Eliza’s Project: Gender Inclusion In the Co-operative and Mutual Enterprises Sector In Australia
Women make up 46 per cent of the Australian workforce, but in every industry and sector, women are under-represented in leadership positions. This is true for the corporate sector as well as … Read More
Self-Managed Cooperative Housing by Mutual-Assistance as Introduced in Central America between 2004 and 2016; the Attractiveness of the ‘FUCVAM’ Model of Uruguay
This paper, written by International Urban Planer/Housing Researcher, Jan Bredenoord, discusses the importance of cooperative housing through mutual assistance and collective ownership in Latin America. Cooperative housing is a form of self-managed … Read More
Best Practices and Strategies among the Leading Affordable Housing Developers and Owners
British-American Peer-to-Peer Exchange: Sharing Best Practices and Strategies among the Leading Affordable Housing Developers and Owners The exchange, which was sponsored by the Housing Partnership Network (US) and the National Housing Federation … Read More
Habicoop – French Federation of Housing Co-operatives
Habicoop, who is it? The original association was created 12 years ago. It became the French Federation of Housing Cooperatives in 2015 and federates about twenty cooperatives. What’s a housing cooperative? Its … Read More
Governance or Management? Take the Quiz!
Take this quiz and see if you know the difference between the roles of your co‑op manager and board of directors. Follow-up test results with a Good Governance Action Plan.
S.W.O.T. Analysis for Co-operatives
S.W.O.T. (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats), is a simple, but powerful business planning tool. It can assist a co-op to concentrate on what makes it strong, position a co-op to reduce threats, … Read More
The Guidance Notes on the Co-operative Principles
Updated Guidance Notes on the Co-operative Principles, edited by David Rodgers, former President of Co-operative Housing International
Getting Governance Right
Getting Governance Right – Good Governance and Principled Leadership for Housing Co-ops talks about how important good governance is if co-ops want to make sure they have sound management.
Getting our Co-op Principles Right
Getting our Co-op Principles Right is a short guide to the international co‑op principles, and what they mean for governance in housing co‑ops. It is intended as a companion to Getting Governance … Read More