"The present crisis
and the widespread
awareness that
the economy cannot be divorced from ethics,
offers co-operation
new opportunities
for growth and a role,
together with a growing responsibility,
in confirming a
new development model.
Ivano Barberini
December, 2008
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President's
Page - Ivano Barberini
Ivano Barberini was ICA's president from October 2005 to 6 May
2009. Lauded for his extraordinary contribution to the co-operative
movement and to the ICA itself, he was posthumously presented
with the ICA 2009
Rochdale Pioneer Award at the ICA General
Assembly on 20 November 2009. The Award was presented by
Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour
Organisation (ILO), to Ivano Barberini's wife, Nerina and
his daughter Silvia.
A foundation - Fundazione Ivano Barberini - was established to promote research on the economic and social importance and contribution of the co-operative form of enterprise in meeting the development needs of contemporary society. More information: www.fondazionebarberini.it
 Geneva,
7 May 2009 -- It
is with great sadness that the ICA announces the death
of its president, Ivano Barberini. Mr. Barberini died peacefully
at home after a long illness on 6 May 2009. Mr.
Barberini was the pillar of the global co-operative movement, committed
to its values and principles, who worked continuously until
the day before his passing to promote the co-operative movement.
The ICA wishes to express its sincerest
condolences to the Barberini family and in particular to
his wife, daughter and grandchildren.
A commemorative service was held on Friday, 8 May at the
at Legacoop Emilia-Romagna in Bologna, Italy and was
followed by a
private funeral, as requested by his family.
At the request of his family, messages received by the ICA
are being posted as a tribute for his life-long contribution
to the co-operative movement. ICA would like to thank
all those for these messages. Please see www.ica.coop/presidentpages/tributes.html
Biography
Mr Barberini was elected as ICA President by the General Assembly
in Seoul in 2001 when he was President of Lega
Nazionale delle Cooperative e Mutue (Legacoop). He was unanimously
re-elected as ICA President in 2005 for a a four-year term which
would have ended in November 2009.
Mr. Barberini had more than forty years of experience in the Italian, European
and international co-operative movement. Born in 1939 in Modena, Italy, Mr Barberini
began his co-operative career in the Italian consumer co-operative sector holding
a number of positions including manager of Coop Modena, President of Coop Italia,
based in Bologna, and President of Coop Emilia Veneto. From 1978 to 1996 was
president of COOP, the National Association
of Consumers' Co-operatives of Italy and from 1990 to 1996 President of EuroCoop,
the European association of consumer co-operatives. He was also elected in 1996
as President of Legacoop, a multisectoral organisation which represents over
10,000 co-operatives with more than 5 million members, a post which he held until
2002. While ICA President, Mr. Barberini also was President of the Istituto di
Ricerche Internazionali Archivio Disarmo, a research centre founded in 1982 which
studies the problems of disarmament, peace and security, both nationally and
internationally.
Mr Barberini was very active through his life promoting
co-operative values and principles and encouraging collaboration
among co-operatives. He was also involved in solidarity actions for developing
countries and emergency aid as well in promoting co-operative development
around the world.
Ivano Barberini passed away on 6 May 2009.
Presentations & Speeches
- Opening Address to the 8th ICA Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly and 5th Co-operative Forum, Hanoi (Vietnam), 3 December 2008 (pdf)
- ICA President Meets Iranian Minister of Co-operatives, Mohammad Abbasi in Rome (Italy), 6 June 2008
- ICA Extraordinary General Assembly, Rome (Italy), 5 June 2008
- ICA General Assembly, ICAO Seminar & General Meeting, Singapore, 17 October 2007.
- ICA General Assembly, ICA Research Conference Committee, Singapore, October 2007
- ICA General Assembly, ICA Global Youth Conference, Singapore, 14 October 2007
- ICA General Assembly Review, Singapore, October 2007
- ICA General Assembly, Innovation in Co-operative Business, Singapore, 18-19 October 2007
- World Coop Leaders Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 11 July 2007
- General Assembly of Cooperatives Europe, Prague, 18 June 2007
- Symposium on Reactivation of Co-operatives in Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Countries, organised by the International Co-operative Alliance, Asia * the Pacific supported by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Government of UAE, 12 & 13 June 2007, Dubai, UAE
- Address to 8th Asia Pacific Ministers' Conference, 12-15 March 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- ICA - Europe Regional Assembly, 9 -11 November 2006, Manchester, UK
- Forum pour une Mondialisation Responsable, 25-28 October 2006, Lyon, France
- ICA Africa Regional Assembly, Arusha, Tanzania, Africa, October 5-6 2006
- Address by Mr. Ivano Barberini, President, International Co-operative Alliance at the Joint Inauguration of the 4th ICA Regional Co-operative Forum and the 7th ICA Regional Assembly, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 16 August, 2006
- Speech to the UK Co-operative Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, 20-23 May 2005 (pdf)
- Speech to the 3rd ICA Regional Women’s Forum, “Women In Re-Engineering of Co-operatives in the Globalised Economy”, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 30 November 2004 (pdf)
- Speech to the Summit of the African Union Heads of State, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 8-9 September 2004 (pdf)
- Speech to the ICA Regional Assembly for Africa, Praia, Cape Verde, 8 October 2004 (pdf)
- Speech to the International Raiffeisen Forum, Berlin, Germany, 4 November 2004 (pdf)
- Presentation to ICAO-IFAP Joint Seminar on “Policy Environments in Promoting Agricultural Co-operatives”, Warsaw, Poland, 21 September 2004 (pdf)
- Speech to 36th World Farmers' Congress of the international Federation of Agricultural Producers, Washington D.C., USA, 28the May - 4th June 2004 (pdf)
- Speech to the BITS World Congress, Blankeberge, Belgium, 28-30 April 2004 (pdf)
- BITS World Congress, Blankeberge, Belgium, 2004 (English) - French
- La Identidad de la Cooperacion y de la Economia Social en el Mundo, Porto Alegre, Brazil (only in Spanish)
Articles - Article on housing co-operatives in Italian magazine Specchio Economico, April 2008.
- Article on the experience of Italy's Consorzio Nazionale Servitzi (CNS) in Italian magazine Specchio Economico, March 2008.
- Article from Ivano Barberini published in the November 2006 issue of Specchio economico magazine
- For a Modern Image of Co-operation, July 2006
- Article in “Specchio Economico”, February 2005
- Re-engineering Co-operatives in the Globalised Economy - 3d ICA Regional Co-operative Forum, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1-2 December 2004
- International Raiffeisen Forum, Berlin, Germany, 4 November 2004
- ICA Regional Assembly for Africa, Praia - Cape Verde, 8 October 2004
- Opening Ceremony - ICA Regional Assembly, Warsaw, 23 September 2004
- The ICAO/IFAP Joint Seminar on “Policy Environments in Promoting Agricultural Co-operatives”, Warsaw, Poland, 21 September 2004
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Ivano Barberini with Kofi Annan, United Nations
Secretary-General 2002