INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
“Together We Prosper
-Move on Regardless”
Dr Daman Prakash, Director
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
AND MANAGEMENT CENTRE-INDIA
“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
SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
Masters vs. Workers
Landlords vs. Tenants/Landless
Plenty vs. Shortages
Wholesome vs. Adulteration
Fair vs. Unfair
ALL EFFORTS WERE TO MOVE
TOWARDS SOCIAL JUSTICE
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;
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.
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
SANCTITY
OF COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES
Based 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.
STRUCTURE
OF COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT
Social & Economic Movement;
Formal and Informal Structure;
Democratic, Non-Political;
Member-Driven;
Professional Management;
Leads to Harmony, Social Justice
and World Peace
The
Cooperative Tree
Continues
to Get Taller…
EVERYONE ENJOYS ITS FRUITS AND SHADE
“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.”
[A] EUROPE
Consumer 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
[B] NORTH AMERICA
Agriculture; 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
[C] SCANDINAVIA
KF [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
[D] RUSSIA
Consumer/Wholesale and Retail;
Agriculture;
Food Processing;
Workers’ Cooperatives;
Health Cooperatives;
and Many Others
[E] ASIA
Agriculture [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;
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.
[F] ELSEWHERE
Agriculture, Food Processing,
Horticulture, Fisheries of Australia
and New Zealand; Marine Products;
Coconut in South Pacific Islands;
and Many Others.
THE ICA FAMILY
Single Largest Network
of World Cooperative Movement
230 Member-Organisations;
Over 92 Countries;
Over 800 Million Individual Members.
Global Service and Advisory Network.
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;
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.
INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION
“Linkages” is the Mantra
THERE ARE
SEVERAL POSSIBLE SECTORS
FOR COOPERATION, COLLABORATION
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Three
Broad Economic Sectors which
Generate Money, Employment
and Social Security
AGRICULTURE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
RETAILING & WHOLESALING
POTENTIAL AREAS
Trade [Fair Trade];
Technology Transfer
[Management and Value-Addition];
Technical Cooperation
[Institution Building, HRD];
Professionalisation;
Energy Conservation & Production;
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.
“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
This is about all
that I have to say.
Thank You Very Much
for Your Kind Attention
CEBU. THE PHILIPPINES
NOVEMBER 2009