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Colloque "droit des sociétés coopératives OHADA", 18-19 juin 2013, Yaoundé (Cameroun). Appel à communications jusqu'au 31 janvier

Deux ans après l'entrée en vigueur du 9ème acte uniforme OHADA sur les sociétés coopératives  (lire également l'article de Willy Tadjudjé paru dans le nuuméro 320 de la Recma) et un mois après que toutes les coopératives africaines ont dû achever la mise en conformité de leurs statuts, le temps est particulièrement adapté pour apporter un éclairage scientifique sur ce nouveau droit des sociétés coopératives africaines. L'importance des coopératives en Afrique a été mise en lumière depuis plusieurs décennies et les politiques publiques ont commencé à les concevoir comme un levier de développement. Il est difficile de citer des chiffres car il n'existe que peu de statistiques fiables sur ces points. Cependant, le nombre des coopératives est particulièrement important dans le domaine de l'agriculture et de l'élevage. Elles occupent également une place significative dans l'épargne et le crédit et, conséquemment, dans la micro-finance. D'autres domaines recourent aussi à cette forme d'activité économique, comme l'artisanat ou le logement. Cette structure présente en effet de nombreux intérêts, particulièrement sur le continent africain. Un colloque organisée à l'Université de Yaoundé II se propose de faire le point sur ces questions en juin 2013.

Nonprofit Law, Policy and Practice: Evolution and Evaluation, ISTR, 24 26th oct 2013, Seoul, Deadline for submission March 31th

The 8th ISTR Asia Pacific Regional Conference. The third sector in the Asia Pacific region is very large and dynamic − it is claimed that China and India have 1+ million third sector organizations. The major growth in the third sector in Asia had been in the 1970s and 1980s – during the prodemocracy movements. The third sector activities and organizations, in the recent past, have also been influenced by many tax laws e.g. in Australia, Japan, Korea. Sadly democratization and recent extremist activities have prompted new legislations constricting the third sector in many countries. Laws affecting the third sector in the Asia Pacific region having been in existence for about 150 years have grown rapidly in the last two decades. Is this development for better or for worse? Call for paper until 31th March

"9th workshop on the challenges of managing in the third sector", EIASM, Brussels, 12-13 june 2013, call for papers 5th March

The Third Sector - 'broadly defined as the voluntary, charitable, co-operative, religious, health and educational organisations which sit outside the confines of the private (‘profit’) and public sectors - is facing a rapidly changing environment which challenges its efficient management and continuation. This research workshop seeks to examine current influences on the effective operation of these non-profit organisations. We are interested in high quality research papers which address the managerial challenges facing this sector. The organisers are particularly interested in the results of managerial, economic and inter-disciplinary approaches. This workshop organised by the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM), will be of interest to researchers active in this area but also to policy-makers, senior managers and practitioners from all disciplines.

3rd European Research Conference on Microfinance 10-12 June, 2013, Agder (Norway), deadline for submission February 28th

Microfinance has become a large banking segment as well as a widely practiced development tool. The present microfinance industry is confronted with a broad range of dilemmas and unsolved problems, and the debate about the development effect of microfinance continues. This provides our motivation for the invitation to researchers from all disciplines within social sciences and economics.The aim of the European Research Conference on Microfinance is to be the World’s most important meeting place of academics involved in microfinance research. The two former conferences organized by the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi) at the University Libre De Brussels, and by University of Groningen in the Netherlands have seen the turnout of several hundred researchers, as well as many practitioners interested in academic research, from across the globe. The upcoming conference is organized by the University of Agder in cooperation with the European Microfinance Platform (http://www.e-mfp.eu/), CERMi (www.cermi.eu) and University of Groningen (www.rug.nl/gsg) .

"De la responsabilité comme objet-frontière", colloque interdisciplinaire, Tours, 29-30 mai, appel à com jusqu'au 18 février 2013

L’objet de ce colloque organisé par France business school (FBS) à l'Escem de Tours est de s’enquérir des travaux déjà existants dans d’autres disciplines des sciences humaines et sociales portant sur la responsabilité de manière générique. Il s’agira de voir comment ces travaux peuvent éclairer, mettre en perspective et même remettre en cause les différentes théories de la responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise dans ces différents aspects, qu’il s’agisse de la théorie des parties prenantes, de la gouvernance d’entreprise, etc. Etant donné que le spectre des disciplines labellisées comme sciences humaines et sociales est étendu, les disciplines suivantes ont été retenues eu égard à la fréquence de leur usage sur le thème de la responsabilité : la philosophie, la théologie, la sociologie, la psychanalyse, l’écologie et le droit.

"Social economy on the move...at the crossroads of structural change and regulation", 4th CIRIEC International Research Conference, 24-26 Oct, Antwerp (Belgium), Call for papers until 21th April

For some centuries, in the North as well in the South, social economy has unfolded in various forms. The institutions of the social economy (cooperatives, mutuals, nonprofit organizations, etc.) have experienced periods of growth and recession, of both success and failure, in the supporting, complementing and/or counteracting roles in relation to the dominant economic model in place. This 4th CIRIEC International Research Conference on the Social Economy aims in particular at discussing the place of social economy in modern society and its current role when facing potentially heavy structural transformations and new regulatory frameworks. Thanks to the more or less permanent dynamic features of this field in society, social economy initiatives and enterprises foster bottom up changes which in turn favour structural changes and in many cases are the agents of change in regulation. This includes for example regulation centred on non-market values, cooperative regulation, next to administrative and competitive regulation.

"Democratising management", Conference Euram, Gallatazaray (Turkey), 26-29th Jun 2013, call for papers until 15th January

Le comité scientifique du general track Business and Society serait heureux que vous soumettiez des papiers de recherche (rédigés en anglais) à EURAM dans le cadre de cette partie du colloque qu'ils gèrent (voir appel à communications en pièce jointe).