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ICA President’s message

Introduction to the conference

General Programme

Programme of the parallel sessions

Allocation of rooms for internal & statutory meetings

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All of us today are acutely aware that our world is changing profoundly and every-where. Inequality, economic and financial instability, migrations, crisis of democra-cy, erection of walls, decline of social justice, streets in turmoil, increase of climatic disturbances, etc. are phenomena that have, unfortunately, become ordinary.

In order not to lose everything we have, we must find a way out of the dysfunctions of the current prevailing economic model, bearing great injustice and dehumanization. We have the pressing duty to act.

As far as it is concerned, the cooperative movement has kept its pioneering spirit intact. Throughout its history, it has been resolutely turned towards the future. Its specific values and principles required it to anticipate for evolving, adapting, innovating and developing. For nearly two centuries, it has responded with constancy to the needs of ordinary people, engaging always and again for cohesion, solidarity and equality between the populations and territories in which they live. For almost two centuries, it has acted towards a responsible, participative and active citizenship and has put its ideals and energy at the service of the greatest number, acting in favour of lasting peace.

Today, the cooperative movement faces the future with energy and maturity. Its vision, which encompasses economic, social and environmental dimensions, remains its best equation; namely sustainable development, even before the concept was known.

The commitment of the cooperative movement shown for sustainable development is not a marketing tool and even less a simple incantatory formula, far from it. Around the world, thousands of individual cooperative initiatives are constantly appearing to offer new economic models and new development approaches that are respectful of the fundamental universal values. On every continent, cooperatives are vital because they respond to the current challenges and the needs of citizens by making clear choices in their actions.

Cooperatives are fully aware that sustainable development is a global multi-dimen-sional endeavour, thus being everybody’s business. In this respect, the experiences of cooperatives in the field of development constitute a unique and worthy heritage.The international conference « Cooperatives for Development » will be held in

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Kigali, from 14 to 17 October 2019. It will be organised by the International Coopera-tive Alliance under the auspices of the Government of Rwanda ; country which, since 1994, has made spectacular progress in terms of economic growth and which attaches particular importance to sustainable development issues.

If Africa remains a continent of migration with major demographic, climatic and political challenges, it is also a continent of the future that deserves attention so that we can learn from it, it can learn from us and, above all, it can learn from itself. Critical understanding of development issues must be fuelled by our diversities and by our mutually enriching relationships.

The role of women in society, the eradication of hunger and poverty, the right to housing, adequate health care, the protection of the biodiversity and the environment, new digital technologies, youth development awareness, etc. are - among others - priority areas for action in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). All these topics will be tackled from the thematic and sectoral realities. Our conference will be articulated around plenary sessions, sectoral and thematic parallel sessions, discussion panels, etc. It is open, of course, to cooperators worldwide, but also to other civil society actors, development agen-cies, policy makers, institutional partners, government representatives, researchers, and all those who feel concerned about development. It will provide a forum for exchange of views, dialogue, cooperation and the inspiration of new ideas.

More importantly, our meeting on Rwanda’s soil will show with humility, pride and hope the achievements of the cooperative movement and all its potential that remains to be exploited in development. This should clearly encourage governments - whether local or national - and international institutions to take full advantage of the experience and expertise that cooperatives make available to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

We hope that this conference will enable us to make our voices heard on the international scene in favour of a stronger, more united and more open world. We hope to see you there in large number!

Ariel Guarco President

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The conference is meant to offer a space for collective learning and exchange among participants on the way in which cooperatives worldwide deal with global development challenges, such as the future of work, climate change, migrations, peace etc., within the framework of the UN Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Considering that SDGs are being addressed through a multi-stakeholder approach, local communities, civil societies organisations, national governments, inter-governmental agencies and multi-lateral institutions as well as the private sector are striving to shape policies based on Agenda 2030 and to implement the SDGs at multiple levels. In this context, the conference positions the cooperative movement as a global development actor centred on its members’ needs and aspirations. The conference will provide co-operators from a wide array of countries with a platform to evaluate and recognize their contributions as actors of development, Thus encouraging them to advance their advocacy work in accordance with the common development framework and the common global language of Sustainable Development, with its triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental development.

Cooperatives across countries, since their modern-day inception (18th century) have relentlessly contributed to developing the communities in which they are embedded, and long before the SDGs existed as a concept. As will one witness during the conference, not only do cooperatives positively impact the life and livelihoods of their individual members (around 12% of humanity), they are also a development agent for the society at-large. It is this conscientious difference in approaching economic growth that makes cooperatives an actor of development of global relevance.

The core philosophy of the SDGs, that of sustainable development – namely development not at the cost of resource-depletion for future generations, is at the root of the cooperative enterprise model which operates to meet people’s basic and common needs, and is also reflected in the outcome of the cooperative movement’s action that include building equal, just and peaceful societies through their voluntary, democratic and participative character.

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19:30 Opening cocktail and welcome address • Thacienne Mutezinka, President of the National Cooperative Confederation of Rwanda

• Japheth Magomere, ICA Africa President

• Ariel Guarco, President of the International Cooperative Alliance

• Hon. Soraya Hakuziyaremeye, Minister of Trade & Industry of the Republic of Rwanda

and the conference starts on...14 OCTOBER 2019

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PARALLEL SESSION 1

Tackling inequalities through the cooperative movement

PARALLEL SESSION 3

Innovation in entrepreneurship through the co-operative model

PARALLEL SESSION 2

Women Empowerment at the forefront of sustainable development

PARALLEL SESSION 4

Globalisation of inclusive ethical value chains

PLENARY SESSION I

09:00 INSTITUTIONAL OPENING • Nicola Bellomo, Ambassador, Delegation of the EU to Rwanda

• Ariel Guarco, ICA President


• Guest of honour

Moderator : Kampeta Pitchette Sayinzoga, Director General of National Industry Research and Development Agency, Rwanda

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11:30 COOPERATIVES HELP TO ACHIEVE A MORE SOLIDARITY-BASED AND PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY Keynote speech by Vandana Shiva, International Forum on Globalization

12:30 Lunch

PARALLEL SESSIONS

14:00 COOPERATIVES AS KEY ACTORS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION TO ACHIEVE AGENDA 2030

Inclusive multi-stakeholder partnerships built upon the principles and values of the cooperative movement play a vital role in achieving Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Partnerships (SDG17) will be the cross-cutting theme of these 4 parallel sessions by discussing on the significance of multi-stakeholder partnerships and the role that the cooperative movement can play as a key actor for collective action.

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16:00 CONTINUATION OF THE PARALLEL SESSIONS

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17:30 PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN AFRICA AND BEYOND As member-driven, democratically managed and locally rooted enterprises, cooperatives can be a vehicle of just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all. During this plenary session, the panelists will present concrete cooperative environmental actions while showcasing how important different social stakeholders, such as women and youth, can play a critical role in achieving the climate action objectives set by the Agenda 2030.

• Youssef Hosni, Director of the Development Office under the Ministry of Tourism, Air Transport, Handicrafts • and Social Economy, Morocco

• Agnes Mirembe, Team Leader and Executive Director, ARUWE (Action for Rural Women’s Empowerment), Uganda

• Elizabeth Mwiyeria, Vi Agroforestry, Kenya Office

• Kevins Randiek, Brand K Integrated Marketing and Communication Ltd, Kenya

Moderator: Anna Tibblin, WeEffect, Sweden

18:45 COOP CINEMA: A COOPERATIVE JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD!

aroundtheworld.coop is a project supported by and developed by Sara Vicari and Andrea Mancori, a researcher and a filmmaker who put together their passions and skills to embark on the journey of a lifetime: traveling around the world for one year to document some of the most inspiring cooperatives (see page 25).

19:45 End of the first day

This agenda has been co-funded by the European Union. The contents of this agenda are the sole responsibility of the International Cooperative Alliance and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.

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PLENARY SESSION III

09:00 COOPERATIVE’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK As the ILO’s Global Commission on the Future of Work concluded, the world of work is experiencing fundamental changes affecting the future of many jobs and professional activities. On the other hand, informal and precarious work continue to remain predominant in many countries, while making a comeback in others. In this context, the cooperative movement, which makes up around 10% of the world’s employed population, is like a huge laboratory in which different successful models of work organization are being experimented, as will be illustrated in this session.


• Anne-Laure Desgris, SMart, Belgium

• Douglas O’Brien, NCBA CLUSA, USA

• Reema Nanavaty, SEWA, India

• Bahman Abdollahi, ICC, Iran

Moderator: Sifa Chiyoge, ICA Africa

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PLENARY SESSION IV

11:15 COOPERATIVES’ STRATEGIC POSITIONING IN VALUE CHAINSAccording to the IMF, integrated supply chains account for more than half of manufactured imports and over 70% of ser-vice imports. Many people believe that cooperatives constitute a small part at the beginning of value chains through small producers, or at most manage small producers’ product storage through secondary cooperatives or federations. Whereas cooperatives are indeed essential to small producers’ livelihood, local sustainable development and community wealth, the reality of their presence in value chain is substantially more complex and innovative than is commonly known. This session will share a wide array of cooperative experiences in building, and stragetic positioning in successful value chains.

• Thaleon Tremain, Pachamama, USA

• Kangtae Park, HappyBridge, South Korea

• Jean Bosco Harelimana, Rwanda Cooperative Agency

• Chris Oluoch, Fairtrade Africa and Eastern - Central Africa Network, Kenya

• Iñigo Albizuri Landazabal, Mondragon Corporation, Spain

Moderator: Peter Westall, Midcounties Cooperative, United Kingdom

13:00 Lunch

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14:30 HOW COOPERATIVES FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS PLAY A ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT?In addition to their general contributions as people-centred and democratically owned managed enterprises, cooperatives are also playing important roles in achieving different SDGs according to their field of activities. ICA’s sectoral organisations organise three parallel sessions to show the specificities of cooperatives in different sectors. International Cooperative Agricultural Organisation (ICAO), Consumer Cooperatives Worldwide (CCW), International Health Cooperative Organisation (IHCO), International Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives (CICOPA), Cooperative Housing International (CHI) and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) will lead exciting discussions.

PARALLEL SESSION 5

Realizing SDG 12: Contributing to food security and sustainable production and consumption

PARALLEL SESSION 7

Housing and energy – the cooperative way

PARALLEL SESSION 6

How health, industrial and services cooperatives contribute to reducing inequalities

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17:00 CONTINUATION OF THE PARALLEL SESSIONS

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20:00 Gala dinner + Rochdale Awards

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09:00 COOPERATIVES’ CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEACE AND EQUALITY UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that “The number of countries with violent conflicts is the highest in the last 30 years. If we compare with 2007 and consider the number of violent situations that can be qualified as war according to the number of casualties, they have tripled” (UN News, 19 June 2018). It is therefore essential to discover how to attain long-standing peace, allowing for sustainable development. On the other hand, in order to attain such positive peace, equality is a key contributing factor. Cooperatives in different parts of the world have effectively contributed to peace building in a positive fashion by raising equality, empathy, trust and inclusion. In this session, we will learn from these experiences, in the hope that they will contribute to a future of peace and development.

• Om Devi Malla, National Cooperative Federation of Nepal

• Jean-Louis Bancel, Cooperatives Europe

• Claudia Sanchez Bajo, University of Buenos Aires

Testimonies: Pascaline Mitima, Amahoro Ava Hejuru Cooperative (Women’s cooperative), Rwanda James Karangwa, Coproliz-ntende (rice cooperative), Rwanda

Moderator: Martin Lowery, Chair of the ICA Cooperative Identity Committee

10:45 Break

11:15 SUMMARY OF THE SESSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Grand debate with participants

Co-moderators: Reema Nanavaty, SEWA, India Co-moderators: Patrick Develtere, European Social Policy at the European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission

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PARALLEL SESSION 1TACKLING INEQUALITIES THROUGH

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This parallel session will focus on how the cooperative enterprise model can tackle inequalities and how cooperatives can measure or assess the impact of their efforts. Cooperatives must take an active role in the debate on impact assessment, as what is not effectively measured cannot be effectively managed. The session will showcase ongoing efforts by cooperatives to tackle inequalities, engage participants in a broader discussion on the concept of measuring impact and discuss the future role of cooperatives in tackling inequalities in the framework of Agenda 2030. The session will combine high level speakers with insights from the field to actively discuss and develop ideas.

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Introduction to the session & moderator: Anders Lago, International Cooperative Development PlatformOpening Remarks: Graciela Fernández, Cooperatives of the Americas

Case examples and Panel Discussion• Natalino Jose Barnete, Mozambican Association for the Promotion • of Modern Cooperatives • Meena Pokhrel, Nepal Agricultural Cooperative Central Federation • Andrew Allimadi, UNDESA • Marise Blom, SCOPEInsight • Innocent Uwimana, Rwanda Local Government Association and • Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)

Questions & answers

Closing remarks: Balu Iyer, ICA Asia Pacific

15 OCTOBER 2019 14:00 - 17:30

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PARALLEL SESSION 2WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AT THE FOREFRONT

OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTThis session focuses on how the cooperative model can better support women’s economic and political participation as a contribution to SDG 5 Gender Equality. The objective is to raise awareness among both male and female participants, including leaders and decision makers in cooperatives, and reinforce their ability to advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in the cooperative movement, with a particular focus on the following aspects: promoting an enabling environment to support women’s empowerment and gender equality within cooperatives and through cooperatives; making the cooperative business model more attractive to women, including by promoting female entrepreneurship.

WORKING LANGUAGES: ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH/ITALIAN/JAPANESEWORKING LANGUAGES: ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH/KINYARWANDA

Moderator: Agnes Mirembe, ARUWE, Uganda

High level Panel and real case examples part 1• Maria Eugenia Pérez Zea, Coomeva, Colombia • Memory Kachambwa, FEMNET, Kenya Questions & answers

• Chandra Sekhar Reddy Tupalle, APMAS, India• Gisela Wild, COOPERAR, Argentina

Questions & answers

High level Panel and real case examples part 2 • Oral Kaya, Troya Environmental Association, Turkey• Jonathan Kioko, WeEffect, Kenya

Questions & answers

• Panel discussion with all speakers

Closing remarks : Agnès Mathis, Cooperatives Europe

15 OCTOBER 2019 14:00 - 17:30

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PARALLEL SESSION 3INNOVATION IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE MODEL

WORKING LANGUAGES: ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH

With a focus on equal decent employment opportunities (SDG8), this session will showcase how cooperative entrepreneurship can be the solution used by different underrepresented groups, such youth, migrants and different-able people to tackle daily social, economic and political problems. Following presentations by cooperative entrepreneurs, the focus of the session will shift to discuss the added-value of the cooperative model from a policy perspective. Panellists will discuss the importance of partnership between cooperatives and international institutions in order to foster better quality entrepreneurship projects and how to make the cooperative model a better catalyst of inclusive and sustainable development for various under-represented groups.

Real case examples Moderator: Rose Karimi, ICA Africa

• Julio Rojas Chavarría, Coopesuperación R.L, Costa Rica • Anna Balkfors, Yalla Trappan, Sweden • Mutulu Amisi, Kwakyai Rural Cooperative, Kenya • Angelina Anggraeni Hapsari, Koperasi Edukarya Negeri Lestari, Indonesia

Questions & answers

High-level panel Moderator: Marjaana Saarikoski, SOK, Finland

• Alberto Masetti Zannini, Impact Hub Global • Jurgüen Schwettmann, Retd. senior ILO official and independent cooperative consultant • Lihi Shmuely, AJEEC-NISPED, Israel (TBC)

Questions & answers

Closing remarks : Sifa Chiyoge, ICA Africa

15 OCTOBER 2019 14:00 - 17:30

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PARALLEL SESSION 4GLOBALISATION OF INCLUSIVE ETHICAL

VALUE CHAINSThe focus of this parallel session is to discuss on the strength of cooperation between cooperatives and like-minded people-centred enterprises which can create more inclusive, transparent supply chains, result in mutual benefits for producers and consumers and accelerate a shift towards sustainability across the supply chain. Collective efforts can foster participation and social dialogue across broader policy domains at the national and international level. Therefore, experts on ethical and inclusive economy will identify and explain the significance of multi-stakeholder partnerships in moving the globalization of value chains in a fair, ethical and inclusive direction, while cooperators will share with the audience how they experience this shift towards sustainability across the supply chain by using the cooperative model.

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High-level panel Moderator: Wangeci Gitata, Senior Advisor on Social Justice through Trade, Kenya

• Alex Serrano, NCBA CLUSA, USA• Patrick Develtere, European Social Policy at the European Political Strategy• • Centre, European Commission • Chris Oluoch, Fairtrade Africa and Eastern - Central Africa Network, Kenya• Mark Blackett, Agribusiness Market Ecosystem Alliance (AMEA), • The Netherlands

Questions & answers

Real case examples• Mirian Andrea Cu Ical, FEDECOVERA, Guatemala• Baudouin K. Kola, Actors for a Solidarity Economy in Togo • Representative of Yak herder cooperatives, Mongolia (TBC)

Questions & answers

Closing remarks: Danilo Salerno, Cooperatives of the Americas


15 OCTOBER 2019 14:00 - 17:30

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PARALLEL SESSION 5REALIZING SDG 12: CONTRIBUTING

TO FOOD SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

WORKING LANGUAGES: ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH/KINYARWANDA/JAPANESE

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 calls for responsible consumption and production, essentially decoupling economic growth from unsustainable resource use and emissions and improving the management of hazardous substances and waste. As member-owned and democratically governed entities, cooperatives have the full instruments necessary in driving change towards efficient use of natural resources, for cutting food and other waste, among other things, by implementing their principles and values. This session shall explore the key challenges, but also successes of agricultural and consumer cooperatives in working towards one common aim – the realisation of SDG 12.

16 OCTOBER 2019 14:30 - 18:00

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20Welcome & Opening Remarks• ICAO Vice-President• CCW Executive Committee Member (TBC)

Guest Speaker• Antoinette Mbabazi, National Certification at RSB, Rwanda

Keynote SpeakerCase Study • Cooperation between consumer and agricultural cooperatives to provide reliable food for consumers, to promote sustainable agriculture and to revitalize local communities - Toshihiko Baba, Japan Co-operative Alliance

Agricultural Perspective: Challenges & opportunities in attaining SDG 12Case Studies• Hosseini Niah, Entrepreneurship Faculty of Tehran University, Iran (TBC)

• Shifting farmers informal cooperation model to formal primary cooperative enterprises based on the cooperative principle, concern for community - Shimelles Tenaw, University of Helsinki, Finland • Tarun Bhargava, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative• João Marcos Silva Martins, Organisation of Brazilian Cooperatives

CCW Panel: Challenges & opportunities in nudging consumers towards sustainable consumptionCase Studies • Cooperating for a sustainable supply chain, realizing SDG12 - Vanya Boyuklieva, Cooperative Affairs, CCU, Bulgaria

• Engaging consumers for responsible consumption and sustainable lifestyles - Patrick Schinzel, KF Sweden

• Kenya: African Coffee Roaster – building a direct and cooperative supply chain - Todor Ivanov, CCW

Moderator-led Roundtable Discussion & Concluding RemarksTodor Ivanov, CCW

PARALLEL SESSION 6HOW HEALTH, INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICES

COOPERATIVES CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCING INEQUALITIES

Cooperatives have a long tradition of promoting equality, be it among the population or at the workplace. Their values of equality and equity go beyond members’ equal voting rights. Cooperatives guarantee that goods and services that are essential for a dignified life, such as health, social services, education, etc. remain accessible and affordable for everyone. The session will bring together leaders, experts and representatives of cooperative experiences in the industrial, services and healthcare domain to review and reflect on the role that cooperatives play in ensuring healthy lives, promoting well-being, decent work and reducing inequalities.


Roundtable discussion 1 Cooperatives reducing inequalities in access to social services and at the workplaceModerator: Diana Dovgan, International Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives

• Giuseppe Guerini, European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives• Eslah Pazir, Rah-e Roshd Educational Cooperative, Iran• Newly elected President, International Organisation of Industrial and Service • Cooperatives

Roundtable discussion 2 Cooperatives ensuring healthy lives and reducing inequalitiesModerator: Carlos Zarco, International Health Cooperative Organisation

• Sarah Murungi, Party of Health Partners,Uganda • Mirai Chatterjee, SEWA Cooperative Federation, India

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PARALLEL SESSION 7HOUSING AND ENERGY – THE COOPERATIVE WAY


By 2050, two-thirds of all humanity will live in cities and consume 60 to 80% of the world’s energy. From slum dwellers in Manila to urbanists in Zurich, find out how people are joining forces and starting housing cooperatives to help lift themselves out of poverty and to improve the livability of their cities. However, since one quarter of the globe’s population live in remote areas without access to electric service you will also learn how electricity cooperatives are bringing electric power to remote places, leading to improvements in education, healthcare, safety and economic opportunity. This session will also feature experts who will share how housing cooperatives are using renewable energy like geothermal, solar, district heating and more to meet their energy needs.

Moderators: Julie LaPalme, Cooperative Housing InternationalMartin Lowery, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, USA

• Dan Waddle, NRECA Int’l, USA• Dirk Vansintjan, RES, Belgium• Hans Rupp, ABZ, Switzerland• Anna Tibblin, WeEffect, Sweden• Tindi Sitati, USAID/CLEAR Program Global Communities• Guido Schwarzendahl, Bauverein Halle & Luna, Germany

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15 OCTOBER 2019, 18:45COOP CINEMA: A COOPERATIVE JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD!

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With the support of , researcher Sara Vicari and filmmaker Andrea Mancori started a year-long trip around the world to document some of the most inspiring cooperatives from different economic sectors in a series of short films.

To produce those documentaries, they actively engage with cooperatives’ members and local communities, learn from their experiences, and film and share their stories.

The Coop Cinema will showcase several videos of this inspiring project.

Sara Vicari and Andrea Mancori will reveal some insights on the screened films and share their experiences, along with several speakers.

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14:30-16:30Committee on youth cooperation (ICA Asia Pacific)

14:30-16:30International Cooperative Banking Association (ICBA) General Assembly

16:30-19:00International Cooperative Banking Association (ICBA) Board Meeting

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10:30-13:30International Fishery Cooperative Organisation (ICFO) Meeting

09:00-13:00Cooperative Housing International (CHI) Board Meeting

14:30-16:00Cooperative Housing International (CHI) Board Election

14:30-18:30International Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives (CICOPA) Congress

14:30-18:30International Health Cooperative Organisation (IHCO) General Assembly

14:30-18:30Consumer Cooperative Worldwide (CCW) General Assembly

14:30-18:30ICA Asia Pacific Board

14:30-18:30International Cooperative Development Platform (ICDP)

14:30-18:30ICA Youth Network Assembly & Working Session

09:00-18:30ICA Board Meeting

09:00-18:30 African Cooperative Researchers’ Meeting

14:30-18:30 Achieving Self-Reliance through Cooperative DevelopmentSponsored by the US Overseas Cooperative Development Council

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