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Guidelines for Cooperative Legislation (second revised edition)
by Hagen Henry
Joint ILO and COPAC publication, 2005
(in pdf format)
Cooperatives and Fair Trade: Background paper commissioned by the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) for the COPAC Open Forum on Fair Trade and Cooperatives, February 2005 (in pdf format)
COPAC Open Forum: Fair Trade and Cooperatives: Summary Conclusions, 21 January 2005, Berlin (Germany) (in pdf format)
Cooperatives and the Millennium Development Goals
by Johnston Birchal
Joint ILO and COPAC publication
2004 (in pdf format)
Report of the UN/COPAC/Government of Mongolia Seminar: "A Stakeholder Dialogue on Supportive Environment for Co-operatives: Definitions - Prerequisites - Process", 15-17 May 2002, Ulan Bator (Mongolia)

COPAC Study: Strategic Alliances: Cooperatives, farmers´ and rural workers´ organizations: A COPAC Commissioned Study (in pdf format)
COPAC Open Forum: Decent Work: Can Cooperatives make a difference? (28 June 2000, Geneva, Switzerland) (in pdf format)
Web pages: Agenda -- Abstracts and Texts of Presentations -- Synopsis of proceedings
Report of the COPAC Open Forum: "Successful Models in Cooperative Development in East and Central Europe", Berlin, 1999 (in pdf format)
COPAC Report: The Contribution of Cooperatives to the Implementation of the World Summit for Social Development Declaration and Programme of Action : Conference Room Paper for the First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the Outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and Further Initiatives, New York, 17-28 May 1999.
COPAC Open Forum "Cooperatives and Communication Technology": Background Paper, 1998
COPAC Directory on Agencies Assisting Cooperatives, December 2000
COPAC List of Publications: Directories, Manuals, Meeting Reports & Occasional Papers, Cooperative Information Note Series

Links to Member Publications on Cooperatives

FAO (www.fao.org)

SARD and Farmers' Organizations, Policy Brief No. 12, 2007 - English -- Français -- Español
FAO Message for International Day of Cooperatives 2007 English -- Français -- Español

ICA (www.ica.coop)

IFAP

IFAP Message for International Day of Cooperatives, 2007 English - Français -Español
IFAP's latest Newsletters
IFAP Millennium Survey on Actions to Reduce Rural Poverty and the Role of Farmers´ Organizations

ILO

ILO COOP News: No. 1, March 2007 (pdf) - No. 2, November 2007 (pdf)
ILO COOP Fact Sheet: Cooperatives and Rural Employment (pdf)
ILO Message for International Day of Cooperatives, 2007 (pdf)
Cooperatives and elimination of child labour in agriculture - English -Français (pdf)
ILO Recommendation 193: The Promotion of Cooperatives - English - Français - Español
List of Publications

UN Documents--Publications--Reports
UN Secretary-General's Report on Cooperatives, 2007-English -Français -Español -Chinese - Arabic -- Russian
Press Release: International Day of Cooperatives to Highlight Corporate Social Responsibility (OBV/637 - SOC/4733 of 2 July 2007)
Message of the United Nations Secretary-General for International Day of Cooperatives 2007 (pdf) - Français (pdf)
Message of United Nations´ Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Marking International Women's Day, Hails Heroic Leaders of Fight against HIV/AIDS -- notes that "cooperatives doing remarkable work on prevention and care", 8 March 2004

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Updated: 12 December 2007