Coop Break - Cooperatives and Sustainable Development: Challenges for the Post-2015 Agenda

As we approach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target date of 2015, we should think about the post-2015 global development agenda.

In this Coop Break, Simel Esim, Head and Senior Technical Specialist at the Cooperatives Unit International Labour Organization, will discuss the key roles cooperatives could play in this agenda. Franky Depickere, Chairman of the International Raiffeisen Union and CEO of the Cera-group, and Marc Noël of the Cooperatives Europe Development Forum, will focus on the contribution their organisations make to sustainable cooperative development and their plans to strengthen this commitment.

Program (exclusively in English)

11.30 a.m. Welcome and introduction
by Franky Depickere, Chairman of the International Raiffeisen Union and CEO of the Cera-Group

11.35 a.m. Key roles of cooperatives for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
by Simel Esim, Head and Senior Technical Specialist at the Cooperatives Unit, International Labour Organization (ILO)

12.20 p.m. ‘Cooperatives in Development’: the networking, partnership-building initiative of the Cooperatives Europe Development Platform and its website,
by Marc Noël, Cooperative Development Manager, Cooperatives Europe

12.35 p.m. International Raiffeisen Union and the Cera-Group: committed to cooperative development
by Franky Depickere, Chairman and CEO

12.50 p.m. Questions and answers

1.00 p.m. Walking lunch

Attendance is free. May we ask you to confirm your participation before 18th of September.

http://www.coopburo.be/kalender/140925-coop-break-cooperatives-and-sustainable-development-challenges-for-the-post-2015-brussels