Presentations & publications

Digest
Published by the Canadian Co-operative Association.

Starting a co-operative, farmer-controlled economic initiatives.
This publication is a joint effort between AgriCord, Agriterra, Agromisa and iFAP.

Are you planning to start up a farmers' co-operative society? And could you do with some material on how to go about this? The brochure Starting a co-operative - farmer controlled economic initiatives can be a valuable help. its contents is partly based on general ICA recommendations on how to design and establish a co-operative society. The contents include What is a co-operative?. Why are farmers interested in co-operatives?, What is needed to form a co-operative?, Co-operative Management, Statutes and by-laws, Finance, Potential Pitfalls, Establishing a co-operative and steps involved - developing the initiative, building consensus, establishing a steering committee, feasibility study and member survey, organisational design, member commitment, involving other stakeholders and starting up the enterprise.

The brochure is is available in a second revised edition of 2006 and is available in four languages - Englishm spaqnish, Portuguese and French.

Report on the conference held in Pretoria, South Africa, 6-9 February 2006 (pdf)

Co-operatives and Development, UK Congress, Manchester, May 2004 (pdf)

Development Co-operation: How Co-operatives cope? - A survey of major co-operative development agencies, 2004 (pdf)

Special pages (pdf) from ICA Digest:

Tsunami Report Part 2, April 2007, issue 55

Reconstructing Co-operatives after the tsunami - ICA's tactical response, March 2007, issue 54

Post Tsunami Interventions in India completed in record time, June 2006, issue 49

Tsunami update provide to recent ICA Board meeting and
how can co-operatives contribute to development?, February 2006, issue 46

Jan-Eirik Imbsen, ICA Director of Development talks about new directions, June 2005, issue 42