Global Research Conference in Pula, Croatia, 2014 - Photo Gallery
25 Jun 2014
A selection of photographs from the June 2014 Global Research Conference in Pula, Croatia
EURICSE's Carlo Borzaga talks about the similarities and differences between co-operatives and social enterprises at the Young Scholars workshop on June 25.
Community Economic Development consultant Milford Bateman speaks to the Young Scholars on "Supporting Co-operatives in Theory and Practice."
Pierre Laliberté of the ILO speaks on "Why Worker Co-operatives are Back & Needed" at the Young Scholars workshop.
Economist Ha-Joon Chang, who spoke in Pula via teleconference from Cambridge, U.K., challenged the co-operative movement to embrace the co-operative identity, to laud the Values and Principles, and to make sure that co-operative products are known as such.
Co-operators and researchers divided themselves into break-out groups to discuss what reporting systems are necessary to measure progress towards the goals of the Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade. Each group dealt with one of the Blueprint's five themes; this one tackled the question through the lens of co-operative identity.
This group discussed how to measure participation from a co-operative perspective.
Measuring the co-operative difference in terms of co-ops as sustainable businesses was the theme of this group's discussion.
This group discussed how we assess whether capitalization mentods are appropriate for co-operatives.
This group discussed how to assess legal frameworks from a co-operative perspective.
Participants in the Global Research Conference pay tribute to the late Ian MacPherson: researcher, educator, historian, co-operator, mentor, and friend.
Akira Kurimoto, Director of Japan's Consumer Co-operative Institute and a member of the Committee on Co-operative Research Executive Committee, expands on Ian MacPherson's contributions to the global co-operative movement - as well as shared memories of a taxi ride from Jaipur to the Taj Mahal and an exchange of recipes and co-operative cooking classes.
Alliance President Dame Pauline Green celebrates the seminal contributions of Ian MacPherson in a tribute to one of the "grand ole men" of the co-operative movement.
Joanna Dennis of Manchester Metropolitan University speaks on the emergence of co-operative schools in the UK.
Denyse Guy, Executive Director of Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada, talks to conference participants.
Not all the conference activities took place indoors!
A cultural event in the Croatian countryside was one of the highlights.
