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Global Forum and Workshop on "Harnessing the Cooperative Advantage to Build a Better World", 4-6 September 2012 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Concept Note

• Participants' Presentation

• Participants' Short Biography

• Welcome Remarks

• EGM Report

Panel Discussion on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives on "Sustainable Development Goes Local: How New York City Cooperatives Are Advancing the UN Millennium Development Goals”, 12 July 2012

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2012 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (AMR): Ministerial Breakfast on "Promoting productive capacity for sustainable livelihoods: the role of cooperatives", 5 July 2012

• Concept Note
• Remarks by Mr José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director, Employment Sector, ILO
• Remarks by Daniela Bas, Director, UNDESA/DSPD

On the occasion of the High Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), FAO, ILO, IFAD, WFP, and UN DESA co-sponsored a high level panel discussion on “Promoting Decent Work in Rural Areas for Achieving Food Security”, 3 July 2012

• Agenda
• Concept Note

Panel Discussion on “Cooperatives and the Role of Information and Communication Technologies” at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, 6 June 2012

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• Cooperatives and the Role of Information and Communication Technologies ICTs by Ms. Lila Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana, Director, FAO Liaison Office, United Nations, New York | PDF | Power Point |
• The Role of ICTs in Promoting Cooperatives by Ms. Carolyn Hoover,CEO, dotCoop
• The Role of ICTs in Promoting Cooperatives by Mr. Gary Fowlie, Head, ITU Liaison Office to the United Nations

Panel Discussion on “A better life for women in the 21st Century: The Positive Impact of Cooperatives on Rural Women and Girls in Poverty eradication in Post-Conflict Zones” at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, 8 March 2012

 

Panel Discussion on Unleashing Rural Women’s Voice to End Hunger and Poverty at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, 2 March 2012

 

Panel Discussion on Rural Women: Are We Delivering on Our Commitments? at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, 1 March 2012

 

Panel Discussion on Youth Employment through Entrepreneurship: the Role of Cooperatives at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, 2 February 2012

 

Panel Discussion on the Role of Cooperatives in Poverty Eradication at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, 1 February 2012

• The Almería Agricultural Cooperative Model: creating successful economic and social communities, presentation by Ms. Cynthia Giagnocavo, University of Almería, Spain | Power Point |

 Civil Society Forum - 50th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD), 31 January 2012

• Civil Society, Cooperative Capacity Building and Eradicating Poverty presentation by Ms. Cynthia Giagnocavo, University of Almería, Spain
  

 Global Launch of the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC), 31 October 2011