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National Co-operative Organisations in Australia and Italy

National Co-operative Organisations in Australia and Italy. Richard O’Leary, Greg Patmore and Alberto Zevi. Overview of Paper. Introduction A Historical Overview – Italy A Historical Overview – Australia The Current Situation – Italy The Role of Representative Organisations – Italy

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National Co-operative Organisations in Australia and Italy

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  1. National Co-operative Organisations in Australia and Italy Richard O’Leary, Greg Patmore and Alberto Zevi

  2. Overview of Paper • Introduction • A Historical Overview – Italy • A Historical Overview – Australia • The Current Situation – Italy • The Role of Representative Organisations – Italy • Australian Prospects – Towards National Organisations • Conclusions

  3. Introduction • Both have seen push to national organisations • Italy more successful and effective • Six cross sectional organisations • Legacoop (1886) • Confcooperative (1919) • AGCI (1952) • UNCI (1971) • Unicoop (1999) • Ue.Coop (2013)

  4. A Historical Overview - Italy • Developments in the second half of the nineteenth century • Federation of Italian Co-operatives (1886) • Cross-sectional organisations • Role of Fascism • Favourable legal climate - Italian constitution - 1947 Basevi Law - 1992 legislation

  5. A Historical Overview - Australia • No constitutional provision • Focus on state legislation • Distinction between credit unions and others • NSW CWS • Internal divisions (Structure, gender) • NSW CWS demise (1979) • State organisations (CFWA) • Proposed national organisation (World War II) • Problems with forming national organisations • Contrast with credit unions

  6. The Current Situation - Italy • Not compulsory for Italian co-ops to join • Significance of 1992 law • 80,000 co-operatives • 1.3 million workers • 13 million members • See Table 1 for data relating to size of of Legacoop, Cofcooperative, Agci • See Table 2 for the composition of Legacoop, Cofcooperative, Agci

  7. The Role of Representative Organisations - Italy • Supervision of member co-operatives • Collection of Statutory Levy (3%) for the promotion and development • Ministry of Economic Development • Co-operative Consortiums • Co-operative Groupings and Mergers

  8. Australian Prospects – Towards National Organisations Some significant developments - Co-operatives National Law - IYC 2012 Some institutional developments - Co-operative Food Group - Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals

  9. Conclusions • Italian strength vs. Australian weakness • Informal approach of Italian movement compared to contractual approach of Mondragon • Compared to Australia, Italian comparatives have survived the post-war period well • The strength of the Italian national co-operative organisation and the lack of significant co-operative organisations may be an important factor

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