Co-operative Studies
Africa:
The Moshi University College of Co-operative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS) offers co-operative and business education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The Uganda Co-operative College (located in Kigumba)
Cooperative College of Swaziland: P.O. Box 1393, Mbabane, +268 416 1086/88
Co-operative Development Centre, Botswana
Ghana Co-operative College, Kumasi
Federal Cooperative College Oji-River, Enugu State, Nigeria
Co-operative Studies Department at Ambo College in Ethiopia
Katete Co-operative College, Zambia
Lusaka Co-operative College, Zambia
North America:
The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC) was established in 1962 and pursues a research, educational and outreach agenda that examines co-operative issues across multiple business and social sectors. Click on this link to take you to the UWCC Publications page.
The British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies aims to develop Co-operative Studies as a recognised academic field and reveal the full range and possibilities of this new discipline.
The Sobey School of Business, St Mary’s University http://www.smu.ca/academic/sobey/welcome/welcome.html
The British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies (BCICS) at the University of Victoria http://www.bcics.org
Saskatchewan Co-operative Association (SCA) is one of eight regional affiliate offices in Canada that works closely with the Canadian Co-operative Association. http://www.sask.coop
University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension http://extension.unh.edu
Europe:
Centre for Mutual and Employee Owned Business at Oxford University
Wageningen University Development Economics Group
Institute for Co-operation in Developing Countries, Marburg
Department of Co-operative Studies, Cologne
Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork
European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprise
Wales Institute for Research into Co-operatives (WIRC) at UWIC’s Cardiff School of Management
University of Stirling Department of Applied Social Science
The Co-operatives Research Unit (CRU), Open University, Milton Keynes (not available)
Asia:
Co operative Academic Institute, Kasetsart University, Thailand
The Institute of Rural Management (IRMA) was established in 1979 at Anand, Gujarat to provide management education, training, research and consultancy support to co-operatives and rural development organisations in India.
Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-operative Management (VAMNICOM) caters to management development through training, education, research and consultancy needs of various co-operative organisations, government departments and other national bodies.
The Indian Institute of Management also offers courses on co-operative managment.
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