With the approach of the United Nations 2012 International Year of Co-operatives Charles Gould, Director-General of the Geneva based International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), talks about the plans to exploit the opportunities which the international year brings to the movement. As well as revealing the slogan for the year, “Co-operative enterprises build a better world”, he discusses the three key messages which will be embedded in the year-long campaign spearheaded by the ICA.