INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT

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INTRODUCTION

The Nigerian Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank (NACRDB) Ltd. in its effort to encourage the development of Cooperatives, as one of its mandates provides, is organizing  a 4 days International Workshop on Cooperatives Management.   Nurturing Cooperatives towards operational effectiveness is now more than ever imperative as an effective instrument for attaining Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The workshop aims at preparing Cooperative Managers and operators to effectively manage their Cooperatives in line with best practices, being conscious of the importance of Cooperatives as a TOOL for speedy Economic and Social development.

At the end of the workshop, participants would have been equipped to strengthen the managerial capability of Cooperative Societies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Community Based organizations (CBOs) for effectiveness in management for sustainable development.  

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

The workshop hopes to enhance participants’ capacity to strengthen the managerial capability of Cooperative Societies and Community Based Organizations (CBOs) for:

• Employment creation enhanced and accelerated industrial development as well as income generation of individual Cooperative Societies.
• Sourcing and accessing funds for projects implementation.
• Develop strategies for Nigeria’s Cooperative Movement to accelerate contribution to the Country’s economic development and poverty reduction.
• Enhancement of Cooperative Society’s management capacity to be more productive thereby contribute significantly to the rapid Socio-economic development of the Country

WORKSHOP CONTENTS

(1)        AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COOPERATIVE WORLD

·               Cooperative Identity and competitive advantage

·               Cooperative in the era of globalization

(2)            INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE ALLIANCE

·         Functions

·         Responsibilities

·         Opportunities for Nigeria/Africa.

(3)            CHANGE

·         Its nature and quality

·         The Cooperative perspective of change

·         Back to the future

·         The provisional agenda for change

(4)            LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

·               Leadership and entrepreneurship

(5)            INVESTMENT AND SOURCES OF FUND IN A TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY

·               From the era of paid job to the era of self-employment

·               The what, the how and the why?

(6)            STRATEGIES OF DEVELOPMENT

·               Globalization in historical perspective

(7)            COOPERATIVE ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE

·               Cooperative organization culture

(8)            THE NEED FOR DATA BANK ON CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN AN EVOLVING
                GLOBALIZED ECONOMY.

 (9)           CO-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY

·               Experience from other African Countries

   

VENUE:        Green House, Plot 444 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja DURATION:  FOUR (4) DAYS.  
DATE:          12^TH – 15^TH NOVEMBER 2007  

WORKSHOP TARGET AUDIENCE

Executive members of Cooperative Federation of Nigeria, Executive members of Cooperative Societies such as President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and any other Officer.

 Officials of Federal, States, and Local Government Department of Cooperatives and Rural Development

·                     Officials of Government Ministries, Parastatals and Agencies in charge of Poverty Reduction Programmes, and Economic Development such as SMEDAN, NAPEP, NDE, PCU, NEPAD, National Planning Commission and other stakeholders

·                     Micro-finance Banks and Community Based Organization (CBOs)

·                     Non- Governmental Organization (NGOs) and Self Help Groups (SHGs)

·                     International Donor Agencies, Foreign Embassies

·                     Service Providers for Cooperative Societies.

·                     Banks and Insurance Companies

  ACCOMMODATION

Comfortable hotel accommodation ranging from N5,000.00k to N10,000.00k ($40 - $80) per night abound in Abuja.

 COMPUTER LITERACY ADVOCACY

Recognizing Information Technology (IT) as the tool for World Globalization the lectures are to be presented on CD Rom. The Bank is also collaborating with the Computer for All Nigerian Initiative (CANI) to have Computers; Desktop and Laptop on sale at affordable prices ranging from N55,000.00k to N190,000.00k ($440 - $1520). Discussions on hire purchase can also be made.

 WORKSHOP FEES

N35, 000.00 ($280) per Participant. (Group booking for 3 people and above attracts a discount of 5% per Participant, while payment one week before commencement date attracts discount of 2.5% per Participant). Workshop fees cover workshop materials, Tea break and Lunch.

For further enquiries please contact the Coordinators on:

Bolanle         -           (+234)062 – 244689, 08035900761

Funso           -           08055244499

Onwuka        -            08055145548

Email:           -            headoffice@nacrdbank.org

Fax:              -            (+23462) – 244612

Nomination can be made online on website www.nacrdbank.com

All payments by bank drafts or bankers cheque should be made payable to Nigerian Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank Ltd.

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