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This book presents entrepreneurs’ cooperatives – cooperatives formed by groups of entrepreneurs, independently owned businesses, tradesmen, professionals, or by municipalities and other public bodies. It shows that cooperatives have helped … Read more…
A COPAC Commissioned Information Note. Prepared for the United Nations consultation of UN member states and the cooperative movement on the desirability and feasibility of proclaiming an International Year of … Read more…
A COPAC Commissioned Study. Background paper to the COPAC Open Forum on Fair Trade and Cooperatives 2005 (pdf) Download pdf
Report of an Expert Group Meeting organized by UNDESA, COPAC and the Government of Mongolia on 15-17 May 2002 (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) Download pdf
Report of the COPAC Open Forum 2000 (Geneva, Switzerland) Download pdf Full presentations from the forum Opening Joe Fazzio, COPAC Chair and Chief, Coop Branch, International Labour Office (ILO) Keynote … Read more…
Conference Room Paper for the First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the General Assembly on the Implementation of the Outcome of the World Summit for … Read more…
Report of COPAC International Technical Meeting Rome, 8-10 November 1995 Download pdf