Workshop 1 Co-operative Development Overseas - Elisa Terrasi - Ways Forward Conference 3

1. Friday, January 23, 2015
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Ways Forward 3:
A New Era for Co-operative Development
A state-of-the-art of the worker
cooperative movement
development

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Worker cooperatives
Social cooperatives
Self-employed producersINDUSTRY
SERVICES
CRAFT

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94.88% of them are SMEs
28,293 disadvantaged workers
…A world phenomenon that is much wider:
estimated at least 80,000 cooperative and16 million
employed people worldwide

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Professional,
scientific and
technical activities
Construction
Trade & Repair
Community services
Manufacturing

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A quick development over the last 2 decades
Strong resilience to crisis (…in spite of some losses, especially
in the bulding sector in Europe)
700 groups have been reported throughout the
world: a growing trend?
A huge development of services to citizens and the community
Growth of new and innovative sectors
Access to finance: still a big obstacle

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MICRO-LEVEL MESO-LEVEL MACRO –LEVEL
What are the ingredients of sustainable development?
Sustainable employment
Quality of services
Representativeness and participation of
stakeholders
Capital accumulation
Knowledge retention
Longevity of the enterprise (resilience and
intergenerational transmission)
Clustering and
networking
(economy of
scale)
Environmental efficiency
Social needs and social protection
Informal to formal economy

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And others…

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ELISA TERRASI
Development and Studies Officer
elisa.terrasi@cicopa.coop
www.cicopa.coop