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Cooperatives in social development
The report contains a review of the actions taken by cooperatives to respond to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the opportunities for achieving sustainable development through cooperatives. The thematic section of the report covers legislative frameworks, including how in successive resolutions on cooperatives in social development, including 74/119, the Assembly has called on Governments to adopt laws or regulations that create an enabling environment for the development of cooperatives and that take into account the values-based identity of cooperatives. In addition, in its resolution 64/136, the Assembly declared 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives, and in successive resolutions thereafter encouraged Member States to continue to share the lessons and best practices from the International Year. The present report examines the implementation of resolution 74/119 at the national and international levels and the contributions cooperatives can make, in particular within the context of building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and the forthcoming 10-year anniversary of the International Year.
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Cooperatives in Social Development - Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2021
When: 30 May - 1 June 2023
Where: Conference Room C, United Nations Headquarters, New York
Presentations:
- Mondragon through an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Framework by Mr. Inigo Albizuri
- Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Cooperatives by Ms. Nazik Beishenaly
- Legislative developments in Latin America and the Caribbean by Mr. Dante Cracogna
- Cooperatives providing Health care in Uganda by Ms. Pamela Komugisha
- Improving Productivity for cooperatives to enable competition with other private enterprises by Mr. Cyprian Mayamba
- Cooperatives and the Social and Solidarity Economy: Where is the data? by Mr. Leandro Morais
- Cooperatives contribution to the implementation of SDGs and Lessons from the International Year of Cooperatives by Mr. Joseph Njuguna
- The Kibbutz: Configurations of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in the Israeli Kibbutz Movement: Social and Economical Value Creation by Ms. Merav Niv
- Cooperative to cooperative collaboration and its impact on value chains by Ms. Sonja Novkovic
- Bottom - Up Economic Transformation Agenda by Mr. Steven Otieno
- World Council of Credit Unions by Mr. Andy Price
- Reforming Cooperative Laws in Fiji by Ms. Ateca Rounds
- Reforming Cooperative Laws in Rwanda: Challenges and Lessons for other African countries by Ms. Aimee Tumukunde
Papers:
- The Entrepreneurial Framework: Mondragon Case by Mr. Inigo Albizuri
- Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Cooperatives by Ms. Nazik Beishenaly
- Supporting Cooperatives as Sustainable and Successful Enterprises by Mr. Dante Cracogna
- Cooperatives and the Social and Solidarity Economy: Where is the data? by Mr. Leandro Morais
- Configurations of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in the Israeli Kibbutz Movement: Social and Economic Value Creation by Ms. Merav Niv
- Cooperative to cooperative collaboration and its impact on value chains by Ms. Sonja Novkovic
Resources:
- News and information resource on Cooperative Law and Policy
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Policy Brief on "Good performance and inclusiveness of poor people in cooperatives and other producer organizations: a possible match?"
- Black Political Economy, Solidarity Economics, and Liberation: Toward an Economy of Caring and Abundance by Jessica Gordon-Nembhard