International cooperative alliance....pundir sir

International Cooperative Alliance

Submitted By:- Vaibhav Gupta

Submitted To:- Dr. R.S. Pundir

International Agriculture Business Management

Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat

Introduction of International Cooperative Alliance

Type Cooperative Federation

Founded 1895

Headquarter Geneva, Switzerland

Area Served Global

Key People Pauline Green, President

Members 272 National Federations (latest according to 2014)

International Co-operative Alliance

The International Cooperative Alliance is an independent, non-governmental

association which unites, represents and serves cooperatives worldwide.

The Alliance provides a global voice and forum for knowledge,

expertise and co-ordinated action for and about co-operatives. The members of

the Alliance are international and national co-operative organizations from all

sectors of the economy, including agriculture, banking, consumer, fisheries,

health, housing, insurance, and workers. The Alliance has members from 100

countries, representing close to one billion individuals worldwide. Around one

hundred million people work for a co-operative globally. Co-operatives are

successful values based businesses owned by their members. Whether they are

customers, employees or residents, the members get an equal say in the

business and a share of the profits.

• In 2006 the ICA published the first major index of the world's

largest co-operative and mutual enterprises, the ICA Global

300, which demonstrated the scale of the co-operative

movement globally

• On the first Saturday of July each year, the ICA coordinates

celebrations of International Co-operative Day.

• In December 2009, the United Nations declared 2012 as

the International Year of Co-operatives.

• he ICA represents 272 co-operative federations and

organizations in 94 countries (January 2014).

History of the co-operative movement

• The earliest record of a co-operative comes from Fenwick, Scotland where,

in March 14, 1761, in a barely furnished cottage local weavers manhandled

a sack of oatmeal into John Walker's whitewashed front room and began

selling the contents at a discount, forming the Fenwick Weavers' Society.

• There are a plethora of records of co-operatives started out as small

grassroots organizations in Western Europe, North America and Japan in

the middle of the nineteenth century, however, it is the Rochdale

Pioneers that are generally regarded as the prototype of the modern co-

operative society and the founders of the Co-operative Movement in 1844.

• In 1862 Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen founded the first credit union and his

work inspired the growth of financial co-operatives across the world.

Vision of Sustainable Development

• Sustainable Development is at the very core of co-operative

enterprises. This is a model of business based on ethical values

and principles whose goal is to provide for the needs and

aspirations of their members.

• Through self-help and empowerment, enhancing local

resources and capacities and reinvesting surpluses, co-

operatives play a pivotal role in responding to local

community needs and objectives.

• Instead of looking at short-term goals of maximizing profits,

co-operatives have a long-term aim of sustainable economic

growth, social development and environmental responsibility.

Goals:- The International Co-operative Alliance considers that

the report of the High Level Panel of Eminent People on the Post

2015 Development Agenda is, in general, a good basis to the

establishment of Sustainable Development Goals. Overall the

report identifies the main challenges and issues linked to a global

definition of the problem.

Furthermore, these goals should be considered as

interdependent in the sense that ones cannot be achieved without

others.

For example, ending poverty cannot be achieve without

creating jobs, securing sustainable livelihoods and equitable

growth.

Contribution:-

• Closing the 2012 UN International Year of Co-operatives, theUN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon recognized that “as astrong partner in development, the co-operative movementworks with the United Nations every day to empower people,enhance human dignity and help achieve the MillenniumDevelopment Goals”

• The Rio+20 conclusions also “acknowledge the role of co-operatives in contributing to social inclusion and povertyreduction, in particular in developing countries”.

• Co-operative enterprises include in their day-to-day businessoperations a multitude of economic, social and environmentalobjectives, based on their values and principles.

ICA policy:- Even though co-operative enterprises contribute

every day and in almost every sector of the economy towards the

achievement of sustainable development goals, there are still

several obstacles that prevent them from fully exploring their

potential.

Unleashing the full potential of co-operatives requires,

among other measures:-

Recognition

Inclusion

Access

Participation

ICA Regions

• ICA Asia - Pacific

• ICA Africa

• Cooperatives Europe

• ICA Americas

Sectoral Organizations

• International Co-operative Agricultural Organization (ICAO)

• International Co-operative Banking Association (ICBA)

• Consumer Co-operatives Worldwide (CCW)

• International Co-operative Fisheries Organization (ICFO)

• International Health Co-operative Organization (IHCO)

• International Co-operative Housing Organization (ICA Housing)

• International Co-operative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF)

• International Organization of Industrial, Artisanal and Service Producers'

Co-operatives (CICOPA)

Principles:- The co-operative principles are guidelines by which co-operatives

put their values into practice.

1. Voluntary and Open Membership

2. Democratic Member Control

3. Member Economic Participation

4. Autonomy and Independence

5. Education, Training and Information

6. Co-operation among Co-operatives

7. Concern for Community

Voluntary and Open Membership:- Co-operatives are voluntary

organizations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to

accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial,

political or religious discrimination.

Education, Training and Information:-Co-operatives provideeducation and training for their members, elected representatives,managers, and employees so they can contribute effectively to thedevelopment of their co-operatives. They inform the generalpublic - particularly young people and opinion leaders - about thenature and benefits of co-operation.

Concern for Community:- Co-operatives work for thesustainable development of their communities through policiesapproved by their members.

Co-operation among Co-operatives:- Co-operatives serve theirmembers most effectively and strengthen the co-operativemovement by working together through local, national, regionaland international structures.

Co-operative Facts And Figure

The Co-operative Movement brings together over one billion

people around the world.

The United Nations estimated in 1994 that the livelihood of

nearly 3 billion people, or half of the world's population, was

made secure by co-operative enterprise. These enterprises

continue to play significant economic and social roles in their

communities.

Below are some facts about the Movement that demonstrate their

relevance and contribution to economic and social development.

Co-operatives Create And Maintain Employment

• In France, 21,000 co-operatives provide over 1 million jobs

representing 3.5% of the active working population.

• In Kenya, 63% of the population derive their livelihoods from co-

operatives. Approximately 250,000 Kenyans are employed or gain

most of their income from co-operatives.

• In the United States, 30,000 co-operatives provide more than 2

million jobs.

• In Indonesia, co-operatives provide jobs to 288,589 individuals

• In Colombia, the co-operative movement provides 137,888

jobs through direct employment and an additional 559,118

jobs as worker-owners in workers co-operatives - providing

3.65% of all jobs in the country.

Co-operatives are significant economic factors in

national economics

• In Denmark, consumer co-operatives in 2007 held 36.4% ofconsumer retail market.

• In Japan, the agricultural co-operatives report outputs of USD90 billion with 91% of all Japanese farmers in membership. In2007 consumer co-operatives reported a total turnover of USD34.048 billion with 5.9% of the food market share.

• In Mauritius, in the agricultural sector, co-operators play animportant role in the production of sugar, vegetable, fruit andflower, milk, meat and fish. Nearly 50% of sugar-cane plantersare grouped in co-operatives.

• In New Zealand, 3% of the gross domestic product (GDP) is

generated by co-operative enterprise. Co- operatives are

responsible for 95% of the dairy market and 95% of the export

dairy market.

• In Uruguay, co-operatives are responsible for 3% of the GDP.

They produce 90% of the total milk production, 40% of honey

and 30% of wheat. 60% of co-operative production is exported

to over 40 countries around the world.

Large segment of the population are members

of co-operatives.

• In Canada, four of every ten Canadians are members of at

least one co-operative. In Quebec, approximately 70% of the

population are co-op members, while in Saskatchewan 56%

are members.

• In Malaysia, 6.78 million people or 27% of the total

population are members of co-operatives.

• In Norway out of a population of 4.8 million people, 2 million

are members of co-operatives.

• In Paraguay, 783,000 people or 18% of the population are

members of 1,047 co-operatives. These have a direct impact

on the livelihoods of over 6 million people.

• In Spain, in 2008 15% of the population or 6.7 million people

are members of a co-operative.

The International Co-operative Alliance represents close to one

billion individual members. These statistics are calculated from

the subscription formula on ICA's 271 members from 94

countries (as of 20 October 2013).

On this basis, the global representative body for co-

operatives is one of the largest non-governmental organizations in

the world today by the number of people it represents, according

to available figures.

• The country with the largest number of individual members

indirectly represented by the ICA is the United States with 256

million members. There are nearly 30,000 co-operatives in the US.

• The next countries are in Asia, with India following next behind the

US with 93.7 million individual members. And then Japan with 77

million individual members.

• The fourth largest number of members is in Iran with 36.9 million

individual members.

• All in all, five of the top ten countries, by membership, that the ICA

represents - are in Asia.

• Italy is the first European country with 22.5 million individual co-

operative members, represented through their organisations by the

ICA.

Main goals of co-operative decade strategy

This strategy intends to take the co-operative way of doing

business to a new level. At the heart of this blueprint is the “2020

challenge” which is that by 2020,

co-operatives will become:

• The acknowledged leader in economic, social and

environmental sustainability.

• The business model preferred by people.

• The fastest growing form of enterprise.

What is blueprint…….???

The Blueprint is a plan for the global co-operative movement

spanning the decade we are in. It outlines a strategic agenda for

the co-operative sector led by the International Co-operative

Alliance (the Alliance) and it follows up this five-pointplan with

individual strategies. It aims to:-

• Elevate participation within membership and governance to a

new level.

• Position co-operatives as builders of sustainability.

• Build the co-operative message and secure the co-operative

identity.

• Ensure supportive legal frameworks for co-operative growth.

• Secure reliable co-operative capital while guaranteeing

member control.

Blueprint theme

To pursue the 2020 Vision, the Blueprint strategy involves

concentrating on 5 interlinked themes, and establishing

implementation strategies in relation to each of them. The

overarching agenda for the ICA, its members and the co-

operative sector generally is laid out here:

• Elevate participation within membership and governance to a

new level.

• Position co-operatives as builders of sustainability.

• Ensure supportive legal frameworks for co-operative growth.

• Secure reliable co-operative capital while guaranteeing

member control.

• Build the co-operative message and secure the co-

operative identity.

Web References

• http://ica.coop

• http://ica.coop/sites/default/files/media_items/International%20Co-operative%20Alliance.pdf

• http://ica.coop/sites/default/files/media_items/ICA%20Factsheet%20-%20International%20Co-operative%20Alliance.pdf

• http://ica.coop/sites/default/files/attachments/Global300%20Report%202011.pdf

• http://ica.coop/sites/default/files/media_items/ICA%20Blueprint%20-%20Final%20version%20issued%207%20Feb%2013.pdf

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