EAG ISPE
ECONOMIC ALLIANCE GROUP INTERATIONAL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY ELIMINATION
(Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions Provider) (Global Social Development Innovation Organization)
ER&A NEHMAP Initiative
ER and Associates Limited New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty Initiative
(International Development Cooperation Consultants) (Global Social Economy and Social Enterprise Organization)
ISPE EAG Comment on Cooperatives at 100 (1)
GFFA 2020 Outcome: Achieving Delivery on SDGs Pledge in each specific Community, Country, Continent location context, in less than 11 years remaining to end 2030 target date - Call for Development Cooperation Rapid/Fast and Radical/Fundamental Change in all 193/306 UN Member States Governments – Executive, Legislature, Judiciary in all Tiers as well as in all UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO (ITO) Entities – Headquarters, Regional Offices, Sub-regional Offices, Country Offices and Sub-Country Offices and their National and International Partners sides – Beyond Slogan.
Introduction
The 50th Anniversary of Cooperatives Development at ILO was celebrated on 23 March 1970. The ILO COOP 50th Anniversary was reported as marking the Golden Age of ILO Technical Cooperation in the Cooperative Field. The 100th Anniversary or Centenary Anniversary on 23 March 2020 should mark the Bi-Golden Age of ILO.
It is recalled that 2017 marked the 70th Anniversary or Platinum Anniversary of ILO and FAO Cooperation. By 2047 when the 100th Anniversary of ILO and FAO Cooperation in marked, it should be reported that ILO COOP being the Apex UN Agency with statutory responsibility for Cooperatives and wider Social and Solidarity Economy Enterprises Development in All North and South Countries, ensured that 2020 indeed Marked Turning Point in the work towards achieving SDGs Pledge Delivery in all 193/306 UN Member States by 2030 and this effectively positioned all 193/306 UN Member States to keep achieving Global Goals by target date moving forward from 2030.
The implication is that by 150th Anniversary or Sequicentinnal Anniversary, the 2030 deadline to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery (None of the 17 Goals of the SDGs will be considered met if it is not achieved by All Peoples in All Countries) would have been met, the next 15 years Global Goals would have been met, the second 15 years Global Goals would have been met and our World will be on Track achieving the third Global Goals after SDGs 2015 World Transformation Agenda Vision Ambition.
It is pertinent to note that All 193/306 UN Member States are Off Track achieving SDGs Pledge Delivery by 2030; that All 193/306 UN Member States Governments and UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO Entities Leadership now know that should Our World Fail to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery by 2030, the ultimate consequences for our fragile Planet would be catastrophic, yet these World Leaders continue to pursue National and International Development Cooperation Radical/Fundamental and Rapid/Fast Change – the Overarching outcome of DCF 2018, as mere Slogan. This is not only very Sad, it is indeed Very Dangerous to World Sustainable Development.
DCF 2020 will hold 14 – 15 May 2020. The Big Questions are: What Progress has UNDESA made in the Implementation of above DCF 2018 Overarching Outcome? Why has UNDESA ignored good ideas and pertinent suggestions for Implementation of DCF 2018 Outcome that Work for Word’s Poor?
Can all 193/306 UN Member States get DONE the much that remain to be DONE to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery in less than 11 years remaining to end 2030 target date without Cooperatives and wider Social and Solidarity Economy Enterprises Development in All North and South Countries Operating at Minimum Certain Levels of Effectiveness and Efficiency?
This Paper aims to contribute to finding answers to above and related questions.
DCF 2020
There is urgent need for 193/306 UN Member States Governments – All Arms of All Tiers and UN System: UNO,WBG, IMF, WTO Entities Headquarters, Regional Offices and Country Offices to genuinely appreciate that our World does not have 11 years remaining to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery but 90/180 Days less 43 Days ending March 2020/June 2020 (from date of this Paper 3 February 2020).
All fundamental issues raised by EAG before, during and after DCF 2018 remain relevant today as when raised and even more so.
Had DCF Leadership, UNDESA Leadership, ILO Leadership, FAO Leadership, other UN System: UNO, WBG, IMF, WTO Leadership as well as 193/306 UN Member States Governments Leadership Changed Course in May 2018, will All 193/306 UN Member States remain Off Track achieving SDGs Pledge Delivery with just about 3 months to DCF 2020?
If DCF Leadership, UNDESA Leadership, ILO Leadership, FAO Leadership, other UN System Leadership as well as 193/306 UN Member States Governments Leadership do not know why All 193/306 UN Member States are Off Track achieving SDGs Pledge Delivery in less than 11 years remaining to end 2030 target date; they will not know HOW to get DONE the much that remain to be DONE if all 193/306 UN Member States are to get back On Track to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery in less than 11 years remaining to end 2030 target date.
Repositioning UNDESA
The UN General Assembly has saddled UNDESA with responsibility for supporting UN Member States to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery by 2030. UNDESA assume wrongly that only South Countries, especially the Poorest Countries need help achieving SDGs Pledge Delivery by 2030. EAG Study Finding is All North and South Countries need help achieving SDGs Pledge Delivery by 2030.
UNDESA need Help before UNDESA could be in a position to Effectively Help all North and South Countries. The starting point is UNDESA Reform at levels such as this:-
EAG Research Work is Dynamic, in addition to the 10 Divisions in New UNDESA that Work for World Poor, suggested in above Paper, there is a need for 2 additional UNDESA Divisions:-
- Taking the Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Enterprises Development Support responsibility away from DSID and creating Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Enterprises Division, CSSED as New UNDESA Division.
- Streamlining Omnibus Capacity Building Support intended to be Systems Reform and Service Reform Support responsibility away from EAPD and CDPMO and creating Support for Reforming Institutions Division, SRID as New UNDESA Division.
Repositioning FAO
FAO is the Apex UN Agency with responsibility for Food, Nutrition and Agriculture. We are genuinely concerned that FAO seem to be more interested in lamenting Global Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Challenges rather than delivering on its Statutory Responsibility be demonstrating and being seen to demonstrate Global Leadership in Design and Delivery of National, Regional and Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to these Challenges.
It will be recalled that Cooperatives issues are covered by a Cooperation Agreement signed by FAO and ILO in 1947. If Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Enterprises Dimension of SDGs Pledge Delivery in less than 11 years remaining to end 2030 target date, a New Global Support for Cooperatives Development Agreement need to be signed by FAO, ILO and UNDESA without delay.
Repositioning ILO
The idea of 2 SDGs Concepts of Work Together to Benefit Together and Leave No One Behind are underlined by World Leaders appreciating that Globalization had operated largely as Force for Evil in both North and South Countries as Globalization left Vulnerable Individuals and Communities behind and that Digitization operating largely as Force for Evil would leave even more Vulnerable Individuals and Communities behind in both North and South Countries.
If Globalization and Digitization is each Not Force for Good essentially ensuring that Vulnerable Individuals and Communities in all North and South Countries are Not Left Behind, it will be Mission Impossible for all 193/306 UN Member States getting DONE the much that remain to be DONE, if all 193/306 UN Member States are to get back On Track to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery in less than 11 years remaining to end 2030 target date.
If all 193/306 UN Member States are to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery in less than 11 years remaining to end 2030 target date, there must be better promotion and protection of Agricultural Cooperatives; Mining Cooperatives; Manufacturing Cooperatives; Consumer Cooperatives; Infrastructure Services Cooperatives – Electricity, Housing, Telecom etc; Basic Service Cooperatives – Water, Education etc.
“For many co-operators all over the world, the ILO is considered a strong supporter of their ideals and activities. I strongly believe that this should continue under the new and changing conditions of work”.
“To achieve this, emphasis should be given in particularly to the possibilities of assisting vulnerable groups of people in organizing themselves into cooperatives and similar social and solidarity economy organisations. I believe one should not be dogmatic about the legal form of cooperatives but also promote other forms of collaboration and cooperation. Even such forms need to develop structures which would give them a legal status enabling them to take a fuller part in the social and solidarity economy”.
Jurgen von Muralt
Former Diretor ILO Enterprises (Italics ours)
To operationalize these required types of Cooperatives in Practice above comment, by Former Director ILO Enterprises, made in ILO COOP 100 Interview published in ILO COOP eNews January 2020 present Food for Thought to DCF Leadership, UNDESA Leadership, ILO Leadership, FAO Leadership, other UN System Leadership as well as 193/306 UN Member States Governments Leadership and their National, Regional and Global Partners, if all 193/306 UN Member States are to get back On Track to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery in less than 11 years remaining to end 2030 target date.
Conclusion
If DCF Leadership, UNDESA Leadership, ILO Leadership, FAO Leadership, other UN System Leadership as well as 193/306 UN Member States Governments Leadership do not know: WHY 193/306 UN Member States are still in MDG Mode rather than SDG Mode and WHY over 4 years of SDGs Implementation All 193/306 UN Member States are yet to optimize Cooperatives, Social and Solidarity Economy Enterprises contribution to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery in less than 11 years remaining to end 2030 target date; they will not know HOW to get all 193/306 UN Member States back On Track to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery in less than 11 years remaining to end 2030 target date, our World will miss the June 2020 DEADLINE to Change Course.
Should this DEADLINE the Missed, our World will simply be on autopilot to Failure to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery by 2030, that is, the ultimate catastrophic consequences of Failure to achieve SDGs Pledge Delivery by 2030 become inevitable. This is avoidable, should relevant authorities on Powerful North and South Countries as well as Major UN Entities – ILO, FAO, UNDESA, Amazing Transformation will occur before our very eyes.
The Ball is now in the Court of National Leaders and World Leaders – Will they Play or Will they Keep Looking On as the World accelerate on MADning (Mutually Assured Destruction) Road to DOOM or will they DO the NEEDFUL and HELP all 193/306 UN Member States to speedily return to 2014 Cross Road and start accelerating on MAPing (Mutually Assured Prosperity) Road to BOOM?
It is our hope that opportunity for bright prospects of success would not be lost. To avoid this answer to HOW questions within Pilot Program and Scale Up Program need to start without delay.
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Director General
Economic Alliance Group
(Global Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions Provider)
Affiliate Members: International Society for Poverty Elimination
(Global Social Development Innovation Organization);
ER and Associates Limited
(National and International Development Cooperation Consultants)
New End Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty, NEHMAP Initiative
(Global Social Economy and Social Enterprise Organization) etc
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Email: nehap.initiative@yahoo.co.uk info@nehmapglobal.org February 2020.
Appendix – This EAG Paper has 18 Pages. This is extract of 4 Pages.
NEHMAP Cooperatives Generic Model
The International Society for Poverty Elimination (ISPE), a Member of Economic Alliance Group (EAG) between 2014 and 2017 constructively engaged relevant Government and Non Government Stakeholders in select States in Nigeria on design and delivery of State Sustainable Agriculture Revolution / Friendly Policies Climate Reform / Support for Economic Growth and Institutional Reform / Support for Reforming Institutions SSAR-FPCR-SEGIR-SFRI, to Drive, New: State Cooperatives Movement, State Agricultural Productivity, State Agricultural Quality, State Citizens Empowerment and State Citizens Employment - Policies, Programs and Projects Interventions, 3PIs and 3PIs Training as One.
2. The Permanent Secretary Ekiti State Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives; Director Cooperatives; Deputy Director Cooperatives; representatives of the Ekiti State Bureau of Productivity and Empowerment, BPE and the Consultant - Director General ISPE/EAG, held a meeting on Wednesday 25 October 2017, to clarify the role of the Ministry, especially its Cooperatives Department in the Implementation of the Ekiti State Sustainable Agriculture Revolution Friendly Policies Climate Reform Concept Note earlier impressively presented to select Ekiti State Senior Officials, not less than Assistant Director, on 25 July 2017, by ISPE/EAG. The outcome of this meeting was reported to Ekiti State Government, by BPE, via 4 August 2017 Memo, jointly prepared by all Participants after due consultation with relevant Senior Officials in their respective MDAs. We were informed that the Former Governor requested for meeting with BPE, the Focal MDA and the Consultant – ISPE/EAG, to shed more light on the Memo. This meeting was not scheduled before the end of the last Administration.
3. The 25 October 2017 meeting agreed: that existing Cooperatives in Ekiti State are not working the way they are supposed to work especially the Agriculture Cooperatives; that there is strong need for New Agriculture Cooperatives Movement in Ekiti State, such as the suggested NEHMAP Cooperatives Primary Society, Investor Society, Secondary Union and Central Society including (1) Cooperatives: Agriculture (All Aspects of Production, Harvesting, Processing, Packaging, Storage, Trading/Marketing etc) (2) Bank; Cooperatives Agricultural (All Aspects of Production, Harvesting, Processing, Packaging, Storage, Trading/Marketing etc) (3) Research Services Institute; Cooperatives (All Aspects of NNEHMAP Primary Society; Investor Society; Secondary Union; Central Society, Cooperative Agriculture Bank, Cooperative Agriculture Research Services) Agriculture Productivity, Quality and Empowerment Capacity Building Institute (4) Research Services Institute; Agriculture (All Aspects of Production, Harvesting, Processing, Packaging, Storage, Trading/Marketing etc) Productivity, Quality and Empowerment Capacity Building Institute (5) Cooperatives Inspectorate and Compliance; Physical Inspection of all NEHMAP Primary Societies, Secondary Unions and other Central Society Entities to compliance with all Policies and Procedures (6) Cooperatives Self Regulatory Service; Setting Standards for all NEHMAP Primary Societies, Secondary Unions and other Central Society Entities and ensuring compliance with all Standards (7) Cooperatives Shares Exchange Manage the Sale and Transfer of all NEHMAP Primary Societies, Secondary Unions and other Central Society Entities Shares and also Administer NEHMAP Cooperatives Securities Brokers and Dealers; Shares Registrars; Fund Managers and Trustees and (8) Cooperatives Development Inclusive Education and Inclusive Communication for Governing Council, Members, Staff and Workers in the NEHMAP Cooperatives Movement DRIVEN BY Professional and Career based Training and Capacity Building as One, with well organized structure and systems that Government needs to consider proving favorable legal environment for such New Cooperatives Movement to emerge and thrive as part of Life of Citizens in each Community, in each LGA in the State as well as in Nigeria and other Countries – North and South.
At the meeting of 25 October 2017, the Director Cooperatives highlighted need for ISPE/EAG to submit a NEHMAP Cooperatives Paper to guide Government in making relevant amendment to the existing Ekiti State Cooperatives Law. ISPE/EAG agreed to prepare the requested Paper.
This Paper in response to the request underlines need for New Legislative Framework that meaningfully equip Ekiti State Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives through NEHMAP Cooperatives to better address huge and complex Legal, Financial, Administration, Management, Political, Economic, Social, Ecological, Security, Justice, Culture, Religion, Production, Processing, Packaging, Trading, Productivity, Marketing, Modernization, Mechanization, Technology, Competitiveness, Standards, Operations, Regulation, Data, Digitization Hard Competencies: Learning and Skills; Soft Competencies: Character, Courage, Discipline and Mindset problems challenging Agriculture (full range) and Agriculture Cooperatives (all tiers) Internal and External Publics in each of 132 Communities, 16 LGs, 4 Divisions and Statewide specific location context.
NEHMAP Cooperatives are essentially Basic Services Cooperatives: Agriculture, Food, Nutrition, Education, Health, Housing, Recreation, Entertainment, Water, Sanitation, Environment, Justice, Peace, Security, Prosperity, Communication, Development, Evaluation and Basic Infrastructure Cooperatives: Telecomm; Technology: Digitization, Information, Energy, Bio, Management, Communication, Computer, Internet, Engineering, Science; Innovation, Research and Development; Energy, Electricity, Transportation: Water, Road, Rail, Air; Finance; Banking; Insurance as One.
That is NEHMAP Cooperatives is Basic Services Cooperatives and Basic Infrastructure Cooperatives as One within Agriculture: Crops, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture: Pre Harvest, Harvest and Post Harvest – Policy, Program, Project Interventions, 3PIs and 3PIs Training as One as applicable or appropriate in each specific Community, Sub-Country, Country, Sub-Continent, Continent and Global location context and in ways that:-
1. Make Globalization Work for Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, US and World Poor
2. Make Governance Work for Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, US and World Poor
3. Make Brexit Work for Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, US and World Poor
4. Make 4th Industrial Revolution Work for Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, US and World Poor
5. Make 4th Agriculture Revolution Work for Nigeria, Africa, UK, Europe, US and World Poor
6. Help All North and South Countries achieve delivery on SDGs Pledge (None of the 17 Goals of the SDGs will be considered met if it is not achieved by All Peoples in All Countries) by end 2030 target date, that is in the barely 11 ½ years remaining to end 2030.
The 8 in 1 NEHMAP Cooperatives Central Society will have responsibility for:-
1. Co-ordination of Inter-governmental and Inter-ministerial Co-operative activities;
2. Formulation of broad State Economic Policy For Co-operative Development and Financing, and the Integration of Co-operative Policies into State Development Plans;
3. Supervision of NEHMAP Co-operative Primary societies, Secondary Unions and Central Society Entities and the Implementation and Evaluation of Development Policies relating to NEHMAP Co-operative Projects/Initiatives in the State;
4. Disbursement of State, Federal and Foreign assistance to the NEHMAP Co-operative Movement;
5. Liaison with State and Federal Economic Institutions and Representation of NEHMAP Co-operative interests at Inter-governmental and Inter-ministerial meetings;
6. Relations on NEHMAP Co-operative matters with Central Labor Organizations and similar bodies especially in matters relating to jointly sponsored welfare schemes;
7. Co-ordination of: Research on Cooperatives, Cooperatives Policy and Legislation, Statistics on Cooperatives, State Institutional Framework Development for Cooperatives and National Institutional Framework Development for Cooperatives; into NEHMAP Co-operative Primary societies, Secondary Unions and Central Society Entities problems;
8. Co-ordination of Independent Advisory Services to NEHMAP Co-operative Primary societies, Secondary Unions and Central Society Entities for Integrated Innovative Sustainable Solutions to real and complex problems on the ground they face;
9. Compilation of information on all matters relating to NEHMAP Co-operative Primary societies, Secondary Unions and Central Society Entities Development;
10. Co-ordination of Publicity on NEHMAP Co-operative Primary societies, Secondary Unions and Central Society Entities Matters and Preparation of reports on NEHMAP Co-operative Primary societies, Secondary Unions and Central Society Entities development in the State;
11. Inter-Nigeria, inter-African and other International Co-operative matters, including relations with International Co-operative Organizations And Specialized Agencies of the United Nations Organization;
12. Co-operative Training: Co-operative Development, Co-operative Management, Co-operative Governance, Co-operative Education, Co-operative Entrepreneurship, Co-operative and Gender Equality, Co-operative and Elimination of Child Labor, Co-operative and Elimination of Forced Labor, Co-operative and Collective Bargaining, Co-operative and Occupational Safety and Health, Co-operative at the State level and relating with appropriate State, other States, National and Foreign Educational Institutions;
13. Organization of State, National and International Conferences and Seminars On Co-operative Matters including visits by representatives of other States, National and Foreign Co-operative Societies and Bodies; and
14. The Community Advisory Council, (LG) Local Advisory Council, Division Advisory Council, State Advisory Council, (SW) Regional Advisory Council and National Advisory Council for NEHMAP Co-operative Development. The selection of Experts to serve on the Council will recognize that the State Functional Apex of Co-operative Societies is a reference to an Organization representing the interests of NEHMAP co-operatives in a particular functional sector; and the State Overall Apex of Co-operative Societies is a reference to an Organization representing the interest of NEHMAP Co-operative societies irrespective of their sphere of operation.
A warning that called for a shift from “GRANT and EXPENDITURE MODEL” to “BUSINESS and INVESTMENT MODEL” Agriculture Cooperatives was given by ISPE/EAG at both the 25 July 2017 and 25 October 2017 meetings.
That is, both Agriculture: Crops, Forestry, Livestock, Fisheries and Aquaculture: Pre Harvest, Harvest and Post Harvest and Agricultural Cooperatives: Primary Society, Investor Society, Secondary Union and Central Society practices in the New Dispensation need to be Business-Investment like. In each of 132 Communities, in each of 16 LGs, in each of 4 Divisions and Statewide in Ekiti State, Nigeria Citizens’ – Ekitis and Non Ekitis - Youth, Women, Men and Elders genuinely interested in any aspect of “Agriculture as Business” and “Spirit of Enterprise as Antidote to Poverty”, as well as in contributing their quota towards “Ending Hunger, Malnutrition and Poverty” in all 132 Communities, in each of 16 LGs, in each of 4 Divisions and Statewide in Ekiti State, would be meaningfully involved in the State Sustainable Agriculture Revolution / Friendly Policies Climate Reform / Support for Economic Growth and Institutional Reform / Support for Reforming Institutions SSAR-FPCR-SEGIR–SRIP within JKF New Ekiti Vision: Reclaiming our Land and Restoring our Values, Beyond Slogan/that Work for Ekiti Poor and its 4 Point Agenda that is essentially Ekiti Rescue Mission, and must not see the support either cash or materials provided as sharing of National/State Cake but assets invested that would generate worthwhile returns, first to themselves, then society and ultimately Government. The same applies to other States in Nigeria, as well as to other South and North Countries, as appropriate to each specific Country context. Should Ekiti State be the first to implement this NEHMAP Cooperatives Generic Model, Ekiti State National and International Influence would be significantly boosted.
In NEHMAP Generic Cooperatives Model that would be adapted to suit the unique and specific needs of Ekiti State, other States in Nigeria and in other South and North Countries:-
(i) NEHMAP Cooperatives shall accommodate all categories of Professionals Practitioners, Academicians, Theoreticians and Researchers within modernized and mechanized agriculture – crops, forestry, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture: pre harvest, harvest and post harvest practices, as appropriate to specific community in Ekiti State, other States in Nigeria as well as in other South and North Countries.
Contact M: 08162469805
Mail: nehap.initiative@yahoo.co.uk or info@nehmapglobbal.org July 2019
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