Further Together

In the latest episode of the ICA Legal Office’s “Interviews with Members and Experts” series —where we explore the various dimensions and aspects of cooperative law with lawyers, public policy professionals, and practitioners— our Director of Legislation, Santosh Kumar, speaks with Simon Blondeau, Legal Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, where he works on...

In this episode of the ICA Legal Office “Interviews with Members and Experts” series, ICA Director of Legislation Santosh Kumar speaks with Ian Adderley — barrister, author of Cooperatives: Linking Theory and Practice, and former senior official overseeing mutuals and cooperative societies at the UK Financial Conduct Authority. Their conversation explores what truly defines a cooperative, why coop...

The podcast discusses enhancing member participation in cooperative enterprises. The guest speaker, Simon Pek, is an expert on organizational democracy. Pek became interested in cooperatives through his experiences with Mountain Equipment Co-op in Canada. Pek argues that democratic member control is the most important cooperative principle, as it enables members to ensure the organization is gover...

In February 2022 Professor Antonio Fici from the University of Molise in Italy interviewed Osamu Nakano, a Board Member of Japan Worker Cooperatives Union and Vice President of the Board of the International Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives (CICOPA).The interview explored the main changes introduced under the 2020 Worker Cooperatives Act, and the impact these had had on Japanese...

In Marburg, Germany, this July, a group of co-op law experts spoke to Professor Hans Munkner about the role of the ICA in advancing knowledge and practice. Besides Professor Munkner, the group included the Chair of the ICA Cooperative Law Committee, Hagan Henrÿ, law committee member Ifigeneia Douvitsa, ICA Cooperative Law Network member Dr. Leonardo Rafael D’souza, and Director of Legislation at t...

  Cooperative Research in Legislation & Development in collaboration with the ICA Committee on Cooperative Law. With Sonja Novkovic, Professor at the St. Mary’s University & chairperson of ICA Committee on Cooperative Research, Hagen Henrÿ, Professor at the University of Helsinki and Chairperson of ICA Committee on Cooperative Law, as well as Arielle Romenteau, Research Coordinator at the...

The International Cooperative Alliance meets the International Labour Organisation after signing a new Memorandum of Understanding that reaffirms their - century-long - friendship. On the table, how can cooperatives foster decent work.