Co-operative enterprises build a better Iran

The national Seminar on Cooperatives in Iran is a one-day seminar designed around the role of cooperatives in Iran. The seminar will be held in Tehran-Iran on 17^th January, 2012. The Iranian Cooperators House (ICH) is hosting the seminar. The goal of the seminar is to bring coop researchers to discuss the development of cooperatives and get practical ideas for possible implementations.

more information available at: www.2012.coop 

All Papers should be in A4 MS Word format (Times New Roman, font size 12, single-spaced) . The author(s) full title, name, address, organization and e-mail address should be included at the first of the paper. Also, kindly indicate to whom correspondence should be addressed (if more than one author)

Papers should be submitted by e-mail, as an attached MS Word document,to  iscd2010@yahoo.com  or iscii@yahoo.com no later than November 23, 2010. Please name the document *Author name*seminar2010 (e.g. Smithseminar2010)

The subject field of the e-mail message should include the text "ABS*Author name* ICAseminar2008".

We invite contributed papers that address the themes related to cooperatives, maximum of 10 pages (no more than 7,500 words) for parallel sessions.

Seminar proceedings will be published.
Seminar language will be English

The International Seminar on Cooperatives (ISC) is a one-day seminar designed around the role of cooperatives in balanced development - Experiences of Iran and India. The seminar will be held in Mysore-India on 11^th DEC, 2010. The Union of the Iranian Students Islamic Association Indian-Subcontinent (UISIA) is hosting the conference in collaboration with Ministry of cooperatives of Iran. The goal of the seminar is to bring coop researchers to discuss the development of cooperatives and get practical ideas for possible implementations.The purpose of the seminar is to organize a joint meeting, providing scholars and researchers with the opportunity to present their research findings and case studies within the framework of the given topics.    

Important dates

Deadline for submission of papers: 30 November 2010 

We welcome papers in the following broad themes

A) Cooperative and Social Development

B) Cooperatives and Cultural Development

C) Cooperatives and Economic Development

D) Cooperative and Poverty Reduction

E) Cooperative and Participation of Women and Youth  

On 18 December 2009, the United Nations proclaimed 2012 as the International Year of Co-operatives.  By doing so, the UN; recognised that the co-operative business model is a major factor in realising economic and social development. It also now calls on governments, international institutions, co-operatives and other stakeholders to support the development and growth of co-operatives worldwide.