Recording of the webinar held on 25. october 2023.
Introduction to the business form and founding a cooperative in Finland
Director of Cooperation Kari Huhtala, Pellervo
Case of a recently found cooperative: Uudenmaan ruoka Cooperative
Chairman of the board Rikard Korkman
What inspiring action has a cooperative, cooperative bank, or mutual insurance company recently taken? A new initiative for the benefit of the local community? A significant member benefit?
Pellervo Coop Center conducted in the spring of 2024 a...
Pellervo Coop Center's Director of Cooperation Kari Huhtala's dissertation on the governance of Finnish agricultural co-operatives shows that agricultural cooperatives are critical in appointing external experts to their boards. The number of women on these boards is also quite low and has not increased over the past ten years. The governance culture of cooperatives favors board selections from within the cooperative.
Despite their success, cooperatives remain an invisible giant in the education offered by higher education institutions in Finland. Finland has some professors focusing on cooperative studies and also professors of practice funded by cooperatives and mutual companies.
1. Cooperatives to be taken into account in business regulation. 2. A cooperative provides a fair foundation for social and platform economies. 3. The cooperative model facilitates the reconstruction of Ukraine. 4. Cooperatives strengthen the private sector in EU external development projects. 5. Cooperative awareness must be strengthened in the EU Parliament.
