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The COOPERATIVES EUROPE Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Klaus
Niederländer as the new Director of COOOPERATIVES EUROPE asbl and as the Regional Director for
Europe of the INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE ALLIANCE (ICA).
“Klaus has demonstrated that he has the skills, knowledge and the ability necessary
for this demanding role but also that he has the proven interest in developing the
sustainable economy of tomorrow and is committed to using our cooperative principles as a
lever for change.”
Klaus Niederländer succeeds Rainer Schlüter who was Director until April 2010.
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1. Klaus Niederländer takes up the appointment on 15 November 2010.
2. COOPERATIVES EUROPE — the European region of the International Co-operative Alliance - is
the biggest membership organization in Europe promoting the co-operative model of enterprise
for sustainable economic progress with social objectives. It represents a force for economic
growth and social change of 123 million member co-operators owning 160.000 co¬operative
enterprises and giving jobs to 5.4 million European citizens. http://www.coopseurope.coop.
3. The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) is an independent, non-governmental
association which unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide. Founded in 1895,
ICA has 248 member organisations from 92 countries active in all sectors of the economy.
Together these co-operatives represent nearly one billion individuals worldwide.
http://www.ica.coop.
4. 2012 has been designated as the UN International Year of Cooperatives
http://www.ica.coop/activities/iyc/index.html.