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Founded in 1970 with the goal of sharing the expertise and experience of the Desjardins Group with emerging and developing countries, Développement international Desjardins (DID) celebrated 40 years of operations in 2010. A pioneer in the deployment and development of microfinance (also known as community finance) around the world, DID today is a world leader in this sector. More Read more

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Alphonse Desjardins: the power to act

The International Year of Cooperatives is a great opportunity to learn about Alphonse Desjardins's philosophy.

 

In a book structured around select quotes, Monique F. Leroux takes us through the thoughts of the Desjardins Group founder and shows the  extent to which the cooperative model can help address challenges in 2012.

 

The book is available for free in electronic format :

http://www.desjardins.com/en/coopmoi/difference-desjardins/livre-alphonse-desjardins.jsp

International Year of Cooperatives

Due to the tremendous contribution that cooperatives have made to economic and social development around the world, the United Nations declared 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives. This provides an opportunity to emphasize the fact that the cooperative model is more relevant than ever and that it fosters the security, self-sufficiency and empowerment of individuals.

 

DID just launched a video Inter-cooperation : Going Beyond Reconstruction in Haiti featuring employees of the Desjardins Group who discuss their experience in Haiti.

 

And to mark the year, Desjardins Group is organizing, in collaboration with the International Co-operative Alliance and Saint Mary’s University, an International Summit of Cooperatives to be held in Québec 

City October 8 to 11, 2012. Cooperatives from around the world, including DID partner financial cooperatives, will be attending the event.

 

DID is proud to be associated with these initiatives and extends its best wishes for all involved in the International Year of Cooperatives!

 

Marcel Lauzon, chairman of the board of directors (DID) in Burkina Faso Marcel Lauzon, chairman of the board of directors (DID) in Burkina Faso

Promoting the Desjardins model around the world

Is Desjardins Group known and appreciated beyond our borders?

 

In this video, Marcel Lauzon, chairman of the board of directors of the Caisse populaire Desjardins de Saint-Jérôme and the DID board of directors, and Hélène Munger, a young officer with the Caisse Desjardins des Chutes-Montmorency and one of the two winners in the Young Officers component of the 5th annual DoingMyPart.Coop contest, talk about the pride they felt after visiting some of the countries where DID is active (which include Vietnam, Burkina Faso and Haiti).

 

This video was produced by DID to mark the International Year of Cooperatives.

 

Watch the video: http://www.did.qc.ca/en/news-and-videos