INTERNATIONAL CO OPERATIVE ALLIANCE (ICA)

• ICA stands for International Co operative Alliance 
• ICA is a federation of co operative organisation in the world
• ICA established on 19th August 1895 in London UK
• The first Co operative day celebrated by ICA  in the year 1923
• The co operative day is celebrated on first saturday of every july
• In 1937 ICA undertakes its first review of the Co operative Principles
• In 1966 ICA undertakes its second review of co operative principles
• In 1995 ICA adopt revised co operative principles and value and add a seventh principle concern for community 
• In 2012 united nations celebrated as international year of co operatives
• The ICA represent 313 co operative federations and organisation in 109 countries 
• The first president of ICA Earl Gray
• The first secretary of ICA Edward Owen Greening
• At Present Ariel Guarco is President of ICA 
• Ariel Guarco belongs to Argentina 
• The first women president of ICA was Dame Pauline Green ( 2009 )
• The first headquarters of ICA was London  UK ( 1895 )
• In 1982 ICA moves its headquarters from london UK to Geneva Switzerland 
• In 2013 ICA shifted its headquarters from Geneva to Brussels in Belgium