The Cooperative Tree Continues to Get Taller… EVERYONE ENJOYS ITS FRUITS AND SHADE

1. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION“Together We Prosper-Move on Regardless”Dr Daman Prakash, DirectorRURAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT CENTRE-INDIA

2. “People in nearly every country around the globe have benefited from cooperatives. They have done so under all kinds of governments, within every kind of economy, and amid all the divisions – gender, race, religion, politics and culture – that typify the human condition.”-Graham Melmoth

3. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICSMasters vs. WorkersLandlords vs. Tenants/LandlessPlenty vs. ShortagesWholesome vs. AdulterationFair vs. UnfairALL EFFORTS WERE TO MOVE TOWARDS SOCIAL JUSTICE

4. Looking Back a Bit…Cooperating Together is an Ancient Concept[Meeting Social & Economic Household Needs]1760 Dockyard Workers of Chatham & Woolwich Started a Flour Mill;1833 Robert Owen Evolved the Concept of ‘Working Together’;1844 28 Men of Rochdale showed the Cooperative Way;1845 Workingmen’s Protection Association Store in Boston;

5. 1848 Zurich Consumer Cooperative;1848 Hargicourt French Society;1850 Italian Society at Turin;1895 Birth of ICA in London;1904 Formal Introduction in India/Asia;1940s Great Economic Depression [2 World Wars];1945 Onward Universal and Fast Proliferation.

6. Development Trends in Principles of Cooperation[A] The Rochdale Principles-1844 [5];[B] Reformulated Cooperative Principles-1937 [7];[C] Reformulated Cooperative Principles-1966 [6];[D] Cooperative Identity Statement-1995 [7][E] ILO Recommendation No. 123

7. SANCTITY OF COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLESBased on Values and Ethics;Accepted Universally Irrespective of Shades of Governance;Reformulated with Changing Conditions;Balancing Factor – Public/Private Sectors;Ensured Longest Surviving Movement;Contribute to Human Development.

8. STRUCTURE OF COOPERATIVE MOVEMENTSocial & Economic Movement;Formal and Informal Structure;Democratic, Non-Political;Member-Driven;Professional Management;Leads to Harmony, Social Justice and World Peace

9. The Cooperative Tree Continues to Get Taller…EVERYONE ENJOYS ITS FRUITS AND SHADE

10. “Business success is an essential part, but the ultimate objective is to strive for a better, fairer, more socially-just, gender-balanced, equitable and peaceful world – the Cooperative Commonwealth.”

11. [A] EUROPEConsumer Retail and Wholesale-CWS-UK; Agricultural Credit-Germany;Workers’ Industrial Multifunctional Mondragon Coop of Spain;Oliveoil Coops of Spain; Rebobank of Holland; Middelgrunden Wind Turbine Coop-Denmark; Insurance; Friesland Milk Coop-Holland; Cooperative College of UK;and Many Others

12. [B] NORTH AMERICAAgriculture; Horticulture; Sunvalley Potatoes of Idaho of USA; Sun Maid Raisin Coop of USA; Sunkist Growers’ Coop of USA; Credit Unions of Canada and USA; Sysco Corporation of USA; Food Processing; Consumer;Chemical Fertiliser; Dairying; and Many Others

13. [C] SCANDINAVIAKF [Konsum and Domus] of Sweden; Insurance-Folksam of Sweden; Fuel-OK of Sweden; Agriculture-LRF of Sweden; Dairying, Arla Food of Denmark; Housing; Workers’ Cooperatives; and Many Others

14. [D] RUSSIAConsumer/Wholesale and Retail;Agriculture;Food Processing;Workers’ Cooperatives;Health Cooperatives;and Many Others

15. [E] ASIAAgriculture [JA System of Japan]; Zen-Noh; Consumer Coops of Japan; A-Coops; Women’s Associations;Forestry Coops of Japan; Better Living of Japan and Korea; Agricultural & Rural Credit of India; Dairying-AMUL of India; Chemical Fertilizer-IFFCO of India; Sugar Coops of India;

16. ASIA [Contd]Fisheries of Japan, India & Philippines;Tea, Coffee and Spices Coops of India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines;Consumer-Fair Price of Singapore;COMFORT-Coop Taxi of Singapore; India – Largest Movement, Highest Milk Production;Largest Coop Banking System;Largest HRD/Member Education Network, and Many Others.

17. [F] ELSEWHEREAgriculture, Food Processing, Horticulture, Fisheries of Australia and New Zealand; Marine Products; Coconut in South Pacific Islands;and Many Others.

18. THE ICA FAMILYSingle Largest Network of World Cooperative Movement230 Member-Organisations;Over 92 Countries;Over 800 Million Individual Members.Global Service and Advisory Network.

19. ICA STUDY “GLOBAL 300 COOPERATIVES”[Some interesting findings]Total Revenue of over 1 trillion USD;10th Largest Economy of the World;14% Growth Rate;20% of the List are in the United States Alone;50% of the List in US, France, Germany, Italy;30% of List in Agriculture and Food Sector;23% in Retailing; 22% Insurance; 19% in Banking;

20. ICA STUDY [Contd]20% More Jobs than all MNCs Put Together;40% Americans in Coop Membership;45% Coop Business in Kenya GDP;66% Swedish Daycare Units by Coops;90% Retail Business by Swiss Coops;World’s Largest Cooperative Bank is in France.

21. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION“Linkages” is the MantraTHERE ARE SEVERAL POSSIBLE SECTORS FOR COOPERATION, COLLABORATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

22. Three Broad Economic Sectors which Generate Money, Employmentand Social SecurityAGRICULTUREFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSRETAILING & WHOLESALING

23. POTENTIAL AREASTrade [Fair Trade];Technology Transfer [Management and Value-Addition];Technical Cooperation [Institution Building, HRD];Professionalisation;Energy Conservation & Production;

24. POTENTIAL AREAS [Contd]Forestry and Horticulture;Better Living and Community Welfare;Meeting Challenges of Competition in Open Market Economy;Legal Framework;Cooperation, Collaboration and Technical Cooperation.

25. “There is but one mode which man can possess in perpetuity all the happiness which his nature is capable of enjoying – that is by the union and cooperation of all for the benefit of each.”Robert Owen

26. This is about all that I have to say.Thank You Very Much for Your Kind AttentionCEBU. THE PHILIPPINESNOVEMBER 2009