Despite the oppressive sanctions, Iran rural and agricultural cooperatives, always seek to sustain international ties for sharing knowledge and experience on rural development and entrepreneurship,
Shahpasand , the assistant director of the Rural cooperatives and CSOs of the Central Organization of Rural Cooperatives (CORC), participated in the final Conference of the SPRING (Strengthen the capacity of Cooperatives and Cooperative Associations to Protect Inclusive and Sustainable Growth) project, Attended by the Supreme Ambassador of Italy in I.R.I ,representatives of LEGACOOP ( Italian National Federation of Cooperatives ) ,Halieus ( Italian NGO),International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), International Labor Organization (ILO) , and SPASDI ( Iranian NGO ).
Held in 13th, Jan,2020, the final web conference of the SPRING (by supporting the Rural Producers in the County of Bam” Focused on the summarized executive procedures as well as the final results. The project is defined inside the framework of the EU (CSOs-LAs) Thematic program and is coordinated by the Society for the Protection and Assistance of Socially Predicted (SPASDI) with the support of Halieus.
Aiming to enhance the Iranian CSO’s contribution to the rural development and entrepreneurship, SPRING started from 2018 in Bam county with focus on the empowerment of the rural women.