Gallery - News in pictures

Date : 12-04-2012
Number of photos : 16 photos
  • "The Amazing Power of Cooperatives" is the theme of the International Summit of Cooperatives that will take place from October 8 to 11, 2012, in Quebec City, Canada.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=3522" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • To help you get acquainted with the city’s many attractions, our website now features a section called Explore Québec!<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/explore-quebec" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Ban Ki-moon (in photo), believes that cooperatives can play an important role in helping young people find jobs.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=4020" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • How is leadership in cooperative and mutual enterprises different from leadership in corporate settings? This was the theme of Richard Fortier’s presentation at the annual conference of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) in San José, Costa Rica.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=4213" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • On October 31, 2011, governments, leaders of international organizations and representatives of associations and cooperatives kicked off the International Year of Cooperatives at UN headquarters in New York, underscoring their unique contribution to social and economic development around the world.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5345" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • During her recent visit to Canada, shortly after the United Nations’ launch of the International Year of Cooperatives, Dame Pauline Green said that the cooperative model is part of the solution to our current economic and financial crisis.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5349" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • Co-operatives need to develop a ‘breed of capital’ – ‘co-operative capital’, according to Tom Webb (in photo), Manager of the Master of Management, Co-operatives and Credit Unions Program at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5351" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • An interview with Dr. J. Colin Dodds (in photo), President of the Saint Mary’s University, founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1802.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5542" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • The United Nations (UN) has invited Dame Pauline Green and Monique F. Leroux to be part of an advisory group for the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC).<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5422" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • In a recent report to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5423" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • Because cooperatives use their assets to capitalize their organization, their lifespan is twice that of traditional businesses, according to Michel Lafleur, Director of the Canadian-based Institut de recherche et d’éducation pour les coopératives et les mutuelles de l’Université de Sherbrooke (IRECUS).<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5666" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • On February 21, Quebec’s National Assembly adopted a motion that underscores the contribution of the cooperative and mutualist movement to society and the Quebec economy.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5837" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • Influential, inspiring and accomplished women ambassadors will speak at the 2012 Summit, including Dame Pauline Green, Rachel Griffiths, Monique F. Leroux, Robynn Shrader, Tracy Redies and Sylvia Okinlay-Paraguya (in the photomontage).<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5854" target="_blank">Read more</a>
  • According to a new report by the Worldwatch Institute, approximately 1 billion people in 96 countries now belong to a cooperative.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5893" target="_blank">Read the report</a>
  • The president of Euricse, Carlo Borzaga (in photo), launched an appeal asking the European Union (EU) to “focus on funding the real economy”.<br /><a href="http://www.2012intlsummit.coop/site/summit-info/news?template=newsDetail&newsID=5921" target="_blank">Read more</a>
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