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  • SouthEast Housing Co-operative Online
    The SouthEast Housing Co-operative, based in Dandenong, Victoria, has gone online. The co-operative is a leading rental housing co-operative with the mission statement of increasing and providing secure, affordable and environmentally sustainable long term community housing managed by and for low income people and deliver excellent services to improve the quality of housing of residents.
  • Social Enterprise in Australia
    Finding  Australia's Social Enterprise Sector - Final Report has been released by the FASES project - a joint initiative of Social Traders and the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Non-Profit Studies, Queensland University of Technology. FASES is Finding Australia's Social Enterprise Sector.  You can download a summary report and for a full report. 
  • ICA's New Director-General
    The International Co-operative Alliance has named Charles Gould as its new Director-General - replacing Iain Macdonald who has served as Director-General for the past eight years. The ICA has 240 member organisations from 91 countries - representing nearly one billion individuals and providing more than 100 million jobs. For more about the ICA's new Director-General visit http://www.ica.coop
  • CBH Demutualisation Push
    A dissident group within the CBH Group is attempting to reduce the influence of growers on the board of the Western Australia co-operative. The board has rejected the group's proposal. Read more in WA Business News.
  • Co-operatives WA's Spotlight on Co-operatives
    Co-operatives WA has announced an important partnership with three of the State's largest co-operatives and the University of Western Australia - with funding from the Federal Government. The research program will study - Sustainable Cooperative Enterprise: An Investigation into the Factors Influencing the Sustainability and Competitiveness of Co-operative Enterprises. For more visit the Co-operatives Australia website.
  • National Community Housing Standards and Co-operatives
    The third edition of the National Community Housing Standards Manual (May 2010) has just been released in Australia - developed by JPX Consulting Pty Ltd and published by Housing NSW. This edition replaces the second edition published in 2003.  The third edition takes account of the seven international principles of co-operation adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance to guide the formation and management of co-operatives. The Manual reproduces the seven principles. The manual can be downloaded from the website of the Community Housing Federation of Australia.
  • Blue Mountains 30th
    The Blue Mountains Food Co-op Ltd in Katoomba, New South Wales,  is celebrating its 3oth birthday in 2010. The co-operative is Australia's largest organic food co-operative. The co-operative's website: www.bluemtnsfood.asn.au  The email address is: bmfoodcoop@exemail.com.au

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Spotlight on Co-operatives

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Last Updated on Monday, 05 July 2010 03:51 Written by David Griffiths Monday, 05 July 2010 03:30

Co-operatives WA has welcomed the announcement by Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr, of a Federal Government Innovation Australia Linkage Grant funding of $258,000 for its research partnership with the University of Western Australia Business School. The research program titled - Sustainable Co-operative Enterprise: An Investigation into the Factors Influencing the Sustainability and Competitiveness of Co-operative Enterprises, will be administered by UWA and overseen by a joint UWA.industry management group. Three of Western Australia's most important co-operatives are providing cash and in-kind support - Capricorn Society, Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd and Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd. Read the Co-operatives WA media release.
 

Inaugural IYC Steering Committee Meeting

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Last Updated on Sunday, 04 July 2010 04:24 Written by David Griffiths Sunday, 04 July 2010 04:14

The inaugural meeting of Australia's International Year of Co-operatives Steering Committee will be on the 21 July 2010. The meeting is hosted by Social Business Australia and will confirm the final composition of the IYC SC, a timeline for activities and the role and members of a Reference Group formed to advise the SC on specific aspects of planning for IYC.  Co-operatives Australia supports the establishment of the IYC SC. Co-operatives Australia has established an IYC page on its website http://www.australia.coop/ca/news/26-australiaandtheinternationalyearofcooperatives
 

Global Consumers' Co-operatives and Australia

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Written by David Griffiths Friday, 02 July 2010 08:32

Global Consumers' Co-operatives: A Historical Perspective will be held at the Women's College, University of Sydney, 19 November 2010.

This symposium brings together a number of international researchers examining the issue of the history of consumer co-operatives. The symposium raises a number of issues, particularly why consumer co-operatives have been more successful in some countries and regions than others. The speakers are members of a steering committee overseeing the Global Consumers’ Co-operative Project, which plans to produce a major publication in 2012, the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives.

The symposium is organised by the Co-operatives Research Group, Faculty of Economics and Business, The University of Sydney and we acknowledge the financial support of the Faculty of Economics and Business, The University of Sydney.

The symposium registration form and programme are available at http://sydney.edu.au/business/research/co-operatives.

 Symposium Programme

 9.00 -9.15 am Registration/Coffee

 9.15-9.30 am Welcome – Greg Patmore (The University of Sydney)

 9.30-10.30 am

 Mary Hilson (University College London) and Silke Neunsinger (Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek, Stockholm), ‘Towards a global history of Consumer-Cooperatives’.

 10.30-11 am Morning Tea

 11. am -1.pm The Nordic Countries and Japan

 Mary Hilson, ‘The Nordic co-operative movements and the emergence of the Nordic 'middle way' in the inter-war period’.

 Akira Kurimoto (Consumer Co-operative Institute of Japan), 'Emergence of Consumer-driven Co-ops in the Adversarial Environment'.

 1.-2 pm Lunch

 1.30-3.30 The Americas

 Sigismundo Bialoskorski Neto (University of Sao Paulo), ‘Consumers’ Co-operative History in Latin America’.

 Ian MacPherson (University of  Victoria), ‘Historical Perspectives on Consumer Co-operatives in Canada’.

 3.30-4.00 Afternoon Tea

 4.00-5.00 pm Australia and New Zealand

 Nikola Balnave (The University of Western Sydney) and Greg Patmore, ‘Historical Perspectives on Consumer Co-operatives in Australia and New Zealand’.

 5.00pm -5.15 pm Conclusion (Nikola Balnave)

 
GREG PATMORE   | Pro Dean  |  Professor of Business and Labour History
Faculty of Economics and Business
THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Room 206 Building H69 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006
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Australia and the International Year of Co-operatives 2012

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Last Updated on Sunday, 20 June 2010 23:10 Written by David Griffiths Sunday, 20 June 2010 09:35

The United Nations has declared 2012 as the International Year of Co-operatives. Co-operatives Australia supports IYC 2012 as an important opportunity to promote the co-operative difference.

The International Co-operative Alliance has established a IYC 2012 section on its web site which includes:

The United Nations resolution on IYC 2012 in different languages.

Information on who is planning the International Year.

A draft ICA proposal for activities for IYC.

News releases from the ICA, the UN and ILO on IYC 2012

 

Planning for the International Year of Co-operatives

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 May 2010 02:15 Written by David Griffiths Thursday, 13 May 2010 05:16

On 13 May 2010 there was an important Australia-wide conference call on the International Year of Co-operatives in 2012. The conference call was hosted by Social Business Australia and facilitated by its Chairman, Trent Bartlett. The purpose was to seek support from the broader social business sector to celebrate the International Year of Co-operatives in 2012 - creating a reason to coalesce, creating a mindset change toward social business and set aspirational targets for achievements.  There were 17 participants  in the conference call - representing Barossa Community Store, Co-operatives Australia, Hepburn Wind, Macleay River Regional Co-operative, MECU, Plumbers'  Supplies Co-operative Limited, Social Business Australia, Social Traders, Sydney Credit Union, Tertiary Access Group Co-operatives Limited and West Belconnen Health Co-operative.
   

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