International Co-operative Governance Symposium

A virtual conference hosted by the International Centre for Co-operative Management, June 17-19, 2021

This International Co-operative Governance Symposium is an interactive and participatory gathering of governance professionals, experts, and researchers from various countries. This is not a large, “talking head” style conference as most attendees will be direct contributors to at least one of the sessions during the Symposium. You will engage deeply throughout and during plenary, breakout sessions, collaborative workshop-style sessions, and socializing opportunities.

Consider these few days as an opportunity to think deeply about governance characteristics, structures, and process that are fit for co-operatives. Learn from each other about new and different frameworks that focus on the people-centred, democratic, and jointly-owned nature of co-operatives with the objective of maintaining and enhancing co-operative health.

About your hosts

We hosted a symposium on governance in 2013 and since have been engaged in various reports and initiatives, including an ICA report on Co-operative Governance Fit to Build Resilience in the Face of Complexity. Presently, ICCM is collaborating on an international research initiative through 2022 on co-operative governance with colleagues at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) with the funding support from FWO Belgium (SBO project S006019N).

Call for Papers

Governance Symposium call for papers.