TEHRAN- On the second day of the 13th ICA-Asia and Pacific Regional Cooperative Conference, which is being held in Tehran, nine specialized committees held some meetings.

The committees were in the fields of agriculture, human resources development, university cooperation, consumers, gender, forestry, credit and banking, young people cooperation, and research, as announced by Iran Chamber of Cooperative.

Some 170 representatives from 25 countries are participating in the five-day event which kicked off on Monday.

As reported, over 300 Iranian participants will also take part in this gathering of ICA (International Cooperative Alliance) organized by Iran Chamber of Cooperative.

Participating countries include China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Argentina, Belgium, Kenya, Jordan, Palestine, Malaysia, Turkey, Italy, Canada, France, Poland, etc.

ICA is a non-profit international association established in 1895 to advance the co-operative social enterprise model. The Alliance is the apex organization for co-operatives worldwide, representing 284 co-operative federations and organizations across 95 countries. The members of the Alliance are national level co-operative federations, individual co-operative organizations and government offices concerned with co-operatives.

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