Spotlight on Australia as UN declares 2025 the International Year of Cooperatives

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The Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) is the peak body for co-operatives and mutuals in Australia. Co-ops and mutuals are member-owned businesses that trade for surplus to fulfil their purpose. They are social businesses because they put people, not profit, at the centre of the enterprise.

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Honorable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi launched International Year of Cooperatives
9 December 2024

Spotlight on Australia as UN declares 2025 the International Year of Cooperatives

The impressive economic and community role played by Australian co-operatives and mutuals will be centre stage next year with the UN declaring 2025 as International Year of Cooperatives.
Melina Morrison moderating a panel on Perspectives from ICA Global Consultations on the Cooperative Identity
6 December 2024

Melina Morrison on how do we live our co-operative identity?

Melina Morrison on co-operative identity: “we want get this right, we want to improve … We can get better at sharing our identity this is our challenge and opportunity.”
AAC2024
3 December 2024

AAC2024: Co-operatives as models of social business in the Asia-Pacific

Melina Morrison and Michael Pilbrow will join a panel on co-operatives as models of social business in the Asia-Pacific at the 2024 Australasian AID Conference this week.

International Year of Cooperatives in 2025

UN Resolution calls for a second International Year of Cooperatives in 2025.
Co-operatives and mutuals a key focus of Budget funding for aged care innovation

BCCM's $7m social care program

The Care Together Program is Australia’s first co-operative and mutual enterprise support program in social care.
The Bunya Fund

The Bunya Fund

Find out how your co-op or mutual can help address the funding and advice gap for early-stage co-operative and mutual enterprises or initiatives.

Upcoming events & training

9 December 2024

BCCM IYC 2025 website and campaign launch

Join us online for the IYC 2025 website and campaign launch on Monday, 9 December, 1:00 – 1:50 pm AEDT.
9 December 2024

BCCM study tour report findings and policy recommendations webinar

Virtual presentation and discussion of the European co-op housing study tour report findings and policy recommendations.
5 February 2025

ESG webinar 4: Sustainability reporting and communications – best practice for co-ops and mutuals

This workshop will cover both regulatory and voluntary sustainability reporting.
MVM meeting
13 February 2025

NZ Webinar: Introducing the Mutual Value Framework

As its cornerstone event for the UN International Year of Cooperatives 2025, Cooperative Business NZ is delighted to launch the MVM Framework© to its members. 

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MakeItWithMBL
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Royal Automobile Association of South Australia (RAA) logo
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StateCover Mutual Limited logo
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Barossa Co-op
The Casino Food Coop, formerly The Northern Co-operative Meat Company Ltd
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The Royal Automobile Club of WA (RAC)
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Westfund Health Insurance logo
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