CO OPERATIVE FLAG

• Co operative  flag known as Rainbow Flag  

• The Co operative flag designed by Charles Gide  

• Charles Gide was a French Economist  

• ICA designed the flag in 1921 

•  The co operative flag used in the first international co operative day celebration at London in 1923  

• The rainbow flag was instituted in 1923 on the occasion of the first International Co operative Day Celebration in the UK  

• ICA adopted its original rainbow flag in 1925  

• Co operative flag denote unity in diversity  

• Co operative flag have 7 colours  

• Red at the top  

• Violet  at the bottom 

• The ideal of colour  co operative flag are

1. Red            Dynamic and  fundamental                        change
2. Orange      Courage 
3. Yellow       Quality, Happiness 
4. Green        Youth, Growth and                                        Prosperity 
5. Blue            Justice 
6. Indigo        Harmony 
7. Violet         Felt need 

• Significance of colour of Flag

• Red         Humanity 

• Blue        Democracy 

• Yellow    Equity 

• In 2001 ICA adopted a new flag

• ICA adopted the new flag at the General Assembly Seoul

• The flag show ICA seven colour logo on a white background

• The logo depicts a quarter rainbow with a flock of stylized doves of peace scattering from the top and the letter ICA underneath

• The rainbow has only six stripes Red , Orange , Yellow , Green , Light blue , Dark blue 

• Red    -     Courage

• Orange     -     Vision of possibilities

• Yellow      -    The challenge that greed has  kindled   

• Green     -     Growth , a challenge that co operators to strive for growth of membership ando understanding of aim and value of co operation 

• Sky blue    -    Suggest for horizons , the  need to provide education and help to unfortunate people and to strive towards global unity 

• Dark blue   -  Suggest pessimism , reminding  us of less  fortunate people in the  world are in need of the benefits from co operation 

• Violet      -     The colour of warmth  ,  beauty and friendship

                               

INTERNATIONAL CO OPERATIVE ALLIANCE (ICA)

• ICA stands for International Co operative Alliance 
• ICA is a federation of co operative organisation in the world
• ICA established on 19th August 1895 in London UK
• The first Co operative day celebrated by ICA  in the year 1923
• The co operative day is celebrated on first saturday of every july
• In 1937 ICA undertakes its first review of the Co operative Principles
• In 1966 ICA undertakes its second review of co operative principles
• In 1995 ICA adopt revised co operative principles and value and add a seventh principle concern for community 
• In 2012 united nations celebrated as international year of co operatives
• The ICA represent 313 co operative federations and organisation in 109 countries 
• The first president of ICA Earl Gray
• The first secretary of ICA Edward Owen Greening
• At Present Ariel Guarco is President of ICA 
• Ariel Guarco belongs to Argentina 
• The first women president of ICA was Dame Pauline Green ( 2009 )
• The first headquarters of ICA was London  UK ( 1895 )
• In 1982 ICA moves its headquarters from london UK to Geneva Switzerland 
• In 2013 ICA shifted its headquarters from Geneva to Brussels in Belgium 

CO OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN CANADA

• Co operative movement in canada started in the year 1870

• The credit union movement in canada means Salary earners

• Wheat is the most important corps in Canada

• The first association in canada known as Grain Growers Association 

• The Grain Growers Association founded in 1906

• The Grain Growers Association was registered in 1911

• In Canada, A wheat board for export  was set up by the government in 1919

• Wheat pool is a organization for the improvement of social and economic conditions of the farmers in Canada 

• The Canadians Wheat Board was set up by the government in 1935

• In western Canada credit unions have been organized by farmers on the basis of communities

• CHF is the Co operative Housing Federation in Canada

CO OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN ITALY

Luzzati is a co operator in Italy 

The first co operative bank in Italy founded by Luzzati 

The first bank founded by Luzzatti at Milan in the year 1866

The main object of Luzzati's credit societies is to help the middle class people 

The liability of luzzati bank was Limited 

No fixed value of shares in Luzzati banks 

The Italian people's bank organized in the urban area is called Banaca Popularie

The value of share in a Luzzati Bank was between 5 Lira and 50 Lira

The members in a Luzzati bank should be honest and reliable 

The rate of interest allowed to deposits in Luzzati bank is very high

The area of operation of Luzzati bank is a whole district 

Casse Ruralie are the co operative banks  in Italy founded by Wollenburg were seen in rural areas

The fascist national organization of co operation of Italy known as Ente

Ente was a government organization

Labour societies were formed in Italy 

Labour societies in Italy were founded by Mazzini 

The object of labour societies is to provide employment to members 

The value of one share in labour society is 50 Lira

The most striking point of labour co operative movement in italy was Consortium 

Consortium are formed under a statute 

At least 5 societies can form a consortium 

Each member co operative society has to subscribe the share capital of consortium  of at least 25, 000 Lira

CO OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN JAPAN

• Multipurpose co operative societies are the special contribution of Japan in the field of agricultural co operation

• Japan is famous for Fisheries Co operatives  

• On the basis of fisheries law a national level federation came into being in japan which is called Zengyoren 

• Unicoop was the agricultural fisheries co operatives in Japan

• Unicoop Japan  was set up in 1961

• The Japanese agricultural co operative system is based on Three tier Structure

• The first credit association in Japan known as KOH 

• KOH-TOKU-SHA is the modern credit association in Japan

• The leader of Hoh Toku Sha was Son Toku Ninomiya 

• In Japan consumer stores are established since 1879 

•  Co operative law of Japan established in 1900 

• The consumer co operative Act of Japan passed in 1938 

• Industrial co operatives had established in 1949

• Co operative legislation in Japan was Industrial Co Operative Law

• Zen-Noh is the national federation of agricultural co operation in Japan

• Zen Noh founded in1972

• Hotokusha is the mutual savings and credit society in Japan

CO OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN AMERICA

• Hudson Kelly is considered as the originator of co operative movement in USA

• Hudson Kelly started a new co operative business in America called Granges

• The period following enactment of the law of 1865 in USA called as Grange movement 

• The Grange movement was started by Hudson Kelly

• The first co operative organization Bees had a purely rural background in USA

• In the field of livestock marketing co-operatives have been organized in USA

• Packing plants arrange for curing and slaughtering of meat and marketing of  the product of USA

• Packing plants are also called slaughter houses in USA

• In USA fruits and vegetables marketing  co operatives is the agency for the marketing of fruit and vegetables in the international market 

• Health Maintenance organization in USA is called HMOs

• The Federal Land Bank provides long-term loan to farmers in USA

• The intermediate credit bank provides short term rediscounting  facilities to the co operatives in USA

CO OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA

• Consumer co operative movement with a pyramidal structure seen in Russia 

• In the pyramidal structure in Russia, the consumer store called SELPO is at the base level

• Territorial Unions at the middle level 

• Centrosoyus at the top level 

• The central union consumer store in Russia is called Centro Soyus

• Kolkhoz is the local name of co operative collective farms in Russia 

• Artel is the first form of co operative organizations in Russia

CO OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN DENMARK

• Father of co operative movement in Denmark is H C Soune

• Denmark is the birth place of Dairy cooperative society 

• Denmark known as the Dairy farm of Europe 

• Co operation began in Denmark in the year 1882

• Denmark is the birth place of agricultural  co operatives

• In Denmark there is no co operative legislation 

• Voluntary co operative movement was started by producers and  consumers in  Denmark 

• The Royal Agricultural Society was founded in 1769 at Denmark 

• The first co operative store in Denmark established in 1866

• The dairy products of co operatives in Denmark were sold under the trade name LURBRAND 

• In Denmark sales was effected through a central society called as DAAG

• In Denmark, the workers undertake an insurance society it is called as ALKA

• The origin of Folk High School is from Denmark

• Founder of Folk High School is NFS Gruntwig

• Nordic Co operative Union is the joint purchasing organization for the consumer co operatives in Denmark 

• The Danish co operative wholesale society was FDB