and countless conversations.