Morocco as many developing countries suffer consequences of the globalization. He knew social deficits and transfers which affected several business sectors what makes them fragile. Conscious in these stakes, the Moroccan public authorities undertook measures to strengthen and upgrade sectors having suffered the repercussions of the competition and to mobilize the social action to fight against the precariousness and the poverty. Among these measures, the implementation of the network of the voluntary sector which was rest supported by the National Initiative of the Human Development, launched by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI on May 18th, 2005. The cooperative constitutes the vertebral column of the voluntary and united sector. It has for objective to support her members and to improve their socioeconomic situation. The object of this article is to determine the role of cooperatives in the sustainable development. We tried at first to approach the characteristics of cooperatives then we showed that cooperatives integrate into their management of the multiple objectives of economic, social and ecological order. Finally, we highlighted the current situation of the Moroccan cooperatives and their performances.