Transcript ICC Basic Information

Iran central chamber of
cooperatives (ICC)
Traditional Coops in Iran
 well-off benevolent people
 Iranian farmers
Iranian Formal Cooperatives in PreRevolution Era
 Started since nineteen century
 The launch of formal cooperatives in Iran dates back
to inclusion of some articles in the Trade Law of 1924.
 birth of the first cooperatives in Iran up to 1941
Post-Revolution Cooperatives
 The total number prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution
was less than 4,000
 Today Iran has 175,000 cooperatives employing 25
million members
 The Ministry of Cooperatives was established in 1992
 Cooperative Development Bank
Cooperative Involvement in Different Sectors of the Iranian Economy
Field
No of co-ops
No of members
People employed
Credit
2,028
464,127
28,245
Producers’ Supply
3,792
384,535
47,118
Service Guild
Supply
1,015
115,328
49,025
Consumers’ Supply
11,042
7,890,209
140,525
New Generation Coops
356
30,918,135
2,339
Multipurpose
3,945
732,317
132,054
Multipurpose
3,945
732,317
132,054
Transportation
3,919
201,300
82,881
Services
40,392
705,993
435,868
Industrial
28,918
321,609
277,272
Development
3,855
54,221
39,714
Handmade Carpets
2,773
129,808
79,586
Agriculture
34,772
440,309
261,899
Housing
25,851
2,690,430
621,626
Mining
2,301
32,256
1,896
Total
164,959
45,080,577
2,201,228
ICC Basic Information
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ICC was established in 1994
ICC has been a member of ICA since 2000
ICC has over 175000 cooperative societies
ICC has over 25 million members
Different forms of cooperatives
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credit cooperatives
producers/supply cooperatives
consumer supply cooperatives
transportation cooperatives
industrial cooperatives
development cooperatives
handicrafts/carpet manufacturers cooperatives
Agricultural cooperatives
Housing cooperatives
mining cooperatives
multipurpose cooperatives
ICC at a glance
 Iran Central Chamber of Cooperatives as the highest level nongovernmental people-based organization of the cooperative
movement in Iran
 To be present in all macro-economic decision making and
decision taking processes of the country
 pursuing the legal claims of the cooperative sector
 stabilizing the situation of this people-based organization
 ICC is a member of high councils and assemblies
high councils and assemblies
 Supreme Council of Implementation of General Policies of
Principle Forty-Four (44) of the Constitution
 Ceding Board
 Money and Credit Council
 Securities and Exchange High Council
 Competition Council
 Foreign Economic Relations Coordination Headquarter
 High Council of Developing Non-oil Exports
 Iran International Exhibitions Co. Assembly
Tax Affairs
 ICC is a member of the three-people board of tax
disputes settlement
Cooperative Decade Objectives
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Increasing the number of members and participants
Introducing coops as sustainability building enterprises
Coops identity
Legal framework
Accessible capital for coops
In Iran:
Increasing peoples awareness of the cooperative
business model
Giving low interest loans
Training
Tax exemption
Youth Committee contribution
 Having an International and regional forum for the
youth to share their expertise
 Encouraging ICA member coops to appoint the young
in their managerial positions
 Participation of youth in macro economic decision
making
 Report of the improvement after training
 Encouraging governments to have youth in high
positions in the ministers conference
Introducing coops as sustainability
building enterprises
Iran’s economy:
 Governmental
 Cooperative: 13% of GDP which is going to be
raised to 25% by the end of 5-year
development plan
 Private: Article 44 of the constitution
Youth specific coops
 Science-based coops:
University graduates can establish such coops by the
help of government and ICC
Youth Committee contribution
 Building strategies to increase the level of inter youth
coop collaboration
 Holding training classes for the youth
Legal framework
Cooperative fraction In parliament:
2/3 of MPs are members
Cooperative laws in the constitution
Amendments
Youth Committee contribution
 Inter Parliament relationships encouragement
through ministers conference
 A study over the legal framework in different nations
and copying the best practices
Accessible capital for coops
 Bank Tosee Taavon (cooperative development Bank):
a specialized bank in the cooperative sector
 Investment Guarantee Fund: Guarantee up to 80% of
the coops loans from banks
Youth Committee contribution
 Establishing a joint bank by the support of ICA to
make capital accessible for coops worldwide
 Legal obstacles