To mark International Credit Union (ICU) Day in Freetown, celebrations included a parade, with all Sierra Leonean credit unions represented. During the parade the participants held placards displaying the unique selling points of the credit union movement movement. The ICU Day theme, “Cooperation for a Prosperous World,” called on credit unions globally to collaborate for...
The ILCU International Development Foundation (Foundation), in partnership with the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Ethiopian Cooperative Commission (ECC), have officially launched the Women’s Financial & Economic Empowerment (WFEE) project in Addis Ababa. The project, funded by the Government of Ireland, will promote women’s financial inclusion in three countries –...
DE EUROPE The Development Education Europe Programme 2025 is coming to Dublin. The programme takes place from the 6-11 August. What is DE Europe? DE Europe is a residential training course for credit union staff, leaders, volunteers and those working in the wider credit union sector. DE aims to: Deepen your understanding of cooperative values...
The Foundation has donated €20,000 in response to the ongoing situation for Palestinians in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank through the Irish Emergency Alliance – Gaza & Lebanon Appeal. The Irish Emergency Alliance is a membership organisation comprising seven Irish registered charities working on international humanitarian emergency relief. The members include ActionAid, Christian Aid,...
New 5 Year Progamme launched in Sierra Leone The ILCU Foundation in partnership with the National Cooperative Credit Union Association (NaCCUA) launched our new five-year programme, Credit Union Growth and Sustainability. The new programme, supported by Irish Aid and the Irish Credit Union movement, aims to foster financial inclusion through sustainable growth of the movement...
To celebrate Ted O Sullivan, Elevate Credit Union, receiving the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) Distinguished Service Award. Bere Island Community Radio and RTE Raidio Na Gaeltachta have interviewed Ted O’Sullivan, Finbarr O’Shea from Bantry Credit Union and Sinead Lynam from the Foundation. You can listen to these interviews below. On behalf of everyone...
In a significant development for the credit union movement in Sierra Leone, the National Cooperative Credit Union Association (NaCCUA), the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL), and the Department of Cooperatives (DoC) have agreed to strengthen cooperation by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on establishing a Credit Union Supervisory Board. The Credit Union Supervisory Board...
The International Development Foundation is celebrating 35 years of sharing the Irish Credit Union experience. The establishment of the Foundation in the 1980s, as the international development arm of the Irish League of Credit Unions, provided a mean for Irish Credit Unions to support credit union development internationally, in the same way the Irish movement...
