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   ACCORD Newsletters
   - ACCORD Newsletter 13 - August 2003
   - ACCORD Newsletter 14 - October 2003
   - ACCORD Newsletter 15 - November 2003
   - ACCORD Newsletter 16 - December 2003
   - ACCORD Newsletter 17 - February 2004
   - ACCORD Newsletter 19 - June 2004
   - ACCORD Newsletter 20 - August 2004
   - ACCORD Newsletter 21 - October 2004
   - ACCORD Newsletter 22 - November 2004
   - ACCORD Newsletter 23 - February 2005
   - ACCORD Newsletter 24 - April 2005
   - ACCORD Newsletter 25 - May 2005
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 1 - November 2001
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 10 - February 2003
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 11 - April 2003
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 12 - June 2003
   - Accord Newsletter No. 18 - April 2004
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 2 - December 2001
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 3 - February 2002
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 4 - March 2002
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 5 - May 2002
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 6 - June 2002
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 7 - August 2002
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 8 - November 2002
   - ACCORD Newsletter No. 9 - January 2003
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   - Newsletter 26 - June 2005
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   Media Releases
   - ACCORD - Media Releases - Australia lacks community financing initiatives
   - ACCORD - Media Releases - Bank Withdrawal Not All Gloom And Doom For Bush
   - ACCORD - Media Releases - Co-operative initiatives strengthen regional communities
   - ACCORD - Media Releases - Co-operative sector reveals its hidden strength
   - ACCORD - Media Releases - Funding Community Enterprise
   - ACCORD - Media Releases - Migrants' billion dollar investment in Sydney
   - ACCORD - Media Releases - Talking water reform sees rain fall at ACCORD Seminar in Wagga
   - ACCORD in the media - Loyalty - a key competitive advantage
   - ACCORD Infobrief: International co-operatives leader visits Sydney
   - Co-operative Attitudes and Institutional Innovation in Australia
   - Co-operatives best providers of banking and insurance say many
   - Co-operatives more than just competitive
   - Don't bury the treasure in landfill says UK expert
   - Highlights of ACCORD's CDFI seminar "Funding Community Enterprise"

   Seminars
   - ACCORD Infobrief - Ethnic Communities Building Better Australian Cities and Towns
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Sailing Determinedly Against the Wind: CreditCare, Australia 1995-2000
   - UK's Third Sector - Lessons for Australia
   - Waste into Wealth Seminar

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The Social Economy

   Co-op Profiles
   - 100 years and still going strong
   - A short interview with Jo Bibby-Scullion, ICA Board member - Youth Network.
   - A short interview with Vanda Giuliano, Chair of ICA Gender Equality Committee.
   - ACCORD Profile: Claymore Community Employment Co-operative
   - ACCORD Profile: Bega Cheese
   - ACCORD Profile: Bower
   - ACCORD Profile: Ethical Super Fund puts people before profits
   - ACCORD Profile: Hastings Co-operative Ltd
   - ACCORD Profile: Independent Liquor Group (ILG)
   - ACCORD Profile: Maleny
   - ACCORD Profile: NSW Country Taxi Co-operatives
   - ACCORD Profile: Plunkett Foundation
   - ACCORD Profile: Tranby, a pioneer in Indigenous adult education
   - ACCORD Profile: Walgett
   - ACCORD Profile: Working Nation
   - ACCORD Profiles: United Farmers Co-operative Company Ltd
   - Albany GateWAy, a portal for the West
   - Australian doctors embrace the co-operative culture - Australian Medical Co-operative Ltd (AMCL)
   - Australian Medical Co-operative Limited One-Stop-Shop Healthcare
   - Capricorn sets the pace in the automotive industry
   - Co-operative Development Services Ltd fulfilling a need
   - Co-operative trust company of Canada
   - Creating 'social capital' through culturally sensitive housing co-operatives
   - Crossroads Medieval Village Co-operative
   - Curious Artists' - The Art of a Co-operative
   - Good practice in Real Estate gets results
   - Interview with Ivano Barberini, President of International Co-operatives Alliance
   - North East Telecommunications Co-operative Ltd (NetC)
   - Not a Furphy at all
   - Rochdale celebrates 160 years
   - Sharing in Arts and Crafts
   - The Bower - Re-use, not recycling

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   Infobriefs
   - A tribute to cooperative vision and guidance
   - ACCORD Infobrief - BARWON DARLING CO-OPERATIVE PILOT PROPOSAL
   - ACCORD Infobrief - Benefits of maintaining mutual status
   - ACCORD Infobrief - Best practice grounded in frontline workers
   - ACCORD Infobrief - Credit Unions address a social need
   - ACCORD Infobrief - CUFA and the co-op model: new skills and action plans
   - ACCORD Infobrief - Finance and Regional Development
   - ACCORD Infobrief - New Co-operatives
   - ACCORD Infobrief - New Law to Regulate Co-operative Societies in Nairobi
   - ACCORD Infobrief - News from the ICA
   - ACCORD Infobrief - One City one Site
   - ACCORD Infobrief - Opening address - Ethnic Communities Building Better Australian Cities and Towns
   - ACCORD Infobrief - Scotland recognises the co-operative advantage
   - ACCORD Infobrief - Social Capital and substance abuse
   - ACCORD Infobrief - Social Enterprise means business
   - ACCORD Infobrief - The Credit Union difference
   - ACCORD Infobrief - The Nonprofit Sector in Australia: A Fact Sheet
   - ACCORD Infobrief: "The Financing of Social Enterprises: A special report" by the Bank of England
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Accord between Canadian Government and the Voluntary Sector
   - ACCORD Infobrief: ACCORD Seminar in Bathurst
   - ACCORD Infobrief: An ACCORD Initiative: Community Development Finance Institutions Research Project
   - ACCORD Infobrief: An Annotated Bibliography on Agricultural Co-operatives Released
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Are worker co-ops good for your health?
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Australian Social Policy Conference
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Co-operative and Regional Development Strategy
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Co-operative Governance
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Co-operative housing - seen to be part of the solution to Canada's housing crisis
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Co-operatives and Social Enterprise: The UK Experience
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Colloquium on the Contribution of the Cooperative Sector to Housing Development Ankara, Turkey
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Community co-operatives - a model for rural community vitalisation
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Community Development Finance Institutions - developments in the USA and the UK
   - ACCORD Infobrief: E-mail Lists on Co-operatives
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Enterprising nonprofits attract growing criticism from business and government
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Ethnic communities, building better cities and towns
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Field day creates interest in co-operative businesses
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Health Co-operatives: A Viable Solution in Health Service Delivery?
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Innovative co-operative approaches to business and community endeavours
   - ACCORD Infobrief: New Disclosure Requirements for Trading Co-operatives
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Pauline Green sees co-operative renaissance
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Social Entrepreneurs Network (SEN) Conference
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Strengthening Co-operative Housing in NSW
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Submission in Response to the Regional Business Development Analysis Questions Paper
   - ACCORD Infobrief: Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry into the Options for Banking and Financial Services in Rural, Areas of Australia
   - ACCORD Infobrief: The evolution of the Holiday Coast Credit Union
   - ACCORD Infobrief: The Franchising Code of Conduct
   - ACCORD Infobrief: The Views of Inactive Members to be Considered in Members Schemes of Arrangements
   - ACCORD Infobrief: The Wales Co-operative Centre Ltd
   - ACCORD Infobrief: UK Farmers' co-ops reduce risk
   - ACCORD Infobriefs: ACCORD goes to CASC
   - ACCORD Infobriefs: Ownership Strategies at The Mercury Centre
   - ACCORD Infobriefs: Researching the sector … where to from here?
   - ACCORD News: ACCORD Membership Project
   - ACCORD News: ACCORD to take leading role in promoting adoption of ILO Resolution on Co-operatives
   - ACCORD News: Amendments to the Co-operatives Act 1992 Passed
   - ACCORD News: Asia Pacific Co-operative Ministers Meet to Consider Co-operative Policy and Legislation
   - ACCORD News: BCICS launches an International Co-operative Registry for researchers and publications
   - ACCORD News: Canadian expert on Indigenous organisations visits Australia
   - ACCORD News: Co-operatives for Fair Globalization: Creating Opportunities for All
   - ACCORD News: Examination of Public Policy on Co-operatives
   - ACCORD News: How healthy are our associations?
   - ACCORD News: Inquiry into Community Housing being held
   - ACCORD News: Maari Ma Health wins ATSIC grant
   - ACCORD News: Main Reason for Demutualisation is Ideological
   - ACCORD News: New Co-operatives Research Project
   - ACCORD News: New Internet Domain .coop to Launch on 30 January 2002
   - ACCORD News: Number of Active Co-ops in NSW Reaches 820
   - ACCORD News: Social Enterprise
   - ACCORD News: Third Sector under the spotlight
   - ACCORD News: UK Govt announces social enterprise policy
   - ACCORD News: Wealth Creation and Social Enterprises in the UK
   - ACCORD News: Why Co-operatives Work
   - ACCORD Yearbook 2004 Launched
   - An Exploration of Contemporary Meanings of Social Enterprise
   - Australia Pacific Exchange Limited (APX)
   - Australian Liquor Co-operative
   - Canadian PM announces big $$$ for social economy
   - Co-operative development Grants Program
   - Co-operative Education In Victoria
   - Co-operative Learning Centre
   - Co-operatives can now frank dividends
   - Co-ops and mutuals fight on
   - Co-ops fight rural poverty in Asia Pacific
   - Co-ops help Co-ops in Malaysia
   - Co-ops Learn to Thrive in a Competitive Economy
   - Commiserations and tributes keep flowing in
   - Cooperatives: Principles and Practices in the Twenty-First Century
   - Creating a culture of new social business
   - Defining Social enterprise
   - Developing Directors for the co-operative advantage
   - Employee buyout seminar
   - Employee ownership for Small and Medium Enterprises: Three new models
   - Employee Share Ownership Down-under
   - Employees share in baby-boomer dilemma
   - European Dairy Co-operatives top-20
   - Fighting demutualization in the Netherlands
   - Friends from the Philippines visit Australian Co-ops
   - Funeral pre-payments protected
   - Get healthy the co-operative way
   - Good governance and cooperatives
   - Harnessing renewable energy in the USA
   - ICA Tsunami appeal
   - Investment incentives on share capital
   - Levels of Compliance
   - Looking after member interests in Australia
   - Master Co-operative Communicator Program
   - Masters degrees for Co-operative and Credit Union Managers
   - Mondragon
   - More from the Brits - Community Strengthening and the role of local government
   - More on employee share ownership in Australia
   - Networks, virtual and place-based
   - New Co-operatives Research Project Initiated
   - New UK organisation promotes employee buy-outs
   - New Zealander co-operators scope the pool
   - Old, Wise and Active
   - Organics Industry Grows on the Mid north coast
   - Ownership Strategies at The Mercury Centre
   - Perspective on UK social enterprise
   - Philanthropy Australia Conference, University of NSW, 17-18 March 2003
   - Promoting fair trade in the UK
   - Proposed Community Development Finance Institutions
   - Social enterprise and the rise of the 'pro-am'
   - Social enterprise expands in UK
   - Special role for unions
   - Summary of Futures and Choices Conference
   - Support for cooperatives runs high
   - Tax and the spirit of giving
   - The Benefits of Belonging The Benefits of Belonging The Benefits of Belonging The Benefits of Belonging
   - The Maleny Working Together project: the journey
   - UK social enterprise takes lead from the Scandinavians
   - US Co-operatives saved from insolvency by FACB decision
   - UTS/CSU/ACCORD successful in ARC grant
   - Valuing social enterprise
   - Welcoming co-operators from Brazil
   - What is Social Enterprise?
   - Wimmera 2020
   - Womens' co-operatives in Nepal
   - Young Co-Operatives and Fairtrade
   - Young entrepreneurs in Kashmir
   - Young people are the future
   - Youth Reinventing Co-operatives an Australian perspective

   Commentary
   - A little more government
   - ACCORD Commentaries: $$$$ for Community Enterprise
   - ACCORD Commentaries: Co-operative contradiction
   - ACCORD Commentaries: The Power of Collective Bargaining
   - ACCORD Commentary - A Cooperative Future
   - ACCORD Commentary - Labor recognises nonprofit sector
   - ACCORD Commentary - New international accounting standards
   - ACCORD Commentary - Social Capital: Reviewing the Concept and its Policy Implications
   - ACCORD Commentary: "Stopping Demutualisation" - Kiwis prefer NO regulation
   - ACCORD Commentary: Analysis of different approaches to capital management in New Zealand Co-operatives
   - ACCORD Commentary: Businesses imitating co-operatives - and getting burned
   - ACCORD Commentary: Compact still bringing benefits for the English social economy
   - ACCORD Commentary: Employee Buyouts Handbook
   - ACCORD Commentary: Financing and Co-operative Legislation - Walking a tight-rope
   - ACCORD Commentary: Happy Anniversary - 250 years of Cooperation in America
   - ACCORD Commentary: Ideas for Farmer Co-operatives
   - ACCORD Commentary: Mark Lyons commentary, November 2002
   - ACCORD Commentary: Proposals for a Community Interest Company (CIC)
   - ACCORD Commentary: The Principles of Mutuality
   - ACCORD Commentary: What is a Social Enterprise? - A lively debate
   - ACCORD Infobrief: NSW Co-operative Federation annual conference 2002
   - Australia and EBOs
   - BRW on the "Nonprofit Sector"
   - Co-operatives in NZ - Oh how the pendulum doth swing!!
   - Coleambally Test Case – Nonprofits face hefty tax bills
   - Collective Bargaining: Will it be Successful?
   - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Canada and Australia
   - Demutualisation in Australia
   - First Impressions
   - Listing Co-op Shares on the Stock Exchange
   - New Agricultural Co-operative Models
   - The commonwealth government and charities: conspiracy or confusion?
   - UK: The six-and-a-half-year push
   - Young Australians and Democracy: a glass half full or half empty?

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