02.12.2011
Olive McCarthy, Minister Jimmy Deenihan, Carol Power and Ray O’Connor at the launch.
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12.05.2011
Centre for Co-operative Studies/Rabobank Event held in UCC
Photo: Prof. Michael Ward, Director Centre for Co-operative Studies; Tom O’Callaghan, CEO, ICOS; Kevin Knightly, CEO, Rabobank Ireland, Dr. Adrie Zwanenberg, MD Investor Relations, Rabobank Group
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Credit Union Summer School for Supervisors
The Centre for Co-operative Studies, in association with the National Supervisors’ Forum, organised a special Summer School for credit union supervisors on the 7th May 2011 in UCC.
A variety of topics of direct relevance to supervisors were covered:
Feedback on the event was very positive:
“Overall it was a fantastic informative day!”
“Very informative and interesting. Meeting others can help us with any issues in our credit unions. Further courses would be of value.”
“Great content. Keep it up.”
“Excellent presentations. Very informative. Easily understood.”
“Speakers were well-versed. Q&A forum very good.”
“Should be more schools like today.”
“Very educational – aptly named Summer School!”
Presentations can be downloaded below.
MSocSc Third Sector Management Summer School 2011
A very successful Summer School on the MSocSc Third Sector Management programme and co-ordinated by Centre for Co-operative Studies staff took place from March 31st to April 2nd.
Guest speakers included Peter Couchman, Chief Executive of the Plunkett Foundation who outlined with great gusto the role of the Foundation in supporting rural communities in the UK to seek economic solution to create social change. Peter told us how communities today are following Horace Plunkett’s maxim of Better Living by taking control of issues that are important to them through community ownership. The fictional community-run Village Shop which features in the Archers radio show reflects the increasing number of real communities in the UK which have taken on the running of their local shop, pub or post office.
Deirdre Garvey, CEO of The Wheel, presented findings from the Wheel’s Independent and Interdependent research report and discussed the role of the community and voluntary sector in Ireland in the context of a vastly diverse sector, heavy funding cuts, a new government but also new opportunities. Jim Boyle explained the role of Clann Credo as a provider of social finance in Ireland followed by a very enlightening workshop on funding proposals for social finance. Donal Traynor outlined the approach of Ulster Community Investment Trust (UCIT) in providing social finance and the role that plays in social enterprise development. Dr. Rory Ridley-Duff of Sheffield School of Business stimulated us to examine the first strategic choice facing a social enterprise; what identity should be projected and how can the legal form of the enterprise support this ? He presented several models that work for groups working in different circumstances. We were also joined by a number of graduates of both the MSocSc and our MBS Co-operative & Social Enterprise who presented overviews of the research conducted for their minor theses.
Credit Union Stabilisation and Liquidity, April 1st 2011, UCC.
The annual UCC Credit Union Summer School took place on Friday 1st April 2011. The theme of this year’s event was ‘Credit Union Stabilisation and Liquidity’ and featured Prof. Donal McKillop of Queen’s University Belfast, David Kielty of the Central Bank, Kevin Johnston, CEO of the Credit Union Development Association and Mark Bailey, President of the Irish League of Credit Unions. The powerpoint slides used by Donal and by Mark can be downloaded below. If you missed this event, we are organising another credit union event on the 7th May 2011, here in UCC, in association with the National Supervisors’ Forum. The event will feature talks in internal auditing, whistleblower protection and social and financial performance measurement in credit unions. Updates will be posted here. If you would like further information to be emailed to you, please send an email to o.mccarthy@ucc.ie.