Co-operative Legislation and Public Policy

The Symposium on Co-operative Legislation and Public Policy was organized by the International Centre for Co-operative Management and held in 2009 in Halifax, Canada.

Abstracts and Papers 

• Alzola, Izaskun, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Mondragon, Basque Country, Spain “Cooperative Legislation in the Basque Country: A Specific Regulation” Paper

• Anderson, John, Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Canadian Co-operative Association “The Co-operative Development Initiative and How to Strengthen Co-operative Public Policy in Canada”

• Avsec, Franci, and Dolores Modic, High School of Business and Management, Novo Avsec Mesto, Slovenia "Co-operatrives and the Equality of Legal Persons Before the Law: Lessons from Slovenia" Paper

• Dobrohoczki, Robert, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Candidate in Co-operative Studies, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan, Canada “Rethinking Co-operative Legislation: Building Breakwaters against Global Capitalism” Paper

• Fici, Antonio, Associate Professor of Private law at the University of Molise (Italy); Associate Professor, Co-operative and social enterprise law at the University of Trento (Italy) "The New Italian Co-operative Law and the Co-operative Principles” Paper ; Powerpoint

• Genco, Roberto, Professor, Master of Cooperative Economics Program, University of Bologna "Outdoor Mutuality’ and Mutual Funds for co-operative promotion in Italian co-op’s rules”

• Gragnoli, Enrico, practitioner of law, Modena, Italy “Cooperatives, Law and Public Policy: Experiences of Workers' and Producers' Cooperatives in Italy in Terms of Labour Law and Corporate Relations” Paper

• Hancock, Erin, MPhil in Policy Studies Candidate, University of New Brunswick, Canada “The Policy Context for Co-operatives in New Brunswick: Looking to the Future” Paper

• Herbert, Yuill, Will McDowall, Lindsay Cole and Colin MacDougall, Sustainability Solutions Group, Canada “The Role of Co-operatives in an Ecologically-Constrained Economic System” Paper

• Hofheimer, George A, Chief Research Officer, Filene Institute, USA “Evaluating the Single Financial Services Regulator Question”

• Lowery, Frank and Jason (Jay) Harris, The Co-operators Group Limited, Guelph, Ontario, Canada “The Co-operators Legislative Environment: Potential Changes” Paper ; Powerpoint

• Novkovic, Sonja, Professor of Economics, Saint Mary’s University, Canada “Economic theory rationale for policy initiative: Co-operative firms in the presence of Externalities”

• Sadler, Larry, Ontario Natural food Co-operative, Canada “A Profile of the Boundaries of Cooperative Structure” Paper

• Smith, Stephanie, Senior Legal Advisor, Co-operative Programs, USDA Rural Development, USA “Does/Should Legislation and Public Policy for Cooperatives Differ from Legislation and policy related to Investor-owned Business?”

• Van Dijk, Peter, Consultant Micro-Finance (Regulation & Supervision Specialist), Consultant, Toulouse, France “Public Policy and Legal prerequisites for Financial Services Cooperatives to work” Paper ; Powerpoint

• Webb, Tom, Saint Mary’s University, Master of Management – Co-operatives and Credit Unions Program, Canada “Co-operation: Should Public Policy Benefits Produce Public Policy Preference”