Let´s set up a co-op What is a cooperative, how to establish it, how to govern it, how to be an active member in co-op etc., all according Co-op legislation in Finland. Free ppt-presentation, 25 sheets, 250 kb
Co-operation – Responsible Finnish Ownership The Co-operative Delegation published ”Osuustoiminta – vastuullista suomalaista omistajuutta” in December 2005. In January 2007 this publication was translated into English, Swedish and Spanish. The translated pdf-versions consist of 14 pages, no pictures included. With this publication, the Co-operative Delegation wishes, in its turn, to maintain the discussion about ownership, and to bring out new dimensions; to raise the importance of co-operation alongside knowhow and entrepreneurship.
Pellervo and Finnish cooperatives Cooperative movement in Finland since Pellervo was established in 1899, it´s services, members, administration nowadays. Pdf-file consisting of 17 pages, 914 kb
What do we mean by succes? The members of the negotiation pool for cooperation in Finland have published a broshure on cooperation in English.  You can read it now in pdf-format.    The meaning of the broshure  is to tell briefly about the idea of cooperation. You can print the broshure on the paper. The real size of the broshure is A5.
Latest co-op legislation in an offprint Cooperation legislation in Finland has changed in the beginning of 2002. It is translated in English.    In september 2002 the translation was published also in an offprint called "The Finnish Cooperative Law".  It consists of 96 black & white pages, dimensions about 17 x 25 centimeters. The publicers are Pellervo, Confederation of Finnish Cooperatives, and Finnish Consumer Cooperative Association.   Offprints can be ordered by e-mail paivi.starast@pellervo.fi  or by fax +358 9 694 8845. The price of one copy is 5 EUR, shipping & handling costs will be added.    Pellervo also made it possible for everyone to read the new  Co-operatives Act  in the web in .pdf-format.
Cooperative governance The operatin environment has become more complex and global. In order to comprehend a company´s strategies, nonexecutive directors must be able to identify the succes factorsin their sector and company. These in turn provide the bases for discovering the correct ralationship tho the companys´s operating environmentand its institutional solutions, competitive corporate structures, as well as setting measurable objectives for management and supervising their implementation.  In spring 1999 the Board of Directors of the Pellervo Confedration of Finnish Cooperatives decided to organise a Working were top managers and non-executive directors from cooperatives. The working group was chaired by Samuli Skurnik and the secretary was Dr Raija Volk. Dimension: size A4, 34 pages. You also may read  the report in pdf-format.	Covernance and management  report from Pellervo.
The Pellervo Story A Century of Finnish Cooperation, 1899-1999 The book offers three approaches to Pellervo cooperation and developments in Finland: - cooperative ideological and political ties, - the growth and dynamics of cooperative enterprises, and - cooperation as a grossroots popular movement. The book further analyses the four main periods of the Finnish cooperative century: - origin and establishment - breakthrough and growth in the 1920s and 1930s	A century of Finnish cooperation
- consolidation and concentration from the 1940s to the 1980s, and - adjustment and reorientation from the mid-1980s onwards. The introduction written by  Markku Kuisma may be read also on the Internet in pdf-format. Kirjayhtymä Oy Publisher: Pellervo Confederation Contributors: Markku Kuisma, Annastiina Henttinen, Sami Karhu, Maritta Pohls - 168 pages - plenty of color pictures and statistics Price: 27 € + postal chances Sales contact: e-mail: Santra-Mari Salonen
Top-level seminar Top-level international cooperative seminar took place in Helsinki, Finland June 11, 1999.    Proceedings of the seminar have been published in The Finnish Journal of Business Economics (Liiketaloudellinen aikakauskirja) as a special issue 4/99 The Role of Cooperative Entrepreneurship in the Modern Market Environment  (in picture).    The seminar was organised by Pellervo Confederation of Finnish Cooperatives and Pellervo Economic Research Institute in colloboration wth the Finnish Economic Association and the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.   The seminari was part of the programme of the centenary of the Finnish cooperative movement.   You can read the proceedings on our website as a .pdf -file on a special page.