| JANUARY 2006 |
| 26 |
COPAC and co-op development agencies meeting, Sri Lanka Contact: Maria Elena Chavez Hertig |
| FEBRUARY 2006 |
| 6-10 |
ILO, ICA, DGRV, Regional Conference: Co-operating out of Poverty, Pretoria/South Africa. |
| 7 |
ICA Governance Working Group, Geneva, Switzerland. Contact: Garry Cronan |
| 8 |
ICA Interim Structural and Regionalisation Group, Geneva, Switzerland. Contact: Iain Macdonald |
| 16-17 |
ICA European Council Meeting, Brussels, Belgium. Contact: Rainer Schluter |
| 24 |
Meeting of Executive Committee of International Co-operative Banking Association, (ICBA), Bangalore, India. Contact: biurowaw@kzbs.pol.pl |
| MARCH 2006 |
| 6 |
ICA Gender Equality Executive Committee, Brussels Belgium. Contact: chavez@ica.coop |
| 6-7 |
ICA Board meeting, Brussels, Belgium. Contact: Iain Macdonald |
| 13 |
Co-ops Europe Meeting, Brussels, Belgium. Contact: Rainer Schluter |
| 13-15 |
African Research Facility Conference, Ethiopia. Contact: Jan-Eirik Imbsen |
| 16-17 |
Meeting of ICA Americas Consultative Council, Honduras. Contact: Manuel Mariño |
| 20-23 |
ICA/ICFO/Sri Lanka NFFCS Seminar on Development of
Fisheries Cooperative Societies in Sri Lanka in relation to Fisheries Business
as well as Resource Management, Negombo, Sri Lanka
Programme |
| 20-24 |
Seminar, International Co-operative Fishing Organisation (ICFO), Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Contact: icfo@zengyoren.jf-net.ne.jp |
| 30 |
Meeting of American Health Co-operatives, Buenos Aires, Argentina (IHCO) |
| 31 |
International Health Co-operative Organisation (IHCO) Board meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contact: direccion@fundacionespriu.coop |
| APRIL 2006 |
| 6 |
Second sectoral online meeting |
| 6-7 |
COPA - COGECA Seminar, Public perception of the Common Agricultural Policy – analysis and ways of communicating policy, Brussels, Belgium. Contact: grazyna.las@copa-cogeca.be |
| 18-19 |
ICA CEO Forum, Imola, Italy. Contact: Garry Cronan |
| 19-20 |
First Asian International Cooperative Housing Seminar on Poverty and Slums, Kuala Lumpur, Malasyia. Contact: nchf2001@yahoo.com |
| 21 |
ICA Audit and Control Committee meeting, Geneva, Switzerland. Contact: Guy Malacrida |
| MAY 2006 |
| 3-4 |
ICA Asia-Pacific Workshop: on Prevention of HIV/AIDS, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Contact: icaroap@vsnl.com |
| 3-4 |
ICA Board meeting, Washington DC, USA. Contact: Iain Macdonald |
| 10-12 |
World Congress on Social Tourism
www.bits-int.org |
| 11-12 |
ICA Americas Seminar on "Encouraging International Co-operative Business in the ICA Americas region", San José, Costa Rica. Contact: Manuel Mariño direccion@aciamericas.coop
Download registration form |
| 12 |
ACFSMC/ILO Employment Meeting plus meeting of Asia Pacific Standing Committee |
| 13-19 |
The 60th anniversary World Farmers Congress of IFAP, Seoul |
| 15 |
ICA Governance Working Group meeting. Contact: Garry Cronan |
| 15-26 |
ILO-ICA Seminar: Co-operative policy and law, ILO International Training Centre, Turin, Italy. See http://learning.itcilo.org/entdev/coop/ |
| 18-19 |
COPA - COGECA Seminar, Reinforcing Agricultural Co-operatives in the New Member States, Brussels, Belgium. Contact: grazyna.las@copa-cogeca.be |
| 22-24 |
International Health Co-operative Organisation (IHCO) Board meeting, Stockholm, Sweden. Contact: direccion@fundacionespriu.coop |
| 23-24 |
ICA Americas Seminar on Influence of the co-operative sector in the development of the Public Policies in Latin America, Panama. Contact: incidencia@aciamericas.coop |
| 24-27 |
4th Annual International Youth Conference, Manchester, UK. Contact: Mervyn Wilson, UK Co-op College |
| 30-2 June |
2006 Annual Conference of The Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation, York University, Toronto, Ontario. The theme of the conference is Co-operating in a Global Economy:challenges to be faced, lessons to be learned. More |
| 31 |
International Conference on Farmers’ Organisations & Development Cooperation, with the theme “Farmers Fighting Hunger”, Arnhem, The Netherlands
www.agriterra.org |
| JUNE 2006 |
| 1 |
International workshop on “Integrated support for farmers’ organizations and development cooperation.”
http://www.agriterra.org |
| 4-8 |
8th Development Education Workshop, Bangkok . Thailand.
Contact: nair@icaroap.coop
For more information see the following brochure (pdf) |
| 17-19 |
Peace and Co-operation Workshop, Vancouver, Canada Contact: Ian MacPherson |
| 19-21 |
26th CIRIEC International Congress, Istanbul, Turkey . The theme of the congress will be: The public, social and cooperative economy in the context of globalisation: in the service of a more responsible, more solidarity-based economy. Particular attention will be paid to the supranational dimension, for instance in the context of the World Trade Organisation and the General Agreement on the Trade of Services. See www.ciriec.org
for further details. |
| 19-23 |
International Conference on Co-operatives in the Pursuit of Peace, British Colombia, Canada.
The British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies and the ICA will co-host this conference. Presentations will examine the role of co-ops, past and present, in promoting social cohesion at the international, national, and local level. More |
| 22-23 |
ICMIF Marketing Network Seminar, Manchester, United Kingdom. Contact: faye@icmif.org |
| JULY 2006 |
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| 1 |
International Day of Co-operatives (celebrated on the first Saturday of July every year) |
| 13-15 |
13th Conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP) Mondragon University, Spain. IAFEP is dedicated to exploring the economics of democratic and participatory economic organisations, such as labour-managed firms, co-operatives and firms with broad-based employee share-ownership, profit-sharing and worker participation schemes. The theme for this year’s conference is Expanding Democratic Firms, Broadening Economic Democracy. More |
| 17-21 |
ICA Americas Regional Assembly, Lima, Peru. Contact: Manuel Mariño |
| 17 |
ICA Americas, IV Meeting of Parliamentarians, Lima, Peru. Contact: banca@aciamericas.coop |
| 19 |
ICA Americas 3rd Women meeting, Lima, Peru. Contact: genero@aciamericas.coop
ICA Americas, Youth meeting,
Lima, Peru.
Contact: genero@aciamericas.coop
ICA Americas, Universities Network 2nd meeting,
Lima, Peru. Contact: genero@aciamericas.coop
ICA Americas meeting of school co-operatives, Lima, Peru . Contact: genero@aciamericas.coop |
| 27-30 |
2006 World Credit Union Conference, Dublin, Ireland. See www.woccu.coop/ |
| 28 |
FAESS General Assembly, Buenos Aires, Argentina. See www.faess.com.ar |
| AUGUST 2006 |
| 2-5 |
Association of Cooperative Educators 2006 ACE Institute, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Conference of co-operative educators and academics from USA, Canada and Puerto Rica. See www.wisc.edu/uwcc/ace/nl/fall05.pdf for details. |
| 14 |
Meeting of Regional Co-operative Banking Association for Asia-Pacific, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Contact: Mr. Shil-Kwan Lee
Meeting of ICA Consumer sub-committee on University/College Co-operatives for Asia-Pacific; Colombo , Sri Lanka. Contact:
Mr. Shil-Kwan Lee |
| 15 |
ICA Regional Women's Committee for Asia and the Pacific, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Coordinator: Ms. Savitri Singh
3rd ICA Asia Pacific Regional Youth Seminar, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Contact: P. Nair
ICA Asia Pacific HRD Seminar and HRD Committee Meeting, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Coordinator: Mr. K. Sethumadhavan |
| 15-16 |
ICA Asia-Pacific Co-operative Research Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The two themes for conference are: Natural disaster preparedness and rehabilitation in community through co-operative initiatives; The role of co-operative leadership in preservation of co-operative identity.
Contact: P. Nair |
| 16 |
ICA Asia Pacific Standing Committee meeting, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Contact: Mr. Shil-Kwan Lee
ICA Consumer Committee for Asia and the Pacific, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Contact: Mr. Tsubasa Nakamura |
| 17 |
ICA Asia Pacific Co-operative Forum, Contact: P. Nair |
| 18 |
7th ICA Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Contact: Mr. Shil-Kwan Lee |
| SEPTEMBER 2006 |
| 6-8 |
International Conference, Reclaiming the Economy: the Role of Co-operative Enterprise, Ownership and Control, Cardiff, Wales. The conference will explore the profile of co-operative forms of organisation with a view to establishing a multidisciplinary research agenda that serves the mutual interests of both academics and practitioners. Contact: Molly Scott Cato.
Or see www.uwic.ac.uk/ubs/conferences/#Sugg |
| 14-15 |
ICA Latin American Research Conference - El Cooperativismo Latinoamericano: ¿visión integrada de lo económico y lo social? Rosario, Argentina. Contact: Mirta Vuotto, Sigismundo Bialoskorski Neto |
| OCTOBER 2006 |
| 2-6 |
ICA Africa Regional Assembly, Arusha, Tanzania. Contact: Ada Suleymane Kibora |
| 12-13 |
XXIV ICA-Americas Regional Council, Argentina. Contact: member@aciamericas.coop
More information on http://www.aciamericas.coop |
| 18-21 |
Association of European Co-operative and Mutual Insurers (ACME) and the Association Internationale des Sociétés d'Assurance Mutuelle (AISAM) First Joint Congress, "Capitalising on Mutuality", Bruges, Belgium. More
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| 19-22 |
ICA Co-operative Research Conference, Dourdan, France
This is the regular biennial ICA European Co-operative research conference. Please contact: Caroline Naett or Yohanan Stryjan
More information on http://www.icaresearch-paris.coop/ |
| 25-29 |
Forum for a responsible globalisation, Lyon, France. Contact: Jacques Terrenoire |
| NOVEMBER 2006 |
| 6-8 |
"Gender Integration in co-operatives -- 10 Years before and after", Tagaytay City, Philippines.
Contact: Savitri Singh, Gender Officer, ICA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
| 8 |
Consumer Co-operatives Worldwide (CCW). CCW is ICA's global consumer sectoral
organisation., It will be holding a seminar on Common sourcing of products for European Consumer Societies. Contact: CCW's Chair, Bob Burlton |
| 9 |
CECOP - Board meeting - Social enterprises & worker co-operatives European seminar:
comparing models of corporate governance and social inclusion - Contact: Olivier Biron - also see www.cecop.coop/article.php3?id_article=281 |
| 9 |
International Health Co-operative Organisation (IHCO). IHCO, the ICA's global health sectoral organisation is holding a Board meeting. Contact: Jin Kook Kim - It is also holding a fundraising seminar for co-operative projects - Contact: Peter Eneström, see also www.ica.coop/ihco/newsanddoc.html#seminarmanchester |
| 9 |
Meeting of the ICA Communications Committee, Manchester, UK. Contact: Garry Cronan |
| 9 |
ICAO General Meeting & ICAO/IFAP joint workshop, Seoul, South Korea. Contact: Jin Kook Kim or see website www.agricoop.org |
| 9-10 |
ICA Europe Regional Assembly, Manchester, UK. Contact: Rainer Schluter
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| 15 |
One day field study visit to Johorbaru area of Malaysia (ICFO) |
| 16 |
ICFO Annual General Meeting, Singapore. Contact: kokusai-sato@r6.dion.ne.jp
More information on http://singapore.panpacific.com/ |
| 16 |
ICFO Annual Executive Members Meeting - Room "Ocean 1 ", Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore.
Contact: kokusai-sato@r6.dion.ne.jp |
| DECEMBER 2006 |
| 7-8 |
ICA Board meeting, Trento, Italy. Contact: Iain Macdonald |
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