TOPICS

1)The situation of the co-operatives in

Argentina

2)A vision of the global co-op movement

3)The Youth statement - Quebec

1) THE SITUATION FOR CO-OPERATIVES IN ARGENTINA

40 MILLION PEOPLE

30 THOUSAND CO-OPERATIVES

ALL THE ECONOMICS AREAS

311 RECOVERED COMPANIES / 13.462

WORKERS

2) A VISION OF THE GLOBAL CO-OP

MOVEMENT

Cooperatives in the world gather 1 billion

members

CICOPA study: co-ops provide 250 million

direct and indirect jobs.

Youth employment crisis: There are 1.2 billion

young people of which 73.4 million are

unemployed (12.6%) the highest ever. 15.8%

neither study nor work (ILO)

The Alliance Youth Network

3) THE YOUTH STATEMENT - QUEBEC

Aspects that invite us to go deeper:

- What type of economy do we need and

want?

- How do we understand democratic

participation?

- How do we organized better ,and enlarged

youth participation?