The document discusses three topics: 1) The success of cooperatives in Argentina with 30,000 cooperatives across all economic sectors employing over 13,000 workers in 311 recovered companies. 2) The global cooperative movement involves 1 billion members worldwide and provides 250 million jobs according to CICOPA. It also notes the youth employment crisis with 73.4 million unemployed youth. 3) The youth statement from Quebec raises aspects to consider such as what economic model is needed, understanding democratic participation, and better organizing to increase youth participation.

2. TOPICS
1)The situation of the co-operatives in
Argentina
2)A vision of the global co-op movement
3)The Youth statement - Quebec

3. 1) THE SITUATION FOR CO-OPERATIVES IN ARGENTINA
40 MILLION PEOPLE
30 THOUSAND CO-OPERATIVES
ALL THE ECONOMICS AREAS
311 RECOVERED COMPANIES / 13.462
WORKERS

4. 2) A VISION OF THE GLOBAL CO-OP
MOVEMENT
 Cooperatives in the world gather 1 billion
members
 CICOPA study: co-ops provide 250 million
direct and indirect jobs.
 Youth employment crisis: There are 1.2 billion
young people of which 73.4 million are
unemployed (12.6%) the highest ever. 15.8%
neither study nor work (ILO)
 The Alliance Youth Network

5. 3) THE YOUTH STATEMENT - QUEBEC
Aspects that invite us to go deeper:
- What type of economy do we need and
want?
- How do we understand democratic
participation?
- How do we organized better ,and enlarged
youth participation?