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Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd.

Acronym: ICOS

General Information

Identification Code: 99345863205-62
Website: http://icos.ie
Entity Form: National Representative Organisation
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 2/11/2010
Last Update: 4/4/2024

Mission & Interests

Goals: The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) is a co-operative umbrella organisation that serves and promotes commercial co-operative businesses and enterprise across multiple sections of the Irish economy. ICOS represents 130 co-operatives, which collectively have over 150,000 individual members, employ >12,000 people in Ireland (a further 24,000 abroad) and has combined turnover of €14 billion. Starting from agriculture co-op roots, and the vision of our founding President, Sir Horace Plunkett in 1894; ICOS today has evolved to serve the co-operative sector in seven core categories, namely: Multipurpose Dairy Co-ops Livestock Sector Co-ops Food, Fishing & Beverage Co-ops Store, Trade & Wholesale Co-ops Advisory and Education Related Co-ops Community Oriented, Culture & Leisure Co-ops Service Related Co-ops Our mission is: Generating leadership, competitiveness and value through stronger co-operation and world class service.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Budget
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Customs
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Food safety
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • european
  • national
  • sub-national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: European Legislation affecting Irish Co-ops, including: - Common Agricultural Policy - Trade (International, EU single market, BREXIT) - EU budget - Consumer legislation (inc labelling) - Food supply chain - Innovation and research funding - Climate change and Energy policy - Veterinary and animal health and welfare issues - Food safety - Transport of animals - Environmental legislation - Competition law relating to the organisation of primary producers - Fisheries
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: The Plunkett HouseMerrion Square, 84
Post Code: D02 T882
City: Dublin
Country: IRELAND
Phone:
Indic Phone: 353
Phone Number: 16764783

EU Office

Address: Rue de Treves 61ICOS ltd
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 487648680

Financial Data

Closed Year:
Start Date:
End Date:
Funding Sources:
    Contributions:
      Total Budget: 0
      Grants:
      • Source: Erasmus
        Amount: 0
        Currency: €
        _id:
        Buffer:
        0: 104
        1: 64
        2: 61
        3: 62
        4: 158
        5: 212
        6: 182
        7: 32
        8: 86
        9: 90
        10: 44
        11: 38
      Current Year:
      Grants:
      • Source: Erasmus
        Amount: 0
        Currency: €
        _id:
        Buffer:
        0: 104
        1: 64
        2: 61
        3: 62
        4: 158
        5: 212
        6: 182
        7: 32
        8: 86
        9: 90
        10: 44
        11: 37
      Complementary Information: These grants were for the following Erasmus + Projects: - A fields project which is aimed at training and upskilling co-op leaders in our membership base. - The AgriCoopValue Project, which is a training project that aims to create a favourable framework for the application of a unified social accounting system for agri-food co-operatives at European level, in order to monetise their social value and determine their multiplying capacity within rural environments across the European Union. -Lead Farm 5.0 project which supports digital innovation.

      Membership Information

      Members: 1
      Members F T E: 1
      Info Members: The ICOS European office has been a permanent fixture for since 1973, as long as Ireland has been a member of the EC. It has always interacted with all of the European Institutions in a proactive, constructive and professional way.

      Structure

      Structure Type: Structure
      Is Member Of: A complete list of ICOS members can be found here: http://icos.ie/find-your-co-op/
      Organisation Members: ICOS is a member of COGECA, the General Confederation for Agriculture Co-operatives in the European Union. www.copa-cogeca.eu ICOS is also a member of U.E.C.B.V. – European Livestock and Meat Trading Union. www.uecbv.eu/

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