The Québec Federation of Forestry Cooperatives gather and represent, in shared interest areas, the totality of forest workers cooperatives, worker-shareholder cooperatives and solidarity cooperatives present in the forest sector of Québec.
Its mission is to create favourable conditions to cooperative development in order to furnish, ensure and create stable and rewarding jobs to the members of the forest cooperatives' network and facilitate the maintenance and development of the enterprises and the network of Québec's forestry cooperatives, in all the province's regions. Its being realized through the following actions:
To best ensure dialog amongst members and in a fashion to know well their needs, FQCF gathers cooperative representatives in different working groups on recurring or ad hoc specific topics. It also represents forest cooperatives in a numerous boards or committees of forest communities and cooperatives.
Also, through its newspaper, Le Monde forestier, its members are offered a source of information addressing forest cooperatives issues, both in the forest or the cooperative sectors.
At present, with its 38 members, FQCF makes up the majority of forest cooperatives operating in Québec, in all the province's regions. Indeed, Federation's members account for approximately 98% of the total business of forest cooperatives excluding minority shareholders. In 2008, these cooperatives pooled 3,000 members, created jobs for approximately 3,700 individuals and generated revenue totalling over $225 million.
An 11-member board of directors sets the direction for the FQCF. It is composed of cooperative representatives throughout Québec and from every sector of cooperative activity. FQCF holds an annual meeting that provides a source of motivation for the movement and the opportunity to publicize its existence.
