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24 May '13

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Global News Development co-operative launches $50m fund for developing nations
Co-operatives have launched an initiative to raise $50 million (US) to help finance co-operatives...
Global News 'Provide a level playing field for co-operatives,' Dame Pauline tells UN
In front of the United Nations General Assembly, Dame Pauline Green, President of the...
United States Video: Launch of the International Year of Co-operatives
View the video recap of the United Nations' launch of International Year of Co-operatives...
United States Co-operative Leaders share success stories with White House officials
One hundred and fifty co-operative leaders from across America will be meeting with top policy...
Representatives from the Valencian Parliament and the Confederation

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SpainCo-operatives receive unanimous support from Valencia

To mark the UN declaration of 2012 as International Year of Co-operatives, the Valencian Parliament read out a statement in support of co-operative institutional measures to ...

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CanadaGlobe and Mail publishes Special Report on co-operatives, IYC

Canada's largest national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, has published an eight-page special report on co-ops in celebration of the International Year.

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Betty, a smallholder co-operative farmer from Kenya

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United KingdomCo-operative Group asks Government to champion smallholder farmers

Smallholder farmers are at the forefront of a new campaign led by the Co-operative Group in association with Oxfam.

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United KingdomFutureEverything celebrates co-operative collaboration

The internationally renowned digital arts festival, FutureEverything, will be celebrating co-operation as part of it’s annual conference this week.

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AustraliaEmployee ownership: Interview with Sir Stuart Hampson

11 May 2012 Interview with Sir Stuart Hampson, a leading British retailer and a champion of the employee share ownership is in Australia to promote the idea. ABC Radio National Researchers have found that employee ownership, in which workers own a stake in the company, often results in big productivity gains for companies. It's popular overseas, but less so in Australia. Sir Stuart Hampson, a leading British retailer and a champion of the employee share ...

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Global NewsNew co-operatives laws to cut costs and reduce red tape

10 May 2012 In a national first, the New South Wales Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts today welcomed the passage of legislation to empower co-operatives, slash red tape and reduce costs. The Hon Anthony Roberts MP, Minister for Fair Trading In a national first, the New South Wales Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts today welcomed the passage of legislation to empower co-operatives, slash red tape and reduce costs. “2012 is the United Nations ...

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Natasha Ngabo and Luke Tobin of The Co-operative Academy of Manchester

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United KingdomVantastic co-op tour set to make the UK smile

Students in Manchester were left smiling as they waved off a 1970s camper van on its national tour to drive awareness of the United Nations International Year of ...

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United StatesHistorical meeting for US co-operative leaders

US co-operators made history last week as 150 co-operative leaders from across the country attended a national briefing at the White House on Friday May 4.

Co-operators are meeting the Obama Administration in the White House

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United StatesCo-operative Leaders share success stories with White House officials

One hundred and fifty co-operative leaders from across America will be meeting with top policy makers in the White House today to share their success stories and discuss how ...

(0)Co-operatives, Consumer, Democracy, International Year, Mutuals, Politics, Health, Producer or Worker, Housing, Social Enterprise, Global News

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Global NewsCo-op Capitalism

25 April 2012 Charles Gould, ICA Director-General's Blog, Not Just Business as Usual, dated 25 April 2012. Noreena Hertz, at the School of Finance at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, has written recently about the need, in this post-luxe era, to replace Gucci capitalism with coop capitalism. Charles Gould, ICA Director-General's Blog, Not Just Business as Usual, dated 25 April 2012 Noreena Hertz, at the School of Finance at Erasmus University in ...

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