On the occasion of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives in 2025, the next ICA General Assembly will be hosted by the UK cooperative movement as part of a wider programme of cooperative activities, taking place from 2 to 5 July 2025 in Manchester, UK. The ICA General Assembly will take place on 2 July.
Visit the wider event page here to learn more about the rest of the activities during the week, registration and logistics.
It will not be possible to participate virtually.
Below you can download important documents for this meeting including:
- Convening notice which sets out the date, time, place, agenda, and how members can participate.
- Procedures detailing how members can participate.
- Principal documents necessary for the General Assembly deliberations. The principle documents are in two parts. The Strategic Plan is in part II.
- ICA’s Articles of Association and Internal Rules of the General Assembly are available here.
Members will soon receive a personalised invitation explaining the procedure, voting information, and relevant forms to register. If you did not receive this email, please contact Gretchen Hacquard, Director of Membership, at hacquard@ica.coop.
Simultaneous interpretation during the General Assembly will be provided in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic. Passive Italian will also be available. Simultaneous interpretation by delegations is planned for Portuguese, Korean and Japanese. The final list of all languages available by channel will be provided at the start of the Assembly.
