PROGRAM (including powerpoint presentations/videos)
Wednesday, 26 of September
10:00-10:30 Registration
10:30- 11:45 Opening Session
Chair: Kassavetis Demosthenis, Organizing Committee
Kardasis Vasilis, Dean of the Hellenic Open University
Hellenic Ministry of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity
Roelants Bruno, Director General, International Cooperative Alliance
Message by the International Labour Organization/video
Henrÿ Hagen- Introduction to the program and latest developments in cooperative law
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00- 14:00 The legal relevance of the cooperative principles for cooperative law
Chair: Fajardo Gemma
Frantzeskaki Maria, Fostering the cooperative principle of the democratic member control/powerpoint presentation
Stamboulis Yeoryios, The economic reasoning of cooperative law institutions/powerpoint presentation
Karathanos Vayos,The nutritional research on Corinthian currant as a vehicle for development of a modern Cooperative.
14:00- 15:00 Break 2
15:00- 16:30 Round Table between economists and lawyers, the motto being: “What can we/what must we learn from each other”?
16:30 – Acropolis Museum Visit
17:00-19:00 Workshop for students and lawyers: Introduction to cooperatives and cooperative law – Collaboration with European Law Students’ Association – Henrÿ Hagen, Kassavetis Demosthenis
Thursday, 28 of September 2018
10:00 10:30 Registration
10:30 -12:00 Cooperative law and the legal framework of the social economy
Chair: Geormas Konstantinos
Kalimeri Eleni, Barkas Ioannis, The legal framework of the Social Solidarity Economy in Greece
Mprechas Loukas, Greek legislation and cooperative identity- SSE /powerpoint presentation [in Greek]
Tryfona Ioanna, Keranis Giorgos, Recommendations on the framework of Worker Buyouts of failing or bankrupt companies within the context of Social and Solidarity Economy organizations
12:00: 12:15 Break 1
12:15- 14:15 The legal relevance of the cooperative principles for other fields of law
Chair: Nikolaou Kostas
Vouroutzis Zisis, The liability of the governing bodies of agricultural cooperatives in relation to the provisions of the environmental legislation
Nikolaou Kostas, Social and legal aspects of the co-operative labor/powerpoint presentation
Saridis Isidoros, The provisions of Greek tax law according to social economy enterprises
14:15- 15:00 Break 2
15:00- 17:00 Legal requirements for specific types of cooperatives by sector (e.g. agricultural, banking, energy cooperatives)
Chair: Cusa Emanuele
Kapellidis Manolis, The need to modernize the legal framework on cooperative banks
17:00- 17:15 Break 3
17: 15 – 18: 45 Legal requirements for specific types of cooperatives by governance/structure (e.g. workers’ cooperatives, multi-stakeholder cooperatives, social cooperatives)
Chair: Meira Deolinda
Koupidis Sotiris, Buying social: Social cooperatives and public procurement
Aitor Bengoetxea, Employment in worker cooperatives
Friday, 28 of September 2018
10:00 10:30 Registration
10:30- 11:40 The harmonization and unification of cooperative law at national, regional and international level
Chair: Ger Van der Sangen
Douvitsa Ifigeneia, The unification of the Greek cooperative legal framework/powerpoint presentation
11:40-12:00 Break 1
12:00- 13:10 Cooperative law and human rights
Chair: Tsironas Thanasis
Hiez David, Voluntary membership: up to which point do cooperatives support liberalism?
Filippou Dionysis, The Greek constitutional provisions on cooperatives
Tsironas Thanasis, The formation of compulsory cooperative by law and the principle of proportionality
João Telmo Oliveira Filho, The right of cooperativism as a fundamental right: The constitutional principles and normative guidelines of Brazilian cooperativism as elements for the characterization of the fundamental right to cooperativism
13:10- 14:00 Break 2
14:00- 15:30 Cooperative law and globalization.
Chair: Tziva Efi
Tziva Efi, The cooperative banks inside and outside the financial crisis./powerpoint presentation
Mannan, Morshed, Platform Cooperatives in Light of PECOL/powerpoint presentation
15:30- 15:45 Break 3
15:45- 17:45 Educational programs in the field of cooperative law
Chair: Henrÿ Hagen
Kapogiannis Dimitrios, Vathi- Sarava Panagiota, Educational cooperatives as activating institutions in creative collective activities/powerpoint presentation
Anthopoulou Theodosia, Kavoulakos Karolos, The importance of distance learning programs for the development of SSE
Henrÿ Hagen, The summer school on “Cooperative law for sustainable development” and the cooperative network studies, Ruralia Institute, Helsinki University
Tools for the research and study of cooperative law
Romenteau Arielle, Moxom Jeffrey, Obongo Erick, Dave Mohit, Legal Framework Analyses and the ICA-EU Partnership/powerpoint presentation
Ius Cooperativum: International Journal of Cooperative Law- World Map of cooperative lawyers
17: 45-18:00 Break 4
18:00- 18: 45 Conclusions- Henrÿ Hagen
18: 45- Dinner