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ICA Conference on Strategic Business Alliances among Co-operatives Ho Chi Minh City, September 6-7, 2011. Haruyoshi Amano ICA Committee on Consumer Co-operation for Asia and the Pacific. Contents. 1. ICA / ICA-AP structure 2. Features of Consumer Co-ops 3. ICA-AP Consumer Committee
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ICA Conference on Strategic Business Alliances among Co-operatives Ho Chi Minh City,September 6-7, 2011 Haruyoshi Amano ICA Committee on Consumer Co-operation for Asia and the Pacific
Contents 1. ICA / ICA-AP structure 2. Features of Consumer Co-ops 3. ICA-AP Consumer Committee ~Activities / Challenge~
ICA structure ICA General Assembly ICA Board Sectoral Committee Thematic Committee HQs(Geneva) Regional Office Africa゙ America Asia & the Pacific Europe
ICA-AP structure ICA-AP Regional Assembly ICA-AP Regional Board Sectoral Committee Thematic Committee • Consumer Co-op • University Co-op • Agri. Co-op • (Health Co-op) • Women • Youth • HRD • Research Member Organizations
Features of Consumer (Retail) Co-ops in Asia & the Pacific 1. Origin - Consumer movement - Thrift and credit/ Multipurpose co-operative - Labor Union - Others 2. Founder - Consumers - Organizations - Others 3.Relationship with government authority - Strong - Modest - Weak
Features of Consumer (Retail) Co-ops in Asia & the Pacific Definition of Co-operative ICA - an association of persons to meet common needs through a jointly-owned and democratically controlled Origin and reason for existence of consumer co-ops differ according to the social and economic circumstances.
ICA-AP Consumer Committee • 22 member organizations (federations and primary co-ops) from 13 countries.
Consumer CommitteeMain Activities • Store Manager Training Program (Japan) • Management Workshop (Singapore) • Co-op Development Workshop(sub-regional, member countries) • Meeting of Consumer Committee • Research and Data Collection
Consumer CommitteeTask & Challenge 1) Facilitate member co-operation 2) Increase business-oriented programs 3) Boost participation of new members 4) Collect information of consumer / retail co-operatives in AP region