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are also aware that the cooperative is not
among theyouth.
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of cooperatives is not always recognised
in the banking sector as well.
Piet Moerland (1949)
number one priority. That is, and always has been, the case
with cooperatives, even if it was only because many of those
customers were often members of cooperatives. So here too,
we move with the times."
A 'This is why a key objective of the International Year of
Cooperatives is to acquaint the youth with the concept of
the cooperative and its type of business entity. Ban Ki-moon,
Secretary General of the UN, recently confirmed this in a
speech. He said that the cooperative is the right kind of model
for young entrepreneurship to develop and expand into
sustainable, joint, successful business practices. All the more so,
he added, since cooperatives have proven that they can survive
in economically and financially difficult times. So this gives
the youth - throughout the world - special opportunities.
Rabobank fully endorses this. While the cooperative idea and
type of business entity is alive and well and even making a real
revival, it is also relatively unknown, certainly among the youth.
Therefore, the youth will play a major role in the activities that
the UN and Rabobank are planning for 2012. This is the mission
of the UN and Rabobank in 2012: to pass on cooperative ideas
to the next generation."
A "Cooperative banks play an important role globally and
certainly in the European banking landscape. Look at Britain's
The Co-operative Bank, the Cypriot Co-operative Central Bank
and giants such as the French Credit Agricole, the German
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