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Community Economic Development Organizations

Canadian CED Network promotes excellence and investment in community economic development.

CEDTAP: Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program Based at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, and working with faculty members and students as well as sector partners, CEDTAP carries out action-oriented research on key issues in CED, social enterprise and social...

CED Canada is an online community and virtual source for knowledge, information and collaboration related to Community Economic Development in Canada.

CharityVillage is Canada's site for the nonprofit sector. On a daily basis, there are more than 3,000 pages of news, jobs, resources, how-to articles, volunteer and event listings, educational oppurtunities, and much more.

National coordination of research to build the Social Economy.

International Co-op Organizations

The Society for Cooperative Studies seeks to advance the education of members and the public on all aspects of the Co-op Movement and co-op forms of structure, and in particular, to commission, identify, and publish research on the Co-op Movement.

Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa (MCC) a dynamic cooperative business group in Mondragon, Spain made up of 150 organizations divided into three sectoral groups: financial, industrial, and research / training.

Apex organisation of the international cooperative movement.

Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) a successful on-going partnership between representatives of the coop movement, farmers´ organizations, and the United Nations and its agencies.

CICOPA International Organisation of Industrial, Artisanal and Service Producers' Cooperatives (Comité International des Coopératives de Production et de Services Industrielles et Artisanales). This site provides information and insight into the workings of the organisation and its vision to...

U.S. Worker Co-ops

Beluga Software Co-op writing and customizing software for use on the Internet, Unix, Linux and Windows.

Alvarado Street Bakery are a global supplier of certified organic whole grain breads and bagels, made with sprouted wheat.

AKPress radical books and other materials published independently. with which to make positive change in the world.

U.S. Co-op Organizations and Support Groups

U of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives goals are to develop and implement inter-disciplinary outreach and extension programs on cooperation, cooperative movements internationally in partnership with U.S. and international donor organizations and cooperatives, foreign government agencies and...

The ICA Group "Venture Catalysts;" providing employee ownership, business development, and job retention services.

Grassroots Economic Organizing: the newsletter for democratic workplaces.

The Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) is a non-profit, university-based program established in 1987 to provide outreach, information, and preliminary technical assistance to Ohio employees and business owners interested in exploring employee ownership.

The Capital Ownership Group (COG), a non-profit network of professionals, business, labor and government leaders and staff, academics and activists on six continents, works to broaden ownership to deal with the negative effects of globalization.

CooperationWorks!: a national organization comprised of 20 cooperative development centers serving rural communities in 43 states.

The United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives is a national grassroots membership organization of and for worker cooperatives, democratic workplaces, and organizations that support the growth and development of worker cooperatives. 

 

Canadian Co-operative Organizations

Ontario Worker Co-op Federation (OWCF) helps in the development of new and existing worker co-ops. It also lobbies governments on behalf of established worker co-ops, and disburses information about the benefits and goals of cooperatively owned businesses.

The Ontario Co-operative Association (On Co-op) is a primary resource for the development and enhancement of Ontario co-operatives and credit unions. Through membership in On Co-op, co-operatives, credit unions and supporters have access to benefits and programs in the areas of: lifelong co-...

"Alternative financing for community-based projects." CAIC is a co-operative of a number of religious communities who wanted to pool their resources in order to make investments that support positive social change and promote alternative economic structures.

Saskatchewan Co-operative Association

Saskatchewan Industry and Resources administers the Co-op Development Assistance Program (under the "Business and Cooperative Development" link on the home page).

Québec government's Direction des coopératives encourages the development and growth of co-ops through various programs and through the administration of the Québec Co-ops Act. The Direction manages the...

Federal Co-ops Secretariat dedicated to economic growth and social development of Canadian society through cooperative enterprise.

Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité (CCCM) is a national umbrella organization representing francophone co-ops and credit unions, promoting economic co-operation with a view to the general socio-economic development of francophone communities.

Centre for the Study of Co-ops at the U of Saskatchewan, is an interdisciplinary teaching and research institute dedicated to developing and offering university courses on co-op theory, principles, development, structures, and legislation; undertaking original research into co-ops; and...

Canadian Co-op Association (CCA) national umbrella organization representing anglophone co-ops and credit unions, promoting the growth and development of the co-op sector for the economic and social betterment of communities and people in Canada and internationally.

Canada Business Service Centres; Co-operatives info-guide.

BC Institute for Co-op Studies (BCICS) at the U of Victoria, a university-based research and teaching institute concerned with the study of co-op organizations, movements and thought. Its web page features its latest research, a Galleria that introduces the British Columbia co-op movement, an...