PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES OUR FOCUS What are Cooperatives? History of Cooperatives Cooperative Value and Princ iples Cooperative Forms and Structure Cooperative Development in different C ountries Development Agencies for Cooperatives Success, Pitfalls and Misconc eptions about Coops. Cooperative - Future implications PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES AN AUTONOMOUS ASSOCIATION OF PERSONS UNITED VOLUNTARILY TO MEET THEIR COMMON ECO NOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL NEEDS THROUGH A JOINTLY OWNED AND DEMOCRATICALLY CONT ROLLED ENTERPRISE. PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES 3 Characteristics of Coops USER OWNER USER BENEFITS USER CONTROL PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES WHY COOPS ARE FORMED ? When market Place fails to provide needed Goods or Servi ces of Acceptable Quality or At Affordable Price To empower People to Improve T heir Economic Power To enhance Their Economic Opportunities Through Self-Help PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Cooperatives-3 perceptions As Socialist Cooperatives As a Special form of Business As a third sector of Economy PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Socialist Type of Coop Society Instrument of the state Transform pvt. Property to collective property What c ant be Nationalized is cooperativesed To implement state economic plans Educat e members in socialist way of living Transformed in 90’s-still some traces left PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Coop As A Special Form of Organisation An enterprise Professionals Face competition Serving owners Economies of Sc ale PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Coop As Third Sector Of Economy •Different enterprise than Private/Public •Social/Mixed Economy •Based on Coop P rinciples & values PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES THE WEAVERS Rochdale Pioneers PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society, Toad Lane- 1844 Industrial Revolution Not The first Society Ideas & practices were new These for med coop Principles Consumer Business Started Library & training school Concept of Dividend PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Friedrich Raiffeisen (1818 - 1888) German Coop Leader Mayor Of Many Cities Founded First Credit Union -1864 Established Coop Credit Model PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Robert Owen (1771-1858) Improving Working Conditions Coop Communities in UK & USA (Housing Cooperatives) Limit Child work in Factories PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Hermann Schultze (1808-83) German Cooperative Pioneer Introduced Self-Help Con cept Founded Peoples’ bank Introduced Workers Coops PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Cooperative Rainbow Flag PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES JAPAN U.S.A INDIA ICELAND FRANCE SWEDEN MALAYSIA ITALY RURAL ECONOMIC DEV. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION DAIRY, SUGAR COOPS. CONSUMERS, AGRL, BANKING CREDIT & BANKING C ONSUMERs INSURANCE LABOUR, INDUSTRIAL PARAMJIT SHARMA Sector Developed Through Cooperatives COOPERATIVES Factors For Formation Of Coops Countries U.K., Sweden, Japan, Korea JAPAN, KOREA USA, CANADA SWEDEN, U.K. JAPAN, U.K., IN DIA, ITALY CANADA, BRAZIL, U.K. JAPAN, USA, GERMANY Industrialisation Urbanisation Large Land Holding Requiring Joint Efforts Formation of Cartels Peo ple Exploitation Medical Services, Transport Housing, Electricity, Credit PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Cooperative Values & Principles PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES BASED ON SELF HELP MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY EQUALITY EQUITY SOLIDARITY COOPERATIVE VALUES PRACTICE HONESTY OPENNESS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES ROCHDALE PRINCIPLES (Adapted in 1930s) OPEN MEMBERSHIP DEMOCRATIC CONTROL LIMITED INTEREST ON CAPITAL DISTRIBUTION OF S URPLUS TO MEMBERS IN PROPORTION TO THEIR TRANSACTIONS POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS NEUTRALITY CASH TRADING PROMOTION OF EDUCATION PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES ICA REFORMED PRINCIPLES – 1960s VOLUNTARY AND OPEN MEMBERSHIP DEMONCRATIC CONTROL DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS LIMITE D INTEREST ON SHARE CAPITAL COOPERATIVE EDUCATION COOPERATION AMONG COOPERATIVES PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES 1995 ICA PRINCIPLES VOLUNTARY & OPEN MEMBERSHIP DEMOCRATIC MEMBER CONTROL MEMBER ECONOMIC PARTICIPAT ION AUTONOMY & INDEPENDENCE EDUCATION, TRAINING & INFORMATION COOPERATION AMONG COOPERATIVES CONCERN FOR COOPERATIVES PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Cooperative Forms & Structure PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES NON CREDIT CREDIT LONG TERM SHORT TERM CONSUMERS HOUSING SUGAR DAIRY FISHERIES T RANSPORT INDUSTRIAL MARKETING TRIBAL WORKERS BANKS CREDIT SOCIETIES PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Rural Electrification Collective Farming Coop Companies Floriculture Social Fore stry New Generation Utility Coops Processing Insurance Others PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Baby Sitting Health Care Car Sharing Education Funeral Service Social Security W ater Preservation Tourism Regenerative Energies New Areas PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Cooperative Structure APEX REGIONAL PRIMARIES PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Cooperative Development in Different Countries PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Germany Raiffeisen Model - Credit Cooperatives Hermann Schulze - Workers Coo peratives G.D.R - Cooperative Farming - Consumer Cooperatives F.R.G - Rural Societies - RM - Urban Societies - SM - Housing - Consumers Hamburg- Consumer C oop. ‘Production’ Structure---Primary, Regional, Federal PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES United Kingdom Rochdale - 1844 (Consumers) Robert Own - Labour Reforms & hou sing Cooperative Group Insurance Farmcare Pharmacy Banking Consumers Tra vel Care Estate Management Funeral Care PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES KF (Group) Sales 3 Billion Euro Dollars Employees 19000 Stores Members 824 24,33,000 Sweden VAR GARD (SCC) Coop. Norden PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES members members members Coop.Norden Coop. Norden a coop. group of companies Coop NKL FDB Coop Norden AB KF Coop Norway Coop Denmark PARAMJIT SHARMA Coop Sweden COOPERATIVES Coop Norden • Turnover to consumers around 80 billion SEK • Including retailing in local coo peratives the turnover is around 93 billion SEK • Substantial share of everyday commodities market; Sweden 24%, Denmark 38%, Norway 25% • 1 100 shops (plus 1 90 0 in local cooperatives) • 26 000 employees (plus 25 000 in local cooperatives) Sweden PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Canada Agricultural & Marketing Coops Canadian Cooperative Association- Unio n Wheat Pools - Alberta in 1923 Wholesale Societies Federation of wholesal e Societies Credit Unions - Desjardins of Quebec PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Russia Labour Artels Consumers - Centrosoyus Collective Farming Agricultural Coo peratives PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Israel Histadurt - 1920 (Gn.Fed. of Labour) Havrat Ordini - 1930 (Coop. Fed. ) Kibbutz - Collective Village Moshav Ordini - Workers settlement Moshav O lim - (New Immigrants Settlement) Moshav Shitufi - Collective small holders Se ttlement PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES China Shanghai National Coop. Saving Bank 1912 Cooperative Union - 1921 Indus -Co - after Japanese war Agricultural Coop.-1952 after land reforms Cooperativ e Commune - 1958 (Sputnik) (Collective Farming) Supply & Marketing Cooperatives Credit Cooperatives PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Norinchukin Bank -1923 Central Financing Bank for Agri, Forestry & Fishery Coop eratives Zen-Noh (National Level Federation of 48 Economic Federations) Share - Fert - 71% Agro Chemicals - 52% Food stuff - 22% Unicoop Japan - 1961 to expor t Agri, Fish & Forestry items PARAMJIT SHARMA Japan COOPERATIVES Ukraine Ukrainian National Association of Savings & Credit Union US Aid set up 10 mo del Credit Unions CIDA set up Ukraine Credit Union Dev. Project PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES First Cooperative Store in ANTSLA - 1902 Consumer Cooperative Union - ETK Coo perative Restaurants Housing Cooperatives Small workers-owned Cooperatives in Service Sector Earlier collective farming now privatized Coop. Chamber in 1936 undertaking banking, insurance, retail & wholesale, industry resource Estonia PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Mauritius Cooperative act - 2005 Regional Cooperative Centres to facilitate su pervision, coordination, participative planning & communication Coop. Business Centres - multipurpose socs. National Coop. Training Centre Three Tier Structu re PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES No. of Cooperatives Membership of Cooperatives : Share Capital 198,540 ml Villag es covered by 100% Cooperatives Coverage of Rural Households Flow of Rural Credi t 43% through Cooperatives : : 71% : : : .5 ml 230 ml Rs INDIA PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES SHARE OF COOPERATIVES IN INDIAN ECONOMY Fertiliser Disbursed Fertiliser Producti on Sugar Produced Oil Marketed No. of National Level Cooperative No. of State Le vel Coop. Federations No. of District Level Coop. : 2890 : 367 : : : : : 36% 25% 51% 50% 19 INDIA PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Credit institutions Short-Term Structure State Cooperative Banks (30) Long-Term Structure State Cooperative Agriculture & Rural Development Banks (SCARDBs) (20) District Central Cooperative Banks (367) Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) (1,12,309) Branches (887) Primary Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks Development Banks (P CARDBs) (768) PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Development Agencies For Cooperatives PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES ILO *ESTD-1919 *RECOM-127/193 *NPA-1969 *TURIN CEN. *MATCOM *COPNET INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES FAO WOCCU *ESTD-1984 *WORLD CREDIT UNION *PROMOTE EC. & SOCIAL DEV. *UNDERTAKE DEV. PROJEC TS *INTEGRATE CREDIT COOPS. *ESTD-1943 *COOP. AGR. DEV. *DIST. OF FOOD & AGR. PRODS. ICA *ESTD-1895 *FOUR REG. OFFICES *PRINCIPLES *CORD.INT. AGENCY *TRG. &DEV. *ADVOCACY COPAC *PROMOTE AID TO COOPS *UNDERTAKE STUDIES *STRUCTL. DEVELOPMENT *PREP. COUNTRY ST ATUS REPORTS PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES International Agencies ICA ILO COPAC FAO IFAD SIDA CCA Indian agencies NCDC NABA RD NCUI COOP.DEPTS. TRG.INSTIUTUTIONS PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Success , Pitfalls & Misconceptions About Cooperatives PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Credit Movement to farmers Largest Human Force after UNO Collective Farming Consumers Cooperatives Democratic Institutions Transparent Organisations Conc ern For Community Dairy/Sugar/Housing…..Coops Alleviation of Poverty Creation of productive employment PARAMJIT SHARMA Contribution of Coops. COOPERATIVES SUCCESS FACTORS • NEED BASED • PROFESSIONAL GOVERNANCE • COOP VALUES AND PRINCIPLES • STRONG CAP ITAL BASE • IT INTERVENTIONS PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Why coops Are coaxed For poor Performance Ideological diff in Goals Unprofessional Management Poor Governance •Lack of Member Participation Inadequate Capital Base •Oversensitivity to Members •Inappropriate Strategies •Too Many Legislative Cont rols PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES -MISCONCEPTIONS SHIFT IN REAL PURPOSE DOMINANCE BY BIG MEMBERS COOP VALUES OR PRINCIPLES COOPS ARE FOR POOR COOPS ARE SOCIAL ORGS MEMBERS CARE SARKARI ORGANISATIONS PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Cooperatives—Future Implications PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES Future Implications Declining financial support Curtailing Registrar s Role Facing Competition N ew Way Of Capital Formation New Opportunities Due to Dis-investments Increase in Corporate Power- community look for coops Vast section Effected by Reforms m ay Form Coops PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES -options available Increase Size & Vertical Integration Market Friendly & Members Friendly Devel op & Train HR- members, leaders, staff.. Forge Strategic Alliances Encourage M embers Participation—services Develop & Retain Symbiotic relations with Govt I mprove Business Efficiency PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES -options available •Improving Business Efficiency Professional Management Board Composition Empower Exc. Management Training Reduc ing Cost To Meet Competition Managing Resources- Members, Leaders PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES -Stressing Membership Advantages Services Commitment Education Successful Coops of Future will Be One’s That Do it BEST PARAMJIT SHARMA COOPERATIVES -choice for the future Capital crisis Credibility Managerial ideology 1 Continue 2 Change Identity Gradually Die Losing Identity Develop & Compete Form Coop Company Tackling Crises PARAMJIT SHARMA 3 Change environment COOPERATIVES -choice for the future 1 Continue Credit NPA,FUNDS Capital crisis Credibility Managerial ideology Gradually Die Marketing Weak Primaries DCCB’S Sec-11 BR Act Sugar Production loans Housing Missed Opportunities PARAMJIT SHARMA CONSUMERS Lost Govt.Support COOPERATIVES -choice for the future 3 Change environment Tackling Crises Develop & Compete Credibility •Image •Technology •Need based •Governance CAPITAL •Generate Internally •Explore New Ideas Ideology •Definition •Values •Principles •Strengthening •People •Cooperative •Collaborati ons Managerial •Professionalism PARAMJIT H Resource •Develop SHARMA COOPERATIVES THANKS PARAMJIT SHARMA