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PRESS RELEASE<\/h3>\n

Venice, March 19 2012<\/p>\n

Final statement from Carlo Borzaga, president of Euricse, sums up the two days<\/h3>\n

The conference \u201cPromoting the understanding of cooperatives for a better world<\/strong>\u201d organized by Euricse, the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) and the Alliance of Italian Cooperatives for the UN International Year of Cooperatives closed on Friday in Venice. The twoday conference featured over 50 speakers from around the world debating issues connected to the cooperative world. The participants also signed an appeal asking the European Union\u2019s governments to pay greater attention to the importance of cooperative banks to economic recovery. Carlo Borzaga<\/strong>, the president of Euricse, summed up the conference with a concluding statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cCooperative enterprises are actors that can contribute in a dynamic and innovative way to the social and economic development of the places in which they operate,\u201d explained Borzaga. \u201cThe genetics of cooperation reveal an ability to adapt and transform that enables cooperatives to react positively to difficult situations, though their usefulness is clearly not limited to times of crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borzaga emphasized that \u201ca demand for cooperation is emerging<\/strong>, understood as an alternative means<\/strong> of managing economic activities compared to the traditional market<\/strong>. Contemporary society\u2019s shift from a manufacturing economy to a service-based economy has created in people the desire to return to being involved in production processes<\/strong>.\u201d Here lies the advantage of the cooperative form, which involves all of us as users or workers and returns us to the centre of the economy. \u201cWe must avoid employment being overly linked to income trends. In this sense cooperatives are effective because they are more egalitarian in dividing wealth and creating social capital. Their importance to society is valid for both individuals (maintaining employment) and other businesses (cooperative banks continue to finance small and medium enterprises even during crisis periods), and is confirmed in their clear capacity to create social cohesion and inclusion for people in difficult circumstances.\u201d But, complained Borzaga, \u201cthe problem is making public institutions and economic policy see these advantages.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conclusions of the conference therefore \u201cgreatly re-evaluate the cooperative model, from both an economic and a social perspective\u201d, and belie many of the limits considered to be typical to cooperatives. Though often considered to be systematically less efficient than other forms of businesses, it was shown that cooperatives are not confined to specific sectors, are not only small enterprises and are not less capitalized than shareholder companies<\/strong>. Cooperatives tend to maintain higher employment levels<\/strong> than other firms in times of crisis, and to increase employment levels in expansion phases.<\/p>\n

Within the market, \u201cthe widespread presence of cooperatives appears to ensure greater competition<\/strong> and stability, particularly in some sectors such as insurance and banking,\u201d said Borzaga. In sectors like education or health and social services, where the supply provided by public and non-profit organizations is insufficient, new forms of cooperation<\/strong> are emerging.<\/p>\n

In front of these advantages, the conference showed \u201chow public policies and market regulations in many contexts are still inadequate<\/strong>, as they often tend to negate enterprise diversity and effectively penalize cooperatives.\u201d The studies and analyses presented during the conference emphasized the importance of a regulatory framework and support policies that are coherent with the cooperative form and favour its development<\/strong>. \u201cCooperation is traditionally a bottom-up phenomenon, to the point that when it was promoted directly by governments it proved not to be sustainable,\u201d said Borzaga in his final declaration. Nonetheless, \u201can adequate regulation, both in traditional and in new sectors, is of paramount importance, and must have specific characteristics,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

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\nErika Gardumi \u2013 RIZOMA<\/strong> \u2013 +39 051.0563855 \u2013 +39 339.5084596<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n

Venice, March 19 2012
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