ICA General Assembly
" Innovation in Co-operative Business "
Singapore, 14-19 October 2006
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Meeting Documentation |
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Programme of Meetings NEW!
The ICA General Assembly Final Programme of Meetings contains
the updated listing of all meetings, times and locations,
being held in conjunction with the General Assembly from
14-19 October 2007.
It also provides the General Assembly agenda (18-19 October)
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Meeting Documentation
The Meeting Documentation booklet contains General Assembly statutory business information which will require decision by representatives of ICA member organisations in Singapore. It includes:
- Draft Minutes of the ICA General Assembly 2005, Cartagena
- ICA Financial Statements 2005
- Election Information including biographies on the candidates for election
- Report on ICA Strategy and Restructuring
- Information on motions and resolutions
- Update on the Rochdale Pioneer Award
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NEW! The
Meeting Documentation Addendum contains the following information:
- Updated Information on Elections
- Motion to Suspend the ICA General Assembly Standing Orders
- Amendment to the ICA Rules
- Statutes of Cooperatives Europe for approval by the GA
- ICA - Cooperatives Europe Agreement for approval by the GA
- Draft Resolutions
- Announcement of the Recipients of the Rochdale Pioneer Award
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ICA Annual Report 2006
The ICA annual report provides an overview of activities undertaken by the ICA. It also includes the 2006 financial statement which will be presented to the General Assembly for approval.
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Review of International Co-operation, Vol 100, No 1/2007
The Review carries information relevant to the General Assembly meetings and includes the following articles:
- ICA at a watershed in its history by Iain Macdonald
- President reviews last two years by Ivano Barberini
- Highlights: From Colombia 2005 to Singapore 2007 – a summary of ICA achievements
- The Global 300 project – measuring co-operative performance and difference by Garry Cronan
- Overview of the Singaporean Co-operative Movement
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Resolutions
Three resolutions were put to the General Assembly for their consideration:
- ICA General Assembly Resolution: "Climate Change: Our Co-operative Commitment"
Submitted by the Co-operative Group Ltd and Co-operatives UK Limited (United Kingdom)
The resolution calls on co-operatives to measure and reduce (pro rata) the greenhouse gas emissions that arise as a result of our activities; communicate with, inform and motivate members towards a lower carbon lifestyle; and use political influence and that of co-operative members to encourage our Government to play a constructive part in the Kyoto negotiations now taking place, one that recognises the need for global emissions to reduce significantly and quickly.
Adopted as submitted by the ICA General Assembly on 19 October 2007
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- ICA General Assembly Resolution: "Protecting our children against violence"
Submitted by the National Co-operative Union of Turkey
The resolution calls for the setting up of a working group to discuss this problem in detail, produce concrete project proposals and to work with the United Nations and European Union in order to
to substantially reduce violence and work towards the elimination of child labour
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Amended and adopted by the ICA General Assembly on 19 October 2007
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- ICA General Assembly Resolution: "DotCoop"
Submitted by Co-operatives UK (United Kingdom) and the National Co-operative Business Association (United States)
The resolution calls on all ICA member co-operatives and co-operative organisations, as well as their members and eligible subsidiaries to register their .coop domain names; actively use their .coop domain names for their web sites; actively use their .coop domain names for their primary email addresses; actively use their .coop domain names on all promotional media; actively promote the use of .coop domain names for all eligible co-operatives in the region or country and; actively promote the use of .coop as a way to identify co-operatives on the Internet. It further urges all leading co-operatives and co-operative organisations to support and invest in dotCoop.
Adopted as submitted by the ICA General Assembly on 19 October 2007 --
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