Tomorrow is the big kick-off for Co-cycle 2012’s youth-led bike tour across the United States to learn about and promote co-operatives. Read more in the attached press release (pressreleaseco-cycle.doc) and stay tuned for tomorrow’s story of the day from To The Moon, a documentary following their journey.
Clean Water, Cooperative Principles
Rapid urbanization around the world is greatly increasing pressure on public water utilities, meaning that getting clean drinking water and safely disposing of waste can be some of the biggest problems facing city-dwellers in developing countries. One Bolivian success story has shown how cooperatives might provide an alternative way for urban communities to get clean […]
SAGUAPAC – Cooperativa de Servicios Públicos Santa Cruz Ltda
SAGUAPAC is the largest urban water cooperative in the world, with 183,000 water connections serving the equivalent of 1.2 million people, out of a total population of 1.6 million in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Power of cooperative communication
Proyecto Coopar was created in 2009 by a group of students from different professional backgrounds. In the beginning it was a graphic design and communication initiative that worked in the co-operative sector on different projects. Since its creation the graphic design area has worked in the areas of image development, electronic programming and editorial work. […]
Associated Work Co-operative Proyecto Coopar Ltd.
We are a group of young people that know the importance of developing integrated communication products and services in the co-operative world. We have the strong sense that we are capable of shaping our own future, one step at a time.
Co-op insurance thrives in Uruguay
Professionalism, attention, cordiality, responsibility, advice, commitment, autonomy, transparency, innovation these are weighty words, but it is a heavy task that the Compañía Cooperativa de Seguros has taken on. According to its president, Sergio Fuentes, it is building a co-operative insurance business, designed to serve generations of members for years to come. Above all, when […]
COMPAÑÍA COOPERATIVA DE SEGUROS SURCO
SURCO was established as a joint effort between important Uruguayan cooperatives, supported and advised by prestigious insurance cooperatives in America and Europe. It had its beginnings in life insurance and officially began operating on 9 September 1992. SURCO inherited from its founders a commitment to the national market, shaped by more than 50 years of […]
Reversing the Trend: The Italian Social Consortium Exporting to China
In barely 10 years, the In Concerto consortium in Castelfranco Veneto has grown to become the biggest business in the area. Founded in 2002 and covering a zone with 100,000 inhabitants, the consortium has almost 1,300 employees, including over 200 with some kind of physical or social disadvantage, and provides rehabilitation services to over 1,000 […]
Consorzio In Concerto Cooperativa Sociale
In Concerto is a consortium comprised of 22 social cooperatives, 5 of which provide social services and 16 of which focus on work integration activities, plus 1 investment company for real estate acquisition for the consortium. The consortium was created in order to further unite cooperatives that had already been working together, building a network […]
Four Thousand Three Hundred Kilometers of Credit
Bounded by some of the earths most dramatic landscapes, Chile, a thin lance of land, stretches four thousand three hundred kilometers down the western edge of South America. The trembling, volcanic Andean Cordiera, home to some of the highest peaks in the world, forms the country’s eastern border. To the west, large cold Pacific Ocean […]