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Cooperative Business Network
CBN Partners

 		  

The best opportunity for
cooperatives to be profitable

The truly cooperative alternative
 “A non-structure structure”

The Cooperative Business Network is established as a network in order to avoid the burden of costs and bureaucracy of a traditional organization.

The network is based upon the cooperative values and principles such as:

  • Ethics

  • Social responsibility

  • Sustainability

  • Consumer orientation

  • Quality management

  • Environmental care and efficiency

  • Gender and generation over-bridging

  • Competence

  • Business specialization

  • Sound finances

  • Transparency

Partners

A partner of CBN is a primary or secondary level cooperative active in the agricultural sector. An individual partner continues to run its own business but adds the dimension of cooperation within the network. A CBN partner may take the market responsibility of an area or a product representing the whole network.

Cooperative Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina / coordinating function collects and distributes information in order to support marketing and purchasing activities of the network.

Areas for CBN business coordination

  • Purchasing

  • Marketing

  • Sales

  • Export

  • Logistics

  • Processing

  • Packaging

  • Label

  • Brand name

thus strengthening

  • Quality control

  • Resource saving

  • Cost efficiency

  • Environmental care

CBN Partnership Agreement


A CBN partner

  • Is responsible for its own business as well as contributes to CBN activities.

  • Appoints its representatives for CBN meetings.

  • Provides CBN coordinating function with information.

  • Takes part in competence development organized by CBN.

  • Acts as a segment coordinator on behalf of CBN.

Cooperative Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina / coordinating function Is responsible for the expansion of CBN.

  • Compiles and analyses information received.

  • Distributes information to the CBN partners.

  • Proposes CBN activities.

  • Elaborates, implements and follows up CBN activities.

  • Organizes competence development for CBN partners.

  • Supports contacts with international and domestic development organizations.