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The cooperative movement in Egypt celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1984. Cooperatives were established as part of the “anti-colonial struggle”. The emerging cooperatives were decentralized and self-managed structures based on the Raiffeisen and the British industrial and provident society legal framework. The creation of a Registry of cooperatives able to intervene, and secondary and apex organizations were also features of the emerging movement. The cooperative movement today consists of five sectors: consumer, agriculture, fishery, housing and production and 18 thousand democratic cooperative organizations. It provides services to 25 million citizens.