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Fiji will host the International Cooperative Alliance Regional Conference on Co-operative Development in the Pacific Fiji from the 7th 9th July, 2008.
Cabinet based its decision on a submission by the Minister for Industry, Tourism, Trade and Communication, Mr Tom Ricketts.
The Minister said that the Conference will deliberate on the success stories of the developed co-operatives, the policy framework governing regulation of co-operatives in the countries with strong co-operative movement and a detailed case study of the co-operative movement of the host country.
The Conference will help the Fiji Cooperative Movement to draw a suggestive framework for sustainable growth of the co-operatives through a set of recommendations for the consideration of the government and the co-operative.
It is envisaged that a total of 70 participants will attend the conference representing the Department of Cooperatives, Fiji Cooperative Union Limited, ten resource people from ICA and delegates from the following countries Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Samoa and Papua New Guinea.
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