THE CONTRIBUTION OF WORKER AND ARTISANS’ CO-OPERATIVES TO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
08.30: Registration
09.00: Opening of the conference: Worker and artisan’s co-operatives within the co-operative movement - Ivano Barberini, President of the ICA
09.15: The importance of worker and artisans’ co-operatives in Latin America - Carlos Palacino, President of ICA-Americas
09.30: Special address - Dr. Enrique Valderrama Jaramillo, Colombian Chief Supervisor for Solidarity Economy
09.45: Introduction to the work of the conference Felice Scalvini, Vice-president of CICOPA
10.00: FIRST SESSION - The contribution of artisan co-operatives to local development
◊ in Egypt - Ibrahim Moharram, President of CPU
◊ in Germany and around the world under the framework of German co-operation - Paul Armbruster, Director of International Relations of DGRV
11.00: Break
11.30: SECOND SESSION - The contribution of worker co-operatives industry and services to local development
◊ in Korea - Eom Hyunk Sik, Responsible for International Relations of KFWC
◊ in Canada - April Bourgeois, Vice-president of CWF
◊ in Colombia - Clemente Jaimes, President of the Worker Co-operative Committee of Ascoop-Confecoop
◊ in Poland - Janusz Paszkowski, President of NAUWC
13.00: Lunch
14.15: THIRD SESSION - The contribution of co-operativised industrial enterprises to local development
◊ in Brazil - Arnaldo Liberato, Director of ANTEAG (to be confirmed)
◊ in Argentina - José Abelli, President of MNER
◊ in Italy - Alberto ZEVI, Director of CFI
15.30: Break
16.00: FOURTH SESSION - Co-operativised health and social services in worker co-operatives: their contribution to local development
◊ in Italy’s Marche region and in Bosnia - Simone Matteoli, President of Legacoop Marche
◊ in Costa Rica - Harris Regidor, President of Conacoop
17.00: FIFTH SESSION - Global issues
◊ The importance for the ILO of worker and artisans’ co-operatives for job creation and local development - Jürgen Schwettmann, Director of the Co-operative Branch of the ILO
◊ International standards: the World Declaration on Co-operative Worker Ownership, its relevance for local development - John Jairo Gỏmez, Vice-president of the Worker Co-operative Committee of Ascoop - Confecoop
17.45: CONCLUSIONS
Rainer Schlüter, CICOPA President
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