The Co-operative Forum (Northern Ireland) held an international conference, “From Plunkett to the credit crunch” at Trinity College, Dublin over the weekend of July 31st/August 1st 2010.
The conference welcomed over 50 delegates from across the British Isles and as far away as the ICA in Geneva to a wide ranging and well received series of presentations and discussions.
Subjects covered included:-
- The relevance of Horace Plunkett today
- Working with immigrant groups and ethnic minorities
- Credit unions
- Financial co-operatives
- Ethical finance
- Housing co-operatives
- The Cross-party Groups in the devolved administrations
- Co-operative developments across the island of Ireland
See the presentations below:-
Trinity Conference Programme July 2010
The Welsh Assembly Cross-Party Group on Co-operatives – Alex Bird, Dublin 2010
Co-operative Development for Immigrants – Iain MacDonald, Dublin 2010
Credit Unions – Developments in the role of supporting communities – Mark Bailey, Dublin 2010
The relevance of Horace Plunkett – Peter Couchman, Dublin 2010
National Association of Building Co-operatives – Bernard Thompson, Dublin 2010
Credit Unions and Coop Electrical – Gavin Ewing
Time for Mutual Housing Solutions – Erskine Holmes
English and Scots Co-op influences on Irish Co-operative Movement – Erskine Holmes
