Day 1: Monday, 6 October 2025 –Capacity Building Workshop and Innovation Lab ICA-Africa Board Meeting

Time

Session

Moderator/ facilitator

08:00 – 09:30

7 Coop principles Run/Walk

Ms. Hilda Ojal / Mr. George Mutiso

10:00 – 13:00

Training workshop on Alternative Dispute

Resolution for Cooperative Leaders

Dr. Ngala Paul

13:00 -14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 16:00

Design Dash: Innovation Sprint for Cooperative Leaders

Mr. Steven Githii

16:00 – 18:00

ICA-Africa Board Meeting (restricted)

High Chief Oriyomi Ayeola,

President of ICA -Africa

Day 2: Tuesday, 7 October 2025 – General Assembly s Sectoral Meetings

Time

Session

Moderator (s)/ facilitator (s)

08:30 – 12:00

Cooperative Development Organizations

(CDOs) networking Event

Moderator: ICA Africa

09:00 – 13:00

ICA-Africa Regional Assembly

ICA Africa Regional Board

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:00

 ICA -Africa Sectoral Constituency

 Consultations

ICA Africa Sectorial and

constituency committee chair(s)

15:00 – 18:00

Field Visit

Nairobi County, CIC, KCCE

19:00 – 21:00

Evening Welcome Reception

High Chief Oriyomi Ayeola, President of ICA Africa

Day 3: Wednesday, 8 October 2025 –AMCCO High-Level Policy Partnership Forum

Time

09:00 – 10:00

Plenary session: Opening Ceremony – Keynote: Partnerships for People- Centered and Planet-Sensitive Cooperative Growth in Africa

• Malonza Macloud, chair CAK and Vice President ICA-Africa,
• Jeroen Douglas Director General -ICA
• High Chief Oriyomi Ayeola, President of ICA- Africa,
• Dr. Ariel Enrique Guarco ICA Global President (Video)
• UNON representative
• EU Delegation to Kenya
• Patrick Kilemi PS Cooperatives Kenya
• Hon. FCPA Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya- CS MSMEs and Cooperatives Kenya

Moderator: David Obonyo

Commissioner

10:00 -10:30

Group photo & break

10:30 – 12:20

Plenary session/Ministerial Statements:

Ministerial Partnership Dialogue – Translating Political Will into Cooperative Action

Panelists: Cooperative Ministers

Moderator: Hon. FCPA Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya

• All Ministers and representative of Ministers present

12:20 – 13:00

Round   table              discussion              on National Cooperative Enabling environment

Panelists: Selected ministers

Moderator: Patrick Kilemi PS Cooperatives in the ministry of MSME and Cooperatives Kenya

• North Africa-
• West Africa-
• Central Africa-
• East Africa- Julius Migosi Ogamba CS Education Kenya
• Southern Africa

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Panel       discussion                 1: Unlocking

Cooperative Finance and Market Access Through Regional Integration

(Room number TBC)

Panelist:

• Kurt Moors, General Coordinator CERA,
• DSIK video sharing
• MS. Mary Mwiti Chief Executive Officer,
• CEO SASRA,
• EU Kenya Delegation,
• Ludmilla Azo- ITC country manager
• Kwikiriza Jackson- CEO AMIR

Moderator: Vincent Marangu -Cooperative Bank of Kenya- Director Banking Division

(Parallel Sessions)

Panel Discussion 2: Scaling Impact Through Partnerships in Agriculture, Health, Consumer, Housing Worker Cooperatives (Room number TBC)

Panelists:

• Dr. Todor Ivanov (Video)
• Sara Vicari, Cooperative Development Expert at FAO NENA Regional;
• Stijn van Geel Regional Manager East Africa, Agriterra.
• Dr. Annastazia Nyalita
• TBC-ZINAHCO
• TBC

Moderator: Geroge Onyango- Regional Director We Effect

Panel Discussions 3 – Digital Innovation and Cooperative Education Partnerships for Future-Ready Cooperatives

(Room number TBC)

Panelist:

• MOCU/CUK,
• Roeland Monasch, CEO

Aflatoun International

• Sboniso Madlopha Vice President, Operations JA Africa,
•  Solomon Angutsa Atsiaya- Kenya Police SACCO,
• TBC

Moderator: TBC

15:30 – 16:30

Plenary session: Cross-Cutting Dialogue Through Strategic Partnerships (Room number TBC)

Key Note speaker:   Sriram Bharatam Founder & Chief Mentor KUZA Biashara Limited,

Panelist:

• Dr Susan Limisi Gender Coordinator Fairtrade Africa
• Harsh Mukeshbhai Sanghani - President International Cooperative Alliance Youth Committee
• CEC Meru County,
• UNEP

16:30 -17:00

Recap

Moderator: Prof: Isaac Nyamongo-Chair AMCCO Scientific Committee

Presenters:

• Moderator of Panel Discussion 1, 2, 3 and Plenary Session

19:00- 21:00

AMCCO 2025 Partnership Ministerial

Dinner

Cabinet Secretary Kenya- Hon Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya

Day 4: Thursday, October 2025 – Policy, Governance s Implementation Dialogues

Time

Session

Moderator (s)/ facilitator (s)

09:00 – 11:00

Regional Technical Cooperative

Development Committee Meeting

Technical Committee chair

11:00 -11: 30

Break

11:30 – 12:15

Plenary          session:                       Cooperative development programs in Africa

• CoopStaR,
• ILO,
• We Effect,
• Francesca Ottolenghi, Legacoop
• Sanjeev Singh Director, Programs & Development CDF Canada

12:15 – 12:30

Launching      the     Africa Cooperative

Model Law

PAP / ICA Africa

12:30 -13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:30

Presentation and Adoption of AMCCO

Resolutions and Action Plan

Moderator: Technical Committee

15:30 – 16:00

Inauguration of the new ICA Africa

Regional Board

High Chief Oriyomi Ayeola President of ICA Africa

16:00- 16:30

Official Closing Ceremony

• High Chief Oriyomi Ayeola President of ICA Africa
• Patrick Kilemi PS Cooperatives Kenya
• Hon. FCPA Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya- CS MSMEs and Cooperatives Kenya