Useful Resources

This page contains useful resources, including presentations and articles from other institutions interested in co-operative development.

Co-operative Transport, Uganda

The Research department recently organised a conference on Co-operative Transport in Uganda, to which serveral co-operative organisations were invited to participate. Each organisation that attended prepared a short presentation  addressing the following points, and some of the presentations can be downloaded below:

·        General background about your co-operative organisation

·         What services does your co-operative provide?

·         Does your co-operative provide transport services, and if so, how do you organise this?

·         What are your co-operative’s transport needs?

·         What are your aims for transport provision?

·         How would you like to improve your transport services?

Uganda Transport Union

Uganda Crane Creameries Co-op Union

UGANDA CO-OPERATIVE TRANSPORT Union

Uganda Co-operative College

Livestock Co-operative

Fourteen- seater Transport SACCOs

Beekeepers Union

Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit Union Limited

You can also download the presentation given at the workshop by Transaid:

Transaid Presentation

Swedish Co-operative Centre

The Swedish Co-operative Centre has a number of useful resources on its website including this article on the importance of investing in women farmers.

The Toughest Job in the World

Rural Development and Management Centre, India

The Rural Development and Management Centre in New Dehli, India, is a non-governmental organisation which aims “to develop and improve human resource as a contributory factor to strengthen civil society aimed at uplifting the conditions of rural poor, farmers, both men and women, and small and medium enterprises through better governance and management”. The centre conducts research and offers various types of colloborative training and development programmes. It has produced some useful articles and presentations which discuss agricultural co-operatives. These include:

• Development Policies and Training Needs in Agricultural Co-operatives in Asia

• Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives in India and Development Policies

• Challanges for Agricultural Co-operatives to Mitigate the Perils of Climate Change

• NEDAC General Assembly and Seminar on National Policies for the Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in Asia. Bangkok. Thailand

• State of Agricultural Cooperatives in Asia

• INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION – “Together We Prosper – Move on Regardless”

• Powerpoint: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION – “Together We Prosper-Move on Regardless”

• Popularising Cooperative Model of Development amongst Youth

• Primary Agricultural Co-operative Societies

• Strengthening Primary Agricultural Cooperatives – ROLE OF MANAGERS

• Self-help Groups- a handbook

Social Economy in Turkey

The following papers provide useful information about the social economy in Turkey:

• SOCIAL ECONOMY IN TURKEY

• Powerpoint – Social Economy in Turkey

Oromia and the Ethiopain Co-operative Sector

• Oromia Coffee Co-operative

ICA-Americas Newsletters

Below are some recent newsletters from ICA-Americas:

• ICA Americas Newsletter 6 September 2010
• ICA- Americas Newsletter 4 December 2009
• ICA- Americas Newsletter 3 September 2009
• ICA-Americas Newsletter 2 June 2009
• ICA-Americas Newsletter 1 May 2009

National Co-operative Archive

Located in central Manchester, the National Co-operative Archive is home to a wide array of records relating to the history of the worldwide co-operative movement.