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Klaus Niederländer
Director
Cooperatives Europe
Private Sector & Development author
Klaus Niederländer is the Director of Cooperatives Europe, the European Association of co-operative enterprises, as well as Regional Director of the International Co-operative Alliance. With a background in investment banking and management consulting, he has 10 years of experience in SME development in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on economic cluster creations and linking long-term finance with technical assistance.
Cooperatives Europe
Cooperatives Europe is the European representative association of co-operative enterprises, uniting around 160,000 enterprises from 36 countries, directly employing 5.5 million people, and with over 100 million members. It is part of the International Co-operative Alliance (including the Americas, Africa and the Asia-Pacific regions). Co-operative associations have been long-time development actors around the world, focusing on sustainable enterprise development.