The theme for the International Day of Cooperatives 2011 has been selected
Dame Pauline Green, keynote speaker at the CCA’s Institute of Cooperative Leadership
Klaus Niederländer appointed new Director of Cooperatives Europe
Positioning co-operatives as the important solution they represent
More about Institutional life
Dennis Deters, executive vice-president of The Co-operators (Canada), has had his contribution and commitment to the cooperative sector acknowledged by the Canadian Co-operative Association.
Dennis was awarded the CCA’s Canadian Co-operative Achievement Award, and made a member of the CCA’s Co-operative Hall of Fame during the Association’s national congress in Vancouver in June. The award is made to those who are deemed to have made a major contribution to cooperatives in Canada and internationally.
Dennis is responsible at The Co-operators for relations between the Board and member cooperatives and also oversees the organisation’s sustainability initiatives, public affairs, marketing and communications, and the legal department. He has been actively engaged in the development of the pioneering Master of Management - Cooperatives and Credit Unions (MMCCU) course, the first MBA-style qualification tailored specifically for the cooperative sector. He has also been The Co-operators’ representative to ICMIF’s regional body, the Americas Association of Cooperative/Mutual Insurance Societies (AAC/MIS).
