Youth and Co-operatives: Opportunities and Resources

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On 12 August 2010, the United Nations launched the International Year of Youth.

"Youth should be given a chance to take an active part in the decision-making of local, national and global levels."
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Youth and Co-operatives: Opportunities

There are a number of opportunities provided by co-operatives and other institutions that provide opportunites for young people to gain professional employment experience, to further their education or provide capacity building for youth, encourage participation in decision-making in co-operatives or form their own co-operatives. Below are some examples - a work in progress.

Please contact ica@ica.coop if you wish to have your internship or other opportunity for young persons listed.

Africa	Burkina Faso	Coopérative Jeunessse Africaine
	Mali	Le Centre d'Appui à l'Entrepreneuriat Collectif pour les Jeunes (CAECJ)
	South Africa	National Youth Development Agency Support for Youth Co-operatives
Americas	Argentina	Asociación de Cooperativas Argentinas (ACA) Juventudes
	Canada	Career Internship Programme, British Columbia
		Co-operative Internship Experience Programme (CIEP), Ontario
		Youth Internship and Co-op Programme, Northern Ontario
		Desjardins Programme Jeune dirigeant stagiaire, Québec
		Ecole des jeunes créateurs de coopératives de Sherbrooke , Québec
		SOCODEVI Programme de stages internationaux pour les jeunes
	Panama	Promoción de Cooperativas Juveniles
	USA	Co-ops and You! Resources on jobs in co-ops, scholarships, and other resources
		National Farmers' Union Internships, Washington DC
Asia-Pacific	Singapore	Co-operative Scholarships
Europe		Cooperatives Europe CoopErasmus Programme
	United Kingdom	The Co-operative Apprenticeship Academy
International		World Council of Credit Unions: Young Credit Union People Programme (annual scholarship)

Other links and resources on youth and co-operatives

Book: Youth: Reinventing Co-operatives
Canada: Youth and Co-ops
Canada: Youth and Housing Co-operatives
Canada: Coopérative de Jeunesse de Services
Canada: Fédération québécoise des coopératives en milieu scolaire
Canada: Nova Scotia Co-operative Youth Alliance
South Africa: Guide: Starting a youth co-operative
USA: Co-ops Rock!
USA: North American Students in Co-operation (NASCO)

ICA Asia-Pacific Regional Youth Conference Reports available from ICA Asia-Pacific (see contact information).

Acknowledgements to Suzan Hadorn for her valuable contributions and assistance in collecting information for the pages on youth and co-operatives.

Last Updated:27 January 2011

Youth and Co-operatives: Opportunities

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