This report is the result of a research project funded by the Lottery Grants Board through the Lottery Community Sector Research Committee, into the impact of the oneCO-OPERATIVE initiative of the Cook Islands Development Agency (CIDANZ).
The aim was to conduct a literature review of international best practice community co-operatives, to review historical Cook Islands approaches to co-operative enterprise (via case studies), and to undertake a participatory action research process to investigate, describe and document CIDANZ’s model of co-operative enterprise. In CIDANZ’ own words, “we plan to unlock the wealth of what we have, and focus on our strengths, rather than on the challenges and on what we lack.”