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Cooperatives have a potential of undertaking, for developing new activities, creating jobs and responding to various needs of the market and society that are new or have not yet been met. Cooperatives have also an important role in the maintenance of a welfare society and social cohesion.
Tomorrow's business policy has to cover the various aspects of cooperatives and provide tools and support services to enable our enterprises to make optimum use of our capacities.
I've been working as cooperative advisor during more than 15 years to be more precise on the Swedish West Coast, in Sweden's second largest town - Göteborg. Since 1998 I work for Koopi, the Cooperative Research and Development Institute in Sweden as responsible for cooperative development issues and European affairs.
I will start on a personal level. I'm lucky to live on a small island in our beautiful West Coast archipelago. I am 45 years old, married with Björn and I'm the mother of four daughters, and I'm also grandmother to a wonderful one year old girl. I tell you this because; to me the cooperative development work represents a life style. I strongly believe that to all cooperators our active engagement and active presence must permeate our work as well as our spare time. To me it's extremely important to participate in the creation of a better society for all of us. It's also important to show my daughters that everything is possible. If we just work together.
Comments or questions? Contact the COPAC Coordinator.
Posted: 19 July 2000