ICA global research conference 24.-27.8.2011
New opportunities for co-operatives
Workshop programme: Innovative co-operative solutions
Trackleader: Niina Immonen
13.30-13.45Innovative trends in co-operatives: what we have learned about where we are going and are we going where we want to go?
John Anderson, Director of Government Relations and Public Policy and Principal Investigator Community University Research Alliance, Canadian Co-operative association, Canada
Questions and comments from the audience
13.50-14.05 Cooperative networks as a source of organizational innovation – two Canadian case stu-
dies: Education and health care co-ops
Wendy Holm, Graduate Student, Saint Mary’s University, Canada
Questions and comments from the audience
14.10-14.25 Introducing co-operatives in Belgian social care: safeguards and comparative advantages
Lieve Jacobs, coordinator, Cera Centre for co-operative entrepreneurship, Belgium.
Questions and comments from the audience
14.30-14.45 What can the United States learn from the Italian social cooperatives?
Christina A. Clamp, Program Director, Center for Co-operatives & CED, New England
Questions and comments from the audience
14.50-15.05 The first mile: The potential for community-based health cooperatives in Sub-Saharan
Africa
E. G Nadeau, PhD, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Canada
Questions and comments from the audience
15.10-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-15.45 New perspectives for consumer cooperatives in public services
Francesca Spinicci, Assegnista, University of Florence and EURICSE, Italy
Questions and comments from the audience
15.50-16.05 Co-operative solutions in health and social care: a participatory social enter-
prise model
Akira Kurimoto, Director, Consumer Co-operative Institute of Japan, Japan
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16.10-16.25 What motivates consumers and producers to cooperate in one organization? The case of
the Korean Consumer Co-operative iCOOP
Chanhee Yeom, Researcher, the iCOOP KOREA institute, Korea
Hyojin Shin, Researcher, the iCOOP KOREA institute, Korea
Questions and comments from the audience
16.30-16.45 Role and potential of co-operatives and associations for social and economic
development in rural Serbia
Richard Simmons, Lecturer, University of Stirling, UK
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16.50-17.10 Coffee break
17.10-18.00 Panel discussion with all the speakers and audience
Themes:
What is the co-operative difference? What are the key elements in innovative co-operative action?
Why co-operatives are popular in social and health care? Why are they quite often very successful?
What are three main areas where we will see innovative co-operatives in the future?