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21 May '13

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United States Co-operative leaders set for 'Hall of Fame' welcome
Four co-operative leaders will become part of the Co-operative Hall of Fame this week during a...
United States Credit unions sprout cooperative message at Green Festival
Native New Yorkers and international visitors alike obtained fresh insight into the power of...
United States Credit unions save students thousands in debt
Students in America have found a saving grace in credit unions, as they help to alleviate the...
United States New CEO for the National Cooperative Business Association
The National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), the US national association for cooperative...

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SpainFrom Adversity Comes Opportunity: Shareable in 2011

Create post In Shareable's second year, we investigated the challenges facing us all—the worldwide recession, increased control of the Internet, urban design problems, the changing economic and technological landscape for creators of all stripes, the decline of public spaces—and featured the people and organizations that are building a more cooperative and shareable world, from collaborative consumption entrepreneurs to innovative designers to the ...

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom: There is a need for co-operative alternatives

With the ongoing economic crisis and the prospect of falling living standards and reduced public services for years to come it would be easy for co-operators to feel ...

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CanadaCooperatives and the social economy offer viable and credible options

Cooperatives and social economy enterprises are successful because they are attuned to the needs of the communities they serve, they work as a network and they use a different managerial model. These were the findings of a study conducted by the Economic Studies team at Desjardins Group, one of the 3 hosts of the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives. The study examines the cooperative movement in the province of Quebec and the rest of Canada. According to Desjardins Group, cooperatives and ...

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CanadaCooperatives and the social economy offer viable and credible options

Cooperatives and social economy enterprises are successful because they are attuned to the needs of the communities they serve, they work as a network and they use a different managerial model. These were the findings of a study conducted by the Economic Studies team at Desjardins Group, one of the 3 hosts of the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives. The study examines the cooperative movement in the province of Quebec and the rest of Canada. According to Desjardins Group, cooperatives and ...

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United KingdomAction plan to grow the UK's co-operative economy

Co-operative Futures is set to start the International Year of Co-operatives with a plan to grow the co-operative economy to 20 per cent of UK GDP by 2100.

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Representative Chaka Fattah

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United StatesRep. Fattah Is Pushing for Cooperative Development

In August Representative Chaka Fattah (D–Penn.)  spoke with the CBJ about this exciting new legislation being readied for introduction to the House, and the economic ...

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Global NewsNational Cooperative Development Act Will Create Jobs and StrengthenCommunities in Need, Says NCBA CEO

Breakthrough Legislation Supports Urban and Rural Cooperative Development See it on Scoop.it, via Cooperatives | Co-ops

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Global NewsLooking forward to 2012

Diarmuid Well, we’re almost at the end of the year and it has been an exciting one from our perspective. We’ve developed a couple of new resources  and got ...

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Education sector experts bring their experience to the co-operative schools conference in Manchester

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United KingdomPhenomenal growth boosts co-operative schools

Over 200 educationists including representatives of 150 co-operative schools attended the recent fourth annual co-operative schools conference in Manchester.

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