Asia Pacific

This will be the first Forum of the Cooperatives Union of Kyrgyzstan and a first event in the country which adresses credit cooperatives issues at the highest level.

2013 Cooperative Education Seminar 17 & 18 September • Wellington At the Cooperative Business New Zealand 2013 annual meeting which will precede the seminar, the keynote speaker will be Melina M

COOPERATIVE :Business for the Masses, National Business in Economic Upliftment The Role of Cooperative in Nation-Building through Uniting all Cooperatives and Awakening the Power of UNITY and COOPE

MAJOR THEME: MAINSTREAMING COOPERATIVES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY SUB THEMES 1. Impact of cooperatives on other forms of business/economic organizations 2. Innovative business practices by cooperatives 3

Asia Pacific Co-operative Youth Forum Rationale and Theme “Future Challenges for Youth as a Strategic Group for Co-operative Development” The importance of Information technology and the easy transfer