Building a better world

Consumer Co-operatives'  commitments for 2012

Cancun - wednesday 16th November, 14.00 - 17.00 ; Room: Star 5-6-7-8

14.00

Welcome and Introductory remarks

• Anne Santamäki, CCW President

14.05

Building strong and competitive consumer co-operatives

• Kuisma Niemelä, CEO, SOK Corporation, Finland - presentation

14.20

Consumer co-operation in South America: business perspectives

• Marcio Francisco Blanco do Valle, Vice-President, COOP, Brazil- presentation
• Rodolfo Zoppi, General Manager & Héctor Jacquet, Deputy General Manager, Coop Obrera, Argentina - presentation 

15.00

Round-Table debate: challenges and opportunities for business development of consumer co-operatives in the Americas Region

Moderators:

• Manuel Mariño, Director ICA-Americas
• Rodrigo Gouveia, Secretary-General, CCW

Participants:

• Kuisma Niemelä, CEO, SOK Corporation, Finland
• Marcio Francisco Blanco do Valle, Vice-President, COOP, Brazil
• Rodolfo Zoppi, General Manager, COOP Obrera, Argentina
• Robynn Shrader, CEO, NCGA, USA
• Len Wardle, Chair, The Co-operative Group, UK

  ICA Expo announcement / Refreshments and networking

Case study: Americas Region

• Robynn Shrader, CEO, NCGA, USA - presentation 

Case study : Asia and Pacific Region

• Katsumi Asada, President, JCCU, Japan - presentation 

Case Study: European Region

• Len Wardle, Chairman, The Co-operative Group, UK - presentation 

Debate

Conclusions

• Rodrigo Gouveia, Secretary-General, CCW

Languages:

English, Spanish and Russian