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Expert Group Meeting:
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The primary purpose of the Meeting is to provide support to UN Member States
and national, regional and international cooperative organizations in
their efforts to create a supportive cooperative environment and to
promote an exchange of experience and best practices.
The Meeting will develop, in cooperation with the relevant members of the
Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC), United
Nations and other international and national organizations, a coordinated
approach towards the creation of a supportive environment for the
development of cooperatives at national and international levels. It is
expected that cooperation between the UN Secretariat and COPAC will
contribute to the strengthening of national capabilities of Member States
in this regard.
The Meeting will also try to develop recommendations pertaining to the
creation of supportive environment for cooperatives which will be included
in the report of the Secretary-General on cooperatives to the General
Assembly at its 58th session. Papers presented at the meeting would also
be useful inputs in the preparation of the same report.
Specifically, the meeting will:
PROGRAMME |
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Day 1 |
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11:00 |
Session 1: Opening Opening Address H.E. Mr. Sukhbaatar Batbold, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mongolia Mr. Donald Lee, Chief, Poverty Eradication and Employment Unit, DESA, United Nations |
| Break | |
11:00 - 13:00 |
Session 2: Definitions of supportive environment for cooperatives Chair: Ms. Lucy Ito, Vice President, World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. (WOCCU) Features or characteristics of supportive environment Mr. Ibnoe Soedjono, Chairperson, Institute for Indonesian Cooperative Development Studies, Indonesia Supportive environment in the context of the current political, economic, social, demographic and ecological environment Prof. Dr. Hans-H. Münkner, Cooperative Development Consultant, Germany |
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14:30 - 15:45 |
Supportive environment in developed and developing countries and in the economies in transition Prof. Dr. Hans-H. Münkner, Cooperative Development Consultant, Germany |
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16:00 - 18:00 |
Session 3: Prerequisites for establishment of a supportive environment Chair: Prof. Dr. Hans-H. Münkner, Cooperative Development Consultant, Germany The role of the State in establishing a supportive environment Ms. Lucy Ito, Vice President, World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. Legal, judicial and administrative provisions for successful cooperative development Prof. Dante Cracogna, Cooperative Legal Expert for Latin America, President, Intercoop, Argentina Cooperative development and local (rural, urban) community Dr. Peter Davis, University of Leicester, UK |
Day 2 |
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09:30 - 11:00 |
Session 3: Prerequisites for establishment of a supportive environment (continued) Chair: Prof. Dr. Hans-H. Münkner, Cooperative Development Consultant, Germany How cooperatives and their apex organizations can improve their environment at the local, national and international levels Mr. Ravi Shankar, Managing Director, National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd., India< The potential role of the United Nations guidelines and the new ILO Recommendation on the Promotion of Cooperatives Mrs. Anne-Brit Nippierd, Cooperative Branch, International Labour Organization (ILO) |
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11:15 - 13:00 |
Discussion |
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14:30 - 16:15 |
Session 4: The process of creating a supportive environment Chair: Prof. Dante Cracogna, Cooperative Legal Expert for Latin America, President, Intercoop Argentina The creation of a supportive environment in theory and in practice Dr. Hagen Henry, Cooperative Legislative Expert, Finland -- delivered by Prof. Dante Cracogna An assessment of recent successes and failures in establishing a supportive environment for cooperatives Dr. Rachel Claire Okani, Cooperative Expert for Africa, Cameroon Creating a supportive environment for cooperatives through a Framework of Regional Ministerial Conferences Mr. Garry Cronan, Executive Officer, Australian Centre for Cooperative Research and Development (ACCORD) |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 |
Discussion |
Day 3 |
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09:30 - 11:00 |
Session 5: Supportive environment for the cooperative development in Mongolia Chair: Mr. Sukh-Ochir Bold, Director, Legal and Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia The changing environment for cooperative development Ms. Tsend Enkhtuya, Vice President of the Mongolian National Federation of Savings and Credit Cooperatives The changing roles of the State and international cooperative movement in creation of a supportive environment Ms. Ingrid Fisher, Cooperative Development Advisor, Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) The prerequisites for successful cooperative development in Mongolia Ms. Sanjjav Baigalmaa, Manager of International Affairs, Central Union of Mongolian Consumer Cooperatives, Mongolia |
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14:30 - 17:30 |
Session 6: Discussion of conclusions and recommendations Chair: Ms. Maria Elena Chávez, Deputy Director-General, International Cooperative Alliance & Coordinator, Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) How can different stakeholders enhance their collaboration and the effectiveness of their actions to create or strengthen a supportive environment for the cooperative development? Discussion Closing remarks |
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Report of the Expert Group Meeting (pdf) |
Please direct comments or requests for
further information to: lee27@un.org, (+1 212) 963.8762
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New York, NY 10017, USA
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