A Report of the Youth Conference, London, 1969

Abstract

The first formal Conference- on Youth and Co-operatives was organised by the Internationa,l Co-operative Alliance in London on Ma;y 7th and 8th, 1969. Concern had been evident among the membership for some time that there was a need to encourage and prepare Youth for Co-operative service. This exchange of experience and opinions was, therefore, timely and necessary. Delegates from fourteen countries attended and there were guests from three United Nations’ specialised agencies arid from two international non-govemmental organisations. A list of participants is attached. A background paper, prepared and circulated by the I.C.A. Secretariat, had posed a number of questions, and several papers were supplied by member countries on their own activities in the field of Youth. A list of these papers is also- attached.