ICA Digest
The Weekly Digest is translated each week from English into five other languages by a team of hard working translators. In some cases, the translators are doing this as an unpaid, in-kind act of support for ICA members. As editor, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all of them fortheir efforts. We hope that this weekly news service, in these languages is of value to our members and other supporters of co-operatives. Negotiations are currently underway for the digest to be translated into more languages, including Arabic. So, let's meet the translators.
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| Portuguese: Américo Utumi (Brazil) |
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Américo Utumi is a graduate in Law from São Paulo State University. He began
his co-operative career in 1952 in a farmer cooperative. Americo has held a variety of positions in the Brazilian
co-operative movement including Vice-President of OCB, President of OCESP,
Director-General of OCB and President of CAC Rural Credit Co-operative.
He has been member of the Board of the Organisation of Co-operatives of
the Americas (OCA), and Secretary of the International Co-operative Agricultural Organisation. He has also held governmental posts such as Secretary of Supply for the City
of Sao Paulo, and advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture of Sao Paulo State and at the Institute of Cooperatives
and Associations. Américo is also a current ICA Board member. He can be contacted at aci_br@ocesp.org.br |
| Russian: Nikolay Tikhonovich (Russia/Belarus) |
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Nikolay Tikhonovich was born in the Republic of Belarus as “far back” as
1955. He graduated from Minsk State Institute of Foreign Languages with an
MA in languages in 1975. Nikolay served in the army, before working for the
World Bank as an interpreter, and then at Belgorod Pedagogical Institute. He spent a year in the USA as a visiting professor
at Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Since 1996 has been enjoying
work at Belgorod University of Consumer Co-operatives. He is married,
with two children, both at university.
Nikolay says he enjoys watching sports on TV, as he is “too lazy for going in
for something myself. “ Nikolay’s email is antonina@bupk.ru |
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