The Fifth Co-operative Principle in Action

They inform the general public — particularly young people and opinion leaders — about the nature and benefits of co-operation.2 The study was initiated by the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) as part of the Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network (MCDRN), and was then taken over by Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC), the new co-op apex organization estab- lished in 2014. [...] The Importance of Co-operative Education The International Co-operative Alliance offers a comprehensive description of the fifth principle and explains why co-operative education is important.4 First, “co-op edu- cation played a central role in the growth of the Raiffeisen, Mondragon, and Antigonish movements.5 Education was and remains the lifeblood of all co-operatives and a driver of co-operati [...] It must also provide avenues for members to learn about co-operative identity and values and the global co-operative family of which their co-operative is part” 4. This section pertains to the “Guidance Notes” on the fifth principle under the auspices of the ICA’s th Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade. [...] We collected key information and classified it within the following categories: • name of initiative • name of the party offering the initiative • name and address of the co-op targeted by the initiative • economic sector of the co-operative offering the initiative • type of co-op targeted by the initiative (by ownership structure) • economic sector (area of business) of the co-op targeted by the [...] These include initiatives offered by associations and federations at the C E N T R E F O R T H E S T U D Y O F C O - O P E R A T I V E S T H E F I F T H C O - O P E R A T I V E P R I N C I P L E I N A C T I O N 1 1 national level (e.g., the webinar series offered by Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada through the Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network).