Infobriefs are short reports on research and development of co-operatives and the social economy. They focus on ACCORD's research activities and draw attention to the work of the co-operative sector in general.

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