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April, 1997
(Source: ICA News, Issue No.1/1997, pp. 7)
	
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The Value of Co-operation
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The 1997 theme of the Co-operative Conference in the USA will 
be "The Value of Co-operation". The National Co-operative 
Business Association (NCBA), the National Co-operative Bank 
(NCB) and the Co-operative Development Foundation (CDF) are 
collaborating to present value-added opportunities for each 
organisation's membership during the two-day event to be held 
in Washington D.C. on April 23 and 24. For more information 
contact  Dianna Vaughan at (+1-202) 638 6222 or 
E-mail dvaughnan@ncba.org 

(Source: Cooperative Business Journal, February 1997)


Future Coop Leaders Programme
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NCBA is looking for candidates for the 1997 class of its "Future 
Coop Leaders Program", an educational programme designed to 
develop co-operative leadership in order to build a stronger 
co-operative Community. The Programme provides scholarships 
for staff, directors and members of co-operatives to attend a training 
and educational event held annually in Washington, DC.  

Contact Leta Mach at NCBA for further information or send an 
E-mail to lmach@ncba.org.

(Source Co-operative Business Journal, February 1997)