International Co-operative Day is an annual celebration of the co-operative movement observed on the first Saturday in July since 1923 by the International Co-operative Alliance.
On December 16, 1992, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed in resolution 47/90 “the first Saturday of July 1995 to be International Day of Cooperatives, marking thecentenary of the establishment of the International Cooperative Alliance.”[1] Since 1995 the United Nations‘ International Day of Co-operatives has been observed jointly alongside International Co-operative Day.[2]
