INFO SEMASA PENGANTARABANGSAAN
15
Wadah
NOVEMBER 2025
Shanghai Declaration: Lessons Taken for the Future of Cooperative Trade 1. Future Direction of Cooperative Trade Cooperative trade should be central to future cooperative strategies, especially for rapidly growing movements in Central Asia and Africa. Supporting producer cooperatives from developing countries - along with finance and service providers, retailers and policy makers - to integrate into international value chains should be part of long-term win-win strategies of cooperatives from developed countries. 2. Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cooperatives are among the most vibrant and impactful parts of civil society at the global level. They are called to take a position and act on the urgent global challenges: climate change and AI. Applying AI to climate solutions is a especially promising field in which cooperatives can be highly effective. 3. ICA’s Role Beyond Trade ICA’s role should concentrate on how cooperatives can use AI not only to serve their members, but also to benefit nations and the planet. ICA’s mandate can be further strengthened by leveraging cooperative trade to engage institutions such as the WTO and to advocate for more transparent people-cantered trade rules. Cooperatives believe that an international trade based on value-cantered enterprises is one of the most effective channels to foster robust dialogue among people worldwide and to promote peace. 4. Co-op Trade Fairs and Food Security Cooperative trade fairs should be both physical and digital, and integrated with e-commerce to advance fair trade. Cooperative trade fairs can show the positive role of trade in achieving food security, reducing poverty, creating decent work, and promoting social inclusion. 5. New SDGs: Beyond 2030 Starting with the Doha Social Summit, cooperatives should inform the international community - including the UN and regional fora - and take positions and actions towards the next set of UN development goals that will follow the SDGs, advocating for a broader role for cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). 6. Cooperative Trade with a Development Component In future, UN family cooperative development projects should include promotion of trade among cooperatives, alongside strengthening cooperative supply chains, and investing in staff training and human resource development. 7. Mobilizing the World’s Richest 1% According to Oxfam, the richest 1% of the global population own 43% of global wealth. What do they think about cooperatives? Can they be motivated to help poverty reduction through cooperatives? Can they finance cooperative-led initiatives that create mass employment and help eradicate poverty? 8. Co-op Label The Co-op Label should evolve into a recognized global trademark for cooperatives, but this will require sustained effort. ICA can define performance-based norms and indicators, supported by digital platforms that ensure transparency and continuous improvement. The “.coop” domain and coordinated cooperative communications also deserve strategic attention. 9. Government Policies ILO Recommendation No.193 is a precious reference for government policy on cooperatives. Is it still up to date and sufficient to safeguard authority and independence? How might these be further strengthened? What lessons can we draw from India’s experience, where cooperatives are recognized in the Constitution and a dedicated Ministry of Cooperation has been established? With the WTO, we can advocate for trade rules and related dispute resolution approaches that better reflect cooperative values and principles within the multilateral system. 10. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Support for Cooperatives BRI-supported infrastructure can help cooperatives bring products to market. Going forward, cooperatives should promote local ownership of BRI-funded assets. Cross-border initiatives similar to the BRI should adopt the same approach to promote local ownership. 11. Social and Solidarity Economy Cooperatives make up the majority of enterprises in the SSE. They should therefore lead efforts to raise public awareness about people-cantered business models. 12. Future of Cooperative Members With AI-driven robotics expected to make real-time decisions, work safely alongside people, and solve problems faster than traditional automation, cooperatives may need to revise membership policies. Should co-ops account for both “homo sapiens” and “homo digitalis”?
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