Cooperatives around the world
Cooperative stories around the world to enhance the awareness of cooperative movement and business celebrating the International Year of Cooperatives 2025. The episodes are generated by the Deep Dive conversation of Google NotebookLM with the sources of various of written material on cooperative movements around the world.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2025
the story of ILO's Cooperatives Recommendation
This episode provides a comprehensive review of the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 193), examining its development, implementation, and …
ILO COOP : Recommendation 193 in 2002 for the states around the world
This Recommendation 193 from the International Labour Organization, adopted in 2002, focusing on promoting cooperatives worldwide. It emphasizes the importance of cooperatives for job creation, reso…
ILO COOP : Revisiting ILO Recommendation 127 of 1966
ILO Recommendation 127 - Co-operatives (Developing Countries) Recommendation, 1966 (No. 127)", outlines the International Labour Organisation's recommendations egarding the establishment and growth o…
NACF vision on marketing business
This episode outlines NACF's comprehensive 2020 initiative to revolutionize agricultural product distribution in South Korea. Key strategies included establishing the "Right Distribution Committee" t…
NACF Vision
This episode outlines a new vision for the NongHyup(National Agricultural Cooperative Federation) for its centennial, focusing on adapting to rapid environmental changes. Key challenges include decli…
NACF story : built resilience in agriculture and rural communities
NACF initiatives on bolstering the agricultural sector address critical issues like labor shortages, income instability,and the effects of natural disasters. The agricultural cooperatives' efforts en…
NACF story : restructuring of marketing business
NACF focused on revitalizing their economic businesses from 2011 to 2020. The plan aimed to increase the cooperatives' role in agricultural product sales and distribution through investments in infra…
NACF story : Apex restructuring
From 2012, driven by decades of debate and spurred byeconomic pressures and scandals, the NACF transitioned from a single, integrated entity to a three-part structure: a central federation, a financi…
NACF story : Commercial bank to financial holding group
This episode covers the expansion of the Nonghyup(National Agricultural Cooperative Federation) into various financial servicesfrom the late 1990s through 2010. It highlights key initiatives, includi…
NACF story : marketing strategy and development
This episode details the evolutionof Korean agricultural cooperatives fromthe 1990s to 2010s. It focuses on the cooperative's response to the challengesof globalization and the rise of large-scale r…
NACF story : restructuring local cooperatives
This is the story about the restructuring of local agricultural cooperatives following the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
The initial focus was on resolving the financial distress of numerous failing c…
2025 Coops Day : Driving Inclusive and Sustainable Solutions for a Better World
The International Day of Cooperatives (CoopsDay) is celebrated annually on the first Saturday of July to raise awareness of cooperatives and promote the movement’s successes in advancing social and e…
NACF : One apex for agricultural cooperatives
In 2000 the merger of three South Korean agricultural cooperatives into a single entity, the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation : agricultural cooperatives, livestock cooperatives, and gins…
NACF story : financial business
This episode covers NongHyup banking services to improve financial access for members and expand its influence on financial sector in the 1990s. Key initiatives included enhancing farmer savings prog…
NACF story : food business and rice processing
This episode details the rice processing infrastructure and foods processing business by NACF and its member cooperatives' role from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. It describes the NACF's signific…
NACF story : marketing business development
This episode covers the Korean agricultural cooperatives's business development in response to agricultural market liberalization in the late 1980s and 1990s. The NACF implemented three-year plans to…
NACF story : Governance change from top-down to bottom up
This episode provided details the 1988 amendment to South Korea's Agricultural Cooperative Association (NongHyup) Act. This amendment transitioned the election of NongHyup officials, previously appoi…
NACF story : extension service
This episode details the expansion of educationalinitiatives within the Korean agricultural cooperative (Nonghyup) during the1980s. This involved establishing and expanding the Nonghyup LeadershipTra…
NACF story : agricultural business
This episode details the expansion of the NationalAgricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF) in South Korea during the1980s. Key initiatives included boosting joint agriculturalproduct shipments to i…
Co-op 101 ICA Guidance Notes: Co-operative Principles and Guidelines
This podcast is about guidance on the seven cooperative principles as defined by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). It elaborates on each principle, including voluntary membership, democra…