Vancouver Co-operative Radio, CFRO, 100.5FM is a non-commercial, co-operatively-owned, listener-supported, community radio station. Located in the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Co-op Radio is a voice for the voiceless that strives to provide a space for under-represented and marginalized communities. Co-op Radio aims to increase community participation by encouraging examination of the social and political […]
Flor de Nicaragua
The Flor de Nicaragua project began in November 2011 with the objective of strengthening women-owned businesses particularly in textiles, artisanry, and food production. It began working with women involved in the MyDEL (Women and Local Economic Development) project and with those working with Cospe and Chinantlan, eventually forming the network La Flor de Nicaragua with […]
National Auditing Union of Workers Co-operatives (NAUWC)
Established on 14th November 1991 as a successor of an organisation liquidated during the political transformation in Poland, NAUWC associates production and service co-operatives and cooperates also with social co-operatives. Moreover, the Students Development Cooperative Fund belongs to NAUWC. The statutory activities include auditing, training and archiving documents and are conducted through Regional Offices located […]
Breaking Free From Deep-Rooted Sexism
Founded by nine young unemployed women in 1990 in Scalea, a pretty town along the Calabrian coast, the Idea 90 social cooperative quickly became a local leader in childcare provision. It now works with public authorities and many businesses in the local area to provide a range of services, mostly for children (nurseries, summer schools) […]
Idea 90
Idea 90 is a social cooperative founded in 1990 in Scalea (Calabria), Italy. It quickly became a leader in providing socio-educational services for children. For over 20 years it has worked to alleviate problems faced in the region and in 2010 Idea 90 served as the voice of the third sector in discussions regarding planning […]
Small savings, big development for farmers in northern Uganda
Small savings, big development is the motto of Koboko United Cooperative, a savings and credit co-operative (SACCO) in northern Uganda, an area that is still recovering from the effects of civil war. One of the best SACCOs in the West Nile region, its nine employees serve 2780 members. Established in 2003, Koboko SACCO is addressing […]
GoCoop
GoCoop is an organization dedicated to socio-economic development of co-ops and self-help groups (SHGs) through technology innovation. In this endeavour, GoCoop.com is a web-based global collaboration platform for Co-ops which helps them connect, collaborate and co-operate. The GoCoop.com platform leverages information and communication technology and enables cooperative organizations to communicate and collaborate with their members […]
The Hub Trentino Soc. Coop
The Hub is a global community of people and spaces supporting social innovation; The Hub Rovereto is part of this network. It is a cooperative set up 2 years ago with the aim of adapting the Hub model to an area which is not metropolitan (Trentino). The Hub Rovereto is made up of a community […]
The Consultant Squad
Like a team of super heroes, the members of the Lluke coop respond to the needs of communities and cooperatives throughout Chile. Each member of the consulting group offers their own individual expertise and creative problem solving skills. Their work focuses on energy saving and community improvement and results in job growth and more socially […]
Lleku
Lleku is a workers cooperative employing an open working and multidisciplinary relationships space, that seeks to innovate positively in the environment in which we develop our work through the joint efforts of partners and collaborators. Participation and collaboration are our central values, which guide and encourage our work.