Keynote speaker - Bruno Roelants

Bruno Roelants is 16th Director-General of the International Cooperative Alliance, which was founded in 1895. He began his 5-year mandate as director general in 2018.

Bruno has more than 30 years of experience within the co-operative movement following his previous position as secretary general of CICOPA, the sectoral organisation of the International Co- operative Alliance for industrial, artisanal, and service co-operatives (2002-2018). He has also served as secretary general of CECOP, the European conferderation of  industrail and service co-operatives, and director of  the European Co-operatives Groups. Prior to these posts, he co-ordinated development projects in China, India, Latin America, and Central-Eastern Europe. Bruno coordinated the group of representatives of organisations of co-operatives in Geneva during the 2001-2002 negotiations on the ILO Recommendation 193 on the Promotion of Co-operatives.