Practice:

1. Answer the questions:

1. What are the main objectives of co-operatives?

2. What are the main types of co-operatives?

3. What role do co-operatives play in the development of civil society?

4. How does the co-operative system manage to ensure a comparable degree of competitiveness?

5. What important component does the co-operative system contain?

6. What is the role of co-operative system on the international arena?

2. Match the pairs:

entrepreneurial system for the sake of profit democratically participated socio-economic needs human communities economic activities employment creation consumption of daily necessities establishment of schools launching of social and health services economic system ordinary people large enterprises socio-economic development sharing of resources civil society development programmes economies in transition co-operative movement developing countries

в поисках выгоды гражданское общество кооперативное движение крупные предприятия на основе демократического участия обмен ресурсами организация школ потребление товаров первой необходимости предоставление социальных услуг и услуг по здравоохранению программы развития простые люди развивающиеся страны система предпринимательства создание рабочих мест социально-экономические потребности социально-экономическое развитие человеческие сообщества экономики в переходном состоянии экономическая деятельность экономическая система

4. Read the sentences and tick () the statements which are true to the text. Correct the false statements.

1. Cooperatives are aimed at getting profits;

2. There is no need for the cooperative system to reinvest in its own expansion;

3. There must be greater co-operation between cooperatives of the various branches within each country and internationally:

4. Cooperation represents an important factor of peace in the world.

5. Choose one of the following topics and prepare a report on it:

1. Setting up of the first cooperative in Russia.

2. Problems faced by the International Cooperative Alliance nowadays.

3. Collaboration of the International Cooperative Alliance and Russian cooperatives.

Text 2. From the history of co-operative education

Active vocabulary to remember

instruction (tuition)	обучение
development of character or mental powers	формирование характера и развитие умственных способностей
arrangements	организация
concerning	касательно
intellectually	умственно
to carry out	проводить, выполнять
distinguish	отличать
to be established	был образованным
a higher educational institution (establishment)	высшее учебное заведение
continuous education	непрерывное образование
stock exchanges	фондовая биржа
major provider of co-operative education	основной провайдер кооперативного образования
challenging and diverse opportunities	престижные и разнообразные возможности
to be experienced	заниматься
adult and lifelong learning programmes	программы обучения для взрослых и непрерывного образования
emphasize co-operative values and principles	подчеркивать, выделять
mutual	совместный
to promote, encourage, facilitate	содействовать и поддерживать
accessible	доступный
to raise awareness	повысить компетентность
perception	восприятие
a range of	ряд
tailored programmes	индивидуальные программы
charged	напoлненный
relevant skills	соответственные навыки
reinforce your ability	подкреплять ваши способности
career enhancement	карьерный рост
seek	искать

The Co-operative College is UK’s major provider of co-operative education, training and development (it is its vision). Its mission is to provide challenging and diverse opportunities that enable learners and their organizations to put co-operative values and principles into everyday practice.

The Co-operative College was established in 1919 to meet the educational and training needs of the Co-operative movement. First, it was located in East Midlands, Leicestershire near Loughborough at Stanford Hall, now it is in Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester (www.co-op.ac.uk).

The Co-operative College is experienced in delivering regional, local and residential adult and lifelong learning programmes that emphasize co-operative values and principles.

Strategic Objectives of the Co-operative College are:

– to meet the learning needs of diverse co-operative, mutual and social enterprises regionally, nationally and internationally;

– to promote and encourage the understanding of co-operative values and principles and co-operative learning within and beyond the co-operative mutual and social enterprise sector;

– to continuously improve learning and quality standards across the whole of the College curriculum;

– to develop e-learning and information and learning technology (ILT) provision;

– to transform the Rochdale Pioneers Museum and the National Co-operative Archive into accessible lifelong learning resources.

The Co-operative College offers a wide range of workshops and qualifications designed to develop knowledge, understanding and skills to enable directors and members to become more effective in the roles.

The Co-operative College offers nationally recognized qualifications; specialist courses for the funeral service; international programmes; co-operatative business programmes, etc.

The Co-operative College has a portfolio of national and international projects designed to raise awareness of and benefit the co-operative movement, projects that help the co-operative movement become better informed and equipped to meet the business and social challenges of the new millennium.

The Co-operative College is working with schools to develop curriculum resources designed to change the perception of co-operation among students and educationalists alike. The College is involved in new initiatives supporting young people in co-operatives, facilitating young co-operators’ participation in youth seminars arranged by the International Co-operative Alliance. The College is working with partners across the UK on a range of action research projects designed to encourage a wider section of members to get involved in their democratic processes.

The Co-operative Union (the Co-operatives ^UK) and the Co-operative College provided the opportunity to build up a truly national Archive of the co-operative movement to provide students and scholars with access to a valuable resource in a single center.

The Rochdale Pioneers Museum exists to preserve the original store of the Rochdale Pioneers and to generate an understanding of the ideals and principles of the co-operative movement.

The Co-operative College delivers a range of specialist tailored programmes as well as IT applications including Microsoft Office; the European Computer Driving Licence delivered via the internet.

The field of e-learning is both an innovative and progressive new area of education, and one which the Co-operative college is pioneering. E-learning modules offer a wealth of information on the subject of co-operation.

In terms of distance learning the College is currently developing e-learning CD Rom and paper-based packages for members and directors in the UK and internationally. These allow learners to access parts of the framework for members and director learning from their homes and at a time that is convenient for them.

The Co-operative College provides learning, education, training, consultancy and research for the co-operative, social enterprise and mutual sectors in the UK and internationally.

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