The phrase "a cooperative basis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a foundation or framework for collaboration between parties or individuals.
Example: "The two organizations agreed to work together on a cooperative basis to achieve their common goals."
Alternatives: "a collaborative foundation" or "a partnership framework".
"It's perfectly appropriate for us to fill this need on a cooperative basis".
Certain matters would be reserved to the "new" UK on a cooperative basis, including security and the UN seat.
The three of them are the "owners" of the band which is set up on a cooperative basis.
After Thornhill's death, in 1734, Hogarth reestablished his drawing school on a cooperative basis, and it became an important arena for artistic discussion and experiment.
The oldest and largest news agency operating exclusively in Britain is the Press Association, founded by provincial newspapers on a cooperative basis in 1868.
The Secretary shall allow recipients to act on a cooperative basis to procure rolling stock in compliance with this subsection and other Government procurement requirements.
Today, on Wednesday 27 May 2015, the OAG has seized data and documents stored in IT systems at the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) as part of a so-called "collection of evidence on cooperative basis".
We are supporting toxicity screening of high-volume industrial chemicals on a cooperative international basis through the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DEconomic Co-operation
The cooperative basis for such insights is under fire in Washington after Congress last year asserted that that Chinese spies had made off with top American nuclear secrets.
In the perilous aftermath of one of the worst financial disasters in U.S. history, one might expect credit unions -- which, after all, are mostly tiny by the standards of the banking industry and operated on a cooperative, not-for-profit basis -- to be struggling.
"We have tried to convey that our instructions from our senior leadership are to try and do everything we can to establish some basis for a cooperative approach with Russia," said a senior administration official involved in planning the talks this week.
