JCCU holds a webinar to celebrate 25 years of the Statement on the Co-operative Identity
2020.12.23
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the ICA Statement on the Co-operative Identity. In July, the ICA also announced a new 10-year strategic plan "A People-Centred Path for a Second Co-operative Decade 2020-2030." As we reach a milestone in the history of the co-operative movement, JCCU and Japan Co-operative Alliance (JCA) co-organized a webinar on December 4, 2020. The purpose of the webinar was to deepen understanding of the ICA Statement on the Co-operative Identity and the ICA 2020-2030 Strategic Plan and reconsider our co-operative identity. Approximately 100 people including cooperators and academics across Japan participated in the webinar.
The webinar started with a lecture by Mr. KURIMOTO Akira (Special Advisor, Research Center for Solidarity-based Society) titled "ICA Statement on the Co-operative Identity and the Japanese Co-operative Movement" on the historical background and discussions over the co-operative identity and its significance in the present day. This was followed by an explanation on the ICA 2020-2030 Strategic Plan by Mr. MAEDA Kenki (General Manager, Department for Co-operation among Co-operatives, JCA).
In the latter half of the webinar, participants actively exchanged opinions and held discussions on the revision of the Co-operative Principles, the significance of the ICA Statement on the Co-operative Identity today under changing circumstances, the direction the Japanese co-operative movement should take toward 2030, and more.
The webinar started with a lecture by Mr. KURIMOTO Akira (Special Advisor, Research Center for Solidarity-based Society) titled "ICA Statement on the Co-operative Identity and the Japanese Co-operative Movement" on the historical background and discussions over the co-operative identity and its significance in the present day. This was followed by an explanation on the ICA 2020-2030 Strategic Plan by Mr. MAEDA Kenki (General Manager, Department for Co-operation among Co-operatives, JCA).
In the latter half of the webinar, participants actively exchanged opinions and held discussions on the revision of the Co-operative Principles, the significance of the ICA Statement on the Co-operative Identity today under changing circumstances, the direction the Japanese co-operative movement should take toward 2030, and more.
Mr. KURIMOTO Akira Mr. MAEDA Kenki
