International Year of Cooperatives
The United Nations' General Assembly proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) under the theme "Cooperatives Build a Better World" to emphasize the important role cooperatives play in sustainable development and how they are essential to solving today’s global challenges. As the only international trade association representing credit unions and other financial cooperatives worldwide, World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is recognizing the International Year of Cooperatives during in many of its 2025 events and activities, and in important communications to members throughout the year.
2025 World Credit Union Conference
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the World Credit Union Conference, and WOCCU will celebrate the occasion in Stockholm, Sweden, July 14-16, under the IYC-inspired theme “The Future is Cooperative”. We plan to welcome more than 1,800 credit union professionals from 60 countries to explore the innovations, collaborations and emerging issues driving our global cooperative movement forward.
International Credit Union (ICU) Day®
WOCCU and the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) are excited to celebrate the 77th anniversary of International Credit Union (ICU) Day® on Thursday, October 16, 2025, under another theme inspired by the International Year of Cooperatives, “Cooperation for a Prosperous World”.
2025 Global Regulatory Update
With a vast amount of regulatory uncertainty and an International Year of Cooperatives’ mission to fulfill—2025 is a critical year for credit union advocacy worldwide. That is the overriding theme of WOCCU International Advocacy's 2025 Global Regulatory Update, which stresses how global leaders embrace or reject international standards will impact the regulatory landscape this year and beyond.