IYC 2012 and beyond

Australia-Italy Comparative Co-operative Symposium

Third and final symposia Italy/Australia Co-operatives Research Project

Melina MorrisonBusiness Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals

Collaboration

"Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.” Franklin Roosevelt

Collaboration

Collaboration

Australia’s IYC 2012 Campaign

Commemorative Yearbook

Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals

Promote co-operative and mutualbusiness model, &

Develop the sector

Goals of the BCCM

Representative on the B20 business roundtable that will take place during the G20 meetings in 2014 (Australia is hosting)

Commonwealth Minister for Co-operatives and Mutuals

• Global 300• International trade mark• Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade

International priorities

Member ownership in Australia

Source: Who knew Australians were so co-operative? The size and scope of mutually owned co-ops in Australia, The Australia Institute, October 2012

The Co-operative Decade Blueprint

• Environmental degradation and resource depletion.

• An unstable financial sector and increasing income inequality.

• Growing global governance gap.

• Disenfranchised younger generation.

By 2020 …

• The fastest growing form of enterprise.

• The model preferred by people.

• The acknowledged leader in economic, social and environmental sustainability.

Establishing New Mutuals

Those who use our model of business must use this critical moment to stand proud in our co-op credentials and tell the world that we are NOT business as usual. And we demand an equal place in the global economy”.

Dame Pauline Green, President ICA