Alleanza delle Cooperative Italiane - settore agroalimentare (ACI)

The national coordination of Italy's three main cooperative federations (AGCI, Confcooperative, Legacoop), founded in 2011; its agri-food branch is ACI Agroalimentare. It jointly represents cooperatives towards the government, parliament and the EU, and is a member of the European Cogeca. Farmers do not join directly: they are linked through their cooperative, via one of the three federations.

Umbrella organisation: its members are the three cooperative federations (in agriculture: Confcooperative Agroalimentare Pesca, Legacoop Agroalimentare and AGCI AgroIttico). Farmers and cooperatives belong through one of these.

There is no direct membership for individual farmers; cooperatives pay contributions to their member federation, the amounts of which are not published.

• Joint representation of cooperatives in Rome and Brussels (Cogeca)
• Joint collective agreements for the cooperative sector
• Shared tools: guarantee fund (Cooperfidi Italia), pension fund, training fund (Fon.Coop)
• Building regional cooperative alliances

• alleanzacooperative.it — L'associazione
• Copa-Cogeca — Cogeca members (Italy)