CALL FOR COMMISIONED PAPERS
Call for Papers for the ‘Building Development and Adaptive Capacities of Co-operative Enterprise” Colloquium, Institute for Co-operatives Development, University of Fort Hare, Bhisho Campus, South Africa, 25-27 May 2012.
Papers should cover the following topics:-
- Cooperatives in Africa: A History
- The State and Co-operatives in Africa: Lessons for South Africa
- Decentralisation, Local Economic Development and The Co-operative Sector
- The Social, Economic and Political Roles of Co-operatives in Developing Countries
- The Historical, Institutional, and Systems of Co-operative Banking in South Africa
- The Socio-Economy Co-operative Model
- Structure and Integration of the Co-operatives Sector
- Co-operatives Education and Capacity Building for Sustainability: Learning Lessons
The United Nations has declared the year 2012, the year of the co-operatives movement. Accordingly, the Institute for Co-operatives Development will be hosting this inaugural colloquium designed to deliberate on the socio-economic architecture of the co-operatives movement in the 21st century on the 25-27 May 2012.
We cordially invite abstracts to be sent to Ms Thandile Zondeki: [email protected] no later than 30 March 2012. All enquiries about the colloquium should be directed to Professor Sipho Buthelezi at 082 412 3715 or [email protected]