gabriella buffa - opening plenary: ways forward 3 conference
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TOPICS
1)The situation of the co-operatives in
Argentina
2)A vision of the global co-op movement
3)The Youth statement - Quebec
1) THE SITUATION FOR CO-OPERATIVES IN ARGENTINA
40 MILLION PEOPLE
30 THOUSAND CO-OPERATIVES
ALL THE ECONOMICS AREAS
311 RECOVERED COMPANIES / 13.462
WORKERS
2) A VISION OF THE GLOBAL CO-OP
MOVEMENT
Cooperatives in the world gather 1 billion
members
CICOPA study: co-ops provide 250 million
direct and indirect jobs.
Youth employment crisis: There are 1.2 billion
young people of which 73.4 million are
unemployed (12.6%) the highest ever. 15.8%
neither study nor work (ILO)
The Alliance Youth Network
3) THE YOUTH STATEMENT - QUEBEC
Aspects that invite us to go deeper:
- What type of economy do we need and
want?
- How do we understand democratic
participation?
- How do we organized better ,and enlarged
youth participation?