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Centre
International du Credit Mutuel France
Credit Mutuel of
France provides banking and insurance assistance to about 10 million
people. The dynamics of the Mutual Credit translates its effectiveness
of a
model of company, co-operative and mutualist. This model reconciles
durable development and creation of jobs, power of the technological
tools and quality of the relation with the customer, performance and
solidarity.
Membership of the
Union encompasses all the major retail consumer societies and their associated
federal co-operatives, such as the the Co-operative Group (the worlds
largest retail consumer co-operative), Co-operative Insurance Society
(CIS), Co-operative Press, National Co-operative Chemists and Shoefayre
and, following a merger in December 2001, now includes the worker co-operative
sector and other democratically owned businesses. It also embraces organisations
responsible for co-operatives in other sectors of the economy.
The Co-operative Union is the national federation of co-operative societies
in the United Kingdom.
DID's mission is to reinforce developing country populations' ability to act by promoting the management of collectively owned and managed companies. DID carries out mandates that improve the quality of life in local communities through the efficient use of financial services. Together with partners abroad, DID experts contribute to the creation and consolidation of savings and credit union networks, assist with the implementation of computer networks in caisses, and help set up security and control organizations to oversee the activities of financial cooperatives.
European
Union: Development & Enterprise
From 1989 to 2000 a Social Economy Unit existed within DG Enterprise (ex-DGXXIII). The Unit was established in 1989 in recognition of the need to take account of co-operatives, mutual societies and associations in the internal market. The focus of the Unit was further defined at the European Social Economy conferences held under various EU presidencies (Paris 1990, Rome 1991, Lisbon 1993, Brussels 1994, Seville 1995 and Birmingham 1998) and through continuous dialogue with the representative organisations of the social economy families and their European federative bodies.
Cooperative Coffees is a green bean buying collective comprised of fair trade roaster/members. We are committed to working in partnership with our associated coffee producer cooperatives in order to create more equitable trade mechanisms. We strive to promote fair trade and sustainable development alternatives in both the North and the South, while continuing to sell the highest quality coffee on the market.
ICMIF is an international association that represents both mutual and cooperative insurers, providing a huge variety of services to member organizations including networks, conferences, topical reports and studies, regular publications and development assistance. ICMIF's purpose is to strengthen collaboration among cooperative insurers and provide a forum for issues and concerns of common interest.
Cooperative Development Foundation, popularly known as Sahavikasa, was formed in 1975, when a group of Individuals came together and started working for the development of cooperatives. The aim of Sahavikasa is to promote an environment in which cooperatives flourish as decentralised, democratic, self-help and mutual-aid organisations effectively harnessing and fostering local resources in consonance with the universally accepted Principles of Cooperation.
In 1985, some of Quebec's cooperatives and mutual societies came together to create an organization that would allow them to share their experience and expertise with cooperative and mutual organizations from developing countries in their development activities. This was the creation of SOCODEVI: Société de coopération pour le développement international, a Canadian nonprofit corporation. Through the involvement of its member institutions and through promotion of the cooperative movement and other forms of association, SOCODEVI contributes to sustainable development in partner countries with a view to empowering their inhabitants.
Canadian
Co-operative Association (CCA)
The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) is the national umbrella organization of anglophone co-operatives. Formed in 1987 through the merger of the Co-operative College of Canada and the Co-operative Union of Canada, the CCA supports and promotes co-operative enterprise in Canada and around the world.
The Mission of Rabo
International Advisory Services BV
Rabo International Advisory Services BV aims to transfer its knowledge
and experience by providing sound and sustainable financial, cooperative
and agribusiness related ideas and solutions to emerging and mature markets.
ILO
(International Labor Organization) Cooperative Web Page
The International Labour Organization is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. The ILO formulates international labour standards in the form of Conventions and Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labour rights. It provides technical assistance in many fields, including cooperatives. It promotes the development of independent employers' and workers' organizations and provides training and advisory services to those organizations. The ILO has a website called coopnet which has many interesting studies on coops. To visit the site, click here.
Oikocredit was created to build bridges between rich and poor, by making credit accessible to the disadvantaged of this world. At the heart of the Oikocredit mission lies the conviction that loans for productive business enterprises provide a stronger incentive for self-development than grants alone. Oikocredit functions as an alternative investment instrument.
ICA
(International Cooperative Alliance)
The ICA is an international non-governmental organisation which unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide. The ICA International Co-operative Web Site contains information on the International Co-operative Alliance, its aims and activities and information on the co-operative movement in different economic sectors: agriculture, banking, credit, consumer, energy, fisheries, housing, insurance, workers, tourism and health care, and from all continents as well as links to other sites and issues of interest to co-operators.
Committee
for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC)
This site is a partnership
between representatives of the cooperative movement , farmers and workers
organizations, and the United Nations and its agencies.
Members work together on equal terms to promote and coordinate sustainable
cooperative development through policy dialogues, technical cooperation
and information, and concrete collaborative activities. Information on
cooperatives is available.
Center
for the Study of Cooperatives, University of Saskatchewan
This collection of electronic resources gathers together links to selected online documents relevant to the study of co-operatives. These information resources provide primarily full text access directly to news sources, legislation, reports, proceedings, and publicly accessible electronic journals and newsletters.
A non-profit body, the International Training Centre (ITC) in Turin, Italy, is the training arm of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the specialized agency of the United Nations which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. The Centre supports the achievement of ILO's prime purpose – the promotion of decent work for women and men. To this end, it seeks to assemble, package and deliver the best thinking, practice and experience – at global level – concerning issues related to the world of work with special focus on:
1. Fundamental principles
and rights at work
2. Employment and income generating opportunities
3. Social protection for all
4. Tripartism and social dialogue
5. Management of the development process
International
Raiffeisen Union
The International
Raiffeisen Union (IRU) is a worldwide voluntary association of national
co-operative organizations which work and ideas are based on Friedrich
Wilhelm Raiffeisen's principles - i.e. self-help, self-responsibility
and self-administration. IRU was founded in 1968 on the occasion of the
150th anniversary of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen's birth and has today
77 members in 41 countries.
IRU has the purpose of cultivating Raiffeisen's ideas, of propagating
them openly and before all of bringing about the exchange of experiences
between member organizations. Click here
to view in English.
Rooftops Canada is the international development program of co-operative and social housing organizations in Canada. Rooftops Canada works with partner organizations to improve housing conditions, build sustainable communities and develop a shared vision of equitable global development. Rooftops Canada's focus is on disadvantaged communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe.
The Australian Centre for Co-operative Research and Development (ACCORD)is a joint venture of the University of Technology, Sydney and Charles Sturt University. It is funded by the NSW Department of Fair Trading and the two Universities. ACCORD was formally established on 1 July 1999. ACCORD serves co-operatives, mutuals and the social economy. By building, applying and disseminating knowledge about membership based democratic organisations, ACCORD will increase Australia’s capacity to advance sustainable social and economic development through collective action.
Swedish
Cooperative Center (SCC)
The Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC) is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation for the provision of support to self-help development initiatives - cooperatives, farmers´ associations and informal groups - in developing countries.
Our Swedish name is Kooperation Utan Gränser (Without Boundaries). It originates from the first fund raising campaign in 1958 - an initiative of the Swedish cooperatives which led to the establishment of the SCC as a development aid organisation.
International
Raifeisen-Union (IRU)
The International Raiffeisen Union (IRU) is a worldwide voluntary association of national co-operative organizations which work and ideas are based on Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen's principles - i.e. self-help, self-responsibility and self-administration. IRU was founded in 1968 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen's birth and has today 73 members in 41 countries.
BRS supports poor people in Third World countries who take the initiative to build a better life for themselves and a future for their children. To this end it strengthens local savings, loans and insurance initiatives according to cooperative principles. BRS considers it very important for these activities to grow into independent operations.
National
Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in India
The National Dairy Development Board was created to promote, finance and support producer-owned and controlled organizations. NDDB's programmes and activities seek to strengthen farmer cooperatives and support national policies that are favourable to the growth of such institutions. Fundamental to NDDB's efforts are cooperative principles and the Anand Pattern of Cooperation.
Food
and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Rome
SD Dimensions publications on cooperatives and credit unions.
Det Kooperative Fællesforbund (DKF) is one of the three Danish members of ICA - The International Cooperative Alliance. DKF is the apex organization of Danish workers' cooperatives.
IFAP was established in 1946 to secure the fullest cooperation between organizations of agricultural producers in meeting the optimum nutritional and consumptive requirements of the peoples of the world. It works to improve the economic and social status of all who live by and on the land. This link takes you to their Cooperatives Forum.
International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Rome
This link takes you to IFAD's International Day of Cooperatives Site. IFAD also has many documents & publications on cooperatives and credit unions.
Assists coops in Japan with management structural reform and business practices in agriculture.
Der Deutsche Genossenschafts- und Raiffeisenverband e. V.
CECOP is an international non profit association with its headquarter in Brussel (B) and an office for East Europe in Prague representing small and medium-sized worker-controlled enterprises across 42 member countries of the Council of Europe. CECOP's members include 37 national and regional federations of co-operative enterprises representing around 83.000 enterprises employing 1,3 million workers. CECOP is the European regional organisation of CICOPA and ICA-Europe. CECOP's core objectives are the representation of the interests of workers' co-operatives, social co-operatives and enterprises, workers participation and employee ownership towards the European Union institutions, the promotion of co-operative economic and social development in the European region, the creation of partnership and networks, and the transfer of information and know-how.
Center
for Microfinance, Nepal
This website provides information on Micro Finance, Cooperatives, & Credit Unions in Nepal. It is produced and maintained by the Centre for Micro-Finance in Nepal (CMF). The Center for Micro-Finance was established in January 1998 in response to a growing demand within Nepal for a national focal point dedicated to the rapidly expanding Micro- Finance sector.
Bindhavasini
Saving Fund Cooperative Society Ltd.
BISCOL is a community,
group and member based co-operative model Micro Finance institution established
on 27th December 1993, registered under Co-Operative Act. BISCOL is providing
two kinds of services from four regional offices Khopasi, Panauti, Banepa
and Dhunkharka.
1) Co-Operative Banking services to the members.
2) Micro Finance services to the poor women.
Nari
Srijana, Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited
A community based cooperative, focused only on savings and credit activities. It was established in 1999 to help backward women of the area. More then 400 women are saving regularly as shareholder of the organization. Women of the area as well as their families are benefiting from the services that the organization is providing them.
VYCCU
Savings and Credit Co-operative Limited
A primary level savings and credit co-operative society, located in Gaindakot Village Development committee, Nawalparasi District of Nepal. Twenty-six like minded Vijaya Development Resource Center (VDRC) members and community people initiated during the People Based Development Training conducted by South Asia Partnership Nepal (SAP-Nepal) and VDRC jointly on 21st August 1991.
Asian
Confederation of Credit Unions
ACCU is the regional cooperative/union membership organization in Asia. ACCU supports members to strengthen the credit union by providing technical assistance, training, and information. ACCU takes active development role in credit promotion and project development and evaluation. The Association of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU) is the Asian regional based representative organization of credit cooperatives/unions and similar cooperative financial organizations.
The
Co-operative Party in the United Kingdom
The Co-operative Party is Labour's sister party. We believe that through empowering ordinary people through co-operative and mutual forms of enterprise, we will achieve a sustainable future for our public services, our economy and society as a whole.
British
Columbia Co-operative Association
The BC Co-operative Association is a member supported, non profit co-op representing the co-operative and credit union movement in British Columbia. BCCA is a regional affiliate of the Canadian Co-operative Association, and our mission is to promote the growth and development of the co-operative sector in BC.
CoopZone is Canada's exciting new co-operative development system. We offer a variety of information resources, including how co-operatives can address business and community opportunities and help generate ideas about co-ops. We can also connect you to co-op development expertise in your area.
Research
and Promotion Co-operative Society Ltd. (RESPRO Co-operative)
General objective of the society is to develop and promote the various aspects of national life including co-operative, legal, educational, economic, social, cultural and professional fields through research and promotional activities. Located in Kathmandu, Nepal. Click here to email.
The
Virtual Cooperative Museum
Information on the Italian Cooperative movement.
Union InVivo is a Union of cooperatives arising from the merger of UNCAA and SIGMA on December 4, 2001. With 337 member cooperatives, Union InVivo is the leading European purchasing, sales and service entreprise in agriculture.
BRS supports poor people in Third World countries who take the initiative to build a better life for themselves and a future for their children. To this end it strengthens local savings, loans and insurance initiatives according to cooperative principles. BRS considers it very important for these activities to grow into independent operations.
Center for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork (UCC), Ireland
The Centre for Co-operative Studies is a university research centre that promotes education and training and independent research and consultancy in all aspects of co-operative organisation.
BC
Institute of Cooperative Studies
The British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies is a catalyst for research, learning, and teaching about co-operative thought and practice through the development of Co-operative Studies as an established field of inquiry. The Institute collaborates with other post-secondary institutions, the co-op sector, governments, individuals and communities interested in co-operative development.
List
of other International and Domestic organizations that work with Cooperatives
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here for file in MS Word.
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here for file in PDF.
Directory
of Closed Membership Producer Cooperatives: New Generation Cooperatives
and Limited Liability Companies in the United States and Canada
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for the PDF file.
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