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23 May '12

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Global NewsThe Week in Review: Fairtrade, Ireland and #LittleClayMen

Co-ops around the world joined together to support World Fairtrade Day on Saturday 12 May, Ireland has had a busy week for co-ops as they held a national conference and in the UK a digital arts festival celebrating co-operation and collaboration started on Wednesday.

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Queen Elizabeth sets out Parliament's agenda in her speech in the House of Lords

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United KingdomAn alternative Queen's speech — for co-operatives

No one, it seems, has had a good word to say for this year’s Queen's Speech, yet it could have been so different. If David Cameron had really bought into the Co-op ...

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Zombies Run, the app created through a crowd funding initiative

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United KingdomMass participation brings new life to start-ups

The theme of the FutureEverything festival, which is being held in Manchester this week, is FutureEverybody to mark the International Year of Co-operatives. As part of a talk on ...

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Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen

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Global NewsRaiffeisen: a visionary pioneer of financial cooperatives

Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen was a leading figure in the development of financial cooperatives, both in Europe and around the world! Here is a brief overview of his life and ...

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Global NewsCall for papers for two major events

Cooperative and mutualist researchers are invited to respond to two calls for scientific papers, the deadlines for which are fast approaching. In 2012, two international organizations will be holding major events at which they will be presenting scientific papers: - The European Association of Co-Operative Banks (EACB) will hold their 5th convention in Belgium in December. - The New Zealand Association for the Study of Cooperatives and Mutuals (NZASCM) is organizing a research conference to be ...

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AustraliaCo-operatives feature in ABS Year Book Australia

04 May 2012 The 2012 edition of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Year Book Australia reflects on the National Year of Reading, the Australian Year of the Farmer and the International Year of Co-operatives. This is an important moment for Australian co-operatives to take centre stage as a business model of scale deserving of statisical mapping. The 2012 edition of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Year Book Australia reflects on the National Year of ...

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Michael Cook, William Davisson, Bill Gessner, Charles Snyder

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United StatesCo-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 special ceremony held in Washington, D.C.

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Global NewsCo-ops can cope

10 April 2012 The co-operative business model could bring more benefit to regional Australia. Melina Morrison talks about the International Year of the Co-op. The co-operative business model could bring more benefit to regional Australia. Melina Morrison talks about the International Year of the Co-op. Play ABC Country Hour podcast A group promoting co-operatives says there should be a resurgence in farming co-ops this year. 2012 has been designated by the ...

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MalawiVideo: How Fairtrade helps the lives of villagers

Scottish co-operatives have teamed up to promote Fairtrade through a special film.

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Global NewsFin.Year 2011-12 : IFFCO outsmarts odds again

Indian Cooperative.com is producing below the letter IFFCO MD Mr US Awasthi wrote on the eve of close of the financial year. Credit indeed goes to IFFCO which despite facing scores of challenges both local and global kept its winning streak intact and notched up a profit beyond Rs one thousand crore mark. It is a victory of cooperative, it is a victory of people’s movement.Indian cooperative.com complements Mr Awasthi and his team for the spectacular performance -Editor If you are ...

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