Co-con 2012

“CO-OPERATION – SOLUTION TO WORLDWIDE RECESSION” INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE CONFERENCE – 2012 8th and 9th December 2012 The United Nations Organization has declared 2012 as the International year of Co-operatives. The theme of the year is ‘Co-operative Enterprises Build a Better World’. The United Nations Organization as well as International Co-operative Alliance and its members are celebrating the year by organizing various seminars, conferences, events, rallies, get-together of the activities in the co-operative movement. As a part of said activity, our Bar Association has arranged two days International Conference on the eve of International Co-operative Year 2012 on 8th and 9th December 2012 in the premises of one of the prominent institutions from Pune i.e. Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune – 411 004. The Lawyers, Jurists, Judges, Economists, Businessmen, Entrepreneurs, Industrialists, thinkers and activists in the co-operative movement, across the world are participating in the conference. The theme of this Summit is ‘CO-OPERATION – SOLUTION TO WORLDWIDE RECESSION’. In the conference, there is ellaborate exchange of views in the five different seminars on following subjects with reference to the theme of the summit. a) Co-operative movement in agriculture and industries; b) Pros and cons of greter autonomy to the co-operative societies; c) Laissez-faire economics and co-operative movement and their future; d) Challenges to the Co-operative movement; e) Co-operative movement and solutions to the economic problems including world recession; f) Developed nations, Developing nations and Co-operative movement; g) Networking of micro-credit societies, charities and other entities; h) Necessity of reform in Co-operative laws for development of co-operative movement worldwide.