Interviews with Members and Experts

Here is a collection of interviews we have conducted with members of the ICA and experts in the field of cooperatives. These interviews cover a wide range of topics from legislation to more specifics on the types of cooperatives in today's world.

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What does cooperative law have to do with food? A conversation with Simon Blondeau, legal officer at the FAO. LISTEN HEREInterview with Ian Adderley, barrister, author of Cooperatives: Linking Theory and Practice and former senior official at the UK Financial Conduct Authority. LISTEN HERELessons from Mongolian Cooperative law: Ann Apps speaks to Altantuya Tseden-Ish. WATCH HEREGoing Further Together - Cooperative Research in Legislation and Development. (Co-op Radio) LISTEN HERE 
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Protecting mutual assets: Ann Apps interviews Peter Hunt from UK’s Mutuo. WATCH HEREOnline Discussion on Regional Framework Cooperative Law: Pilot Project for the South Pacific. WATCH HEREInterview with lawyer Sashy Nathan of Commons Legal - a non-profit, cooperative law firm set up in 2016 with the aim to provide outstanding legal advice and representation to all of their clients, regardless of how the case is funded. LISTEN HEREIn Marburg, Germany, in July 2023, a group of co-op law experts spoke to Professor Hans Munkner about the role of the ICA in advancing knowledge and practice. LISTEN HERE
Associated Work in Japan Interview with Simon Pek  

 

 

 

 

In February 2022 Professor Antonio Fici from the University of Molise in Italy interviewed Osamu Nakano, a Board Member of Japan Worker Cooperatives Union and Vice President of the Board of the International Organisation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives (CICOPA). 

The interview explored the main changes introduced under the 2020 Worker Cooperatives Act, and the impact these had had on Japanese cooperatives. LISTEN HERE 

Simon Pek of University of Victoria speaks about revolutionizing member participation in cooperatives through simple ideas LISTEN HERE  

Also, find out more about Simon Pek's work exploring his papers on member participation here and another on democracy in worker-owned firms here.