Indo-Kiwi cooperative venture in Punjab New Zealand Minister for Primary Industries who is paying India a visit has met Punjab Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and offered to work together with the state in agriculture and dairy field. The New Zealand minister is leading a 22 member delegation. Sukhbir Singh Badal said cooperative organisations of Punjab and New Zealand could combine forces in various fields and make a remarkable impact on the global market. Punjab govt sources are quoted saying ...

1 November 2012 National awards recognising outstanding leadership in the field of co-operative business development were presented at a gala dinner fronted by celebrity cook Maggie Beer in Port Macquarie last Thursday 25 October. The awards were the highlight of a two-day national conference celebrating the role of co-operatives in the Australian economy capping off the United Nations declared International Year of Co-operatives. National awards recognising ...

Here is our last article of a series on groundbreaking international studies whose results will be revealed for the first time at the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives. The Summit presents a summary of the studies from these 3 research groups: PricewaterCoopers Forum 1 "Doing business our way – Winning strategies for doing business differently" – Agriculture and agrifood Theme of the study: A world map of the agricultural movement and its critical issues Summary: The ...

6 September 2012 Speakers: Paul Flowers, Chairman, The Co-operative Banking Group and Deputy Chairman of The Co-operative Group in the UK and Melina Morrison, Director, Australia's Secretariat for the UN International Year of Cooperatives and a founding director of Social Business Australia. Join us for IYC 2012 Australia's Big Co-op Conversation #12 - Beyond 2012 Workshop. The workshop will commence with two short introductions. Following the ...