Manchester, UK; 17 November 2016 – 9:30am to 5:00pm
Organized by Co-operatives UK, the Practitioners Forum offers professional training for people operating in key roles in co-operative businesses large and small. A unique professional development opportunity, this sell-out event enables delegates to learn from experts and network with peers.
More Information at: http://www.uk.coop/PF16
The 46th Atlantic Schools of Business Conference is being hosted this year by The Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University (Halifax) from October 21-23, 2016. The theme of this year’s conference is: The business of knowledge/The knowledge of business.
This track is open to all areas of cooperative research such as co-ops in critical management; co-op management and ethics; co-op entrepreneurship; governance for co-ops, key performance indicators, financial reporting and accounting, performance measurement and analysis; financial management; tax accounting; public responsibility and ethics; technology innovation management; and knowledge management.
The deadline for receipt of paper and symposium submissions is SEPTEMBER 9TH.
More information at the conference website: http://asb.acadiau.ca/2016conference/index.php
The Co-operative Management Education Programs at Saint Mary’s University (www.ManagementStudies.coop) is looking for an instructor to teach co-operative financial management from a multi-sector and international perspective ( for the details see: http://www.accoop.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/financecoursejobposting_June.pdf).
RIBEIRÃO PRETO – SP, Brazil, 4th to 7th June
General Information at http://congressos.anpcont.org.br/x/
Panel on accounting and cooperatives, 6th June 10h-12h
See program of the panel at: http://congressos.anpcont.org.br/x/programacao
More information at:
http://www.euricse.eu/7th-euricse-international-workshop-on-cooperative-finance-and-sustainable-development/
Almeria, 2016, 24th – 27th May
New Strategies for Co-operatives: Understanding and Managing Co-operative Creation, Transition and Transformation Programme
Conference programme, papers available at:
http://programme.exordo.com/ica2016almeria/
The World Co-operative Monitor, a partnership between the International Co-operative Alliance (the Alliance) and the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse), collects available economic and social data on the world’s co-operative enterprises. The 2015 edition is the fourth one and it is built on data from 2013.
See: http://monitor.coop/
Thursday 19 November, Manchester. Organized by Co-operatives UK.
The Practitioners Forum offers professional training for people operating in key roles in co-operative businesses large and small.
More information at http://www.uk.coop/node/25237
At Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain December, 10th 2015
Organized by CEGEA.
More information at http://gobiernocoops.blogs.upv.es/
Monique F. Leroux, Chair of the International Co-operative Alliance’s International Accounting and Regulatory Affairs Committee (IARAC) and Chair of the Board, President and CEO of Desjardins Group, is proud to announce that Isabelle Ferrand, Chief Financial Officer of Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel, has been selected to become a member of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Advisory Council.
This nomination is a first for the Alliance, which will now have permanent representation within the Council. Dame Pauline Green, President of International Co-operative Alliance expressed her satisfaction with this important achievement for the cooperative movement, and wished to thank Monique F. Leroux and the members of the IARAC for their efforts.
Source: https://www.sommetinter.coop/en/medias/news/alliance-will-have-permanent-representation-ifrs-advisory-council
