TRAINING ACTIVITY
Coopcamp aims to develop and implement a learning path conveying knowledge on cooperatives, their values, functioning and set-up.
Cooperation
Main focus of Coopcamp is the cooperative enterprise as an ethical alternative to other forms of entrepreneurship.
gamified approach
Coopcamp uses gamification techniques to help pupils and students to develop capabilities in the field of cooperation.
The Coopcamp project
Coopcamp is a project funded by the European Commission – DG Grow and promoted by REVES, the “European Network of Cities & Region for Social Economy”, in collaboration with 13 partners from 5 different European countries. The project aims to promote the values and culture of the cooperative enterprise.
Coopcamp project
A training tool for cooperation
Coopcamp seeks to improve knowledge about the cooperative enterprise model and related competences among high-school students, with a particular attention to students from scientific and technical schools. In particular, young students should be put in a position to understand the peculiarities of the cooperative enterprise model and how to set up and manage a cooperative.
Indeed, the cooperative model is rarely a “first choice” for youngsters – even for those holding relevant technical skills and competences. Increasingly, youngsters access rather precarious forms of employment and join cooperatives only as a last choice, in the event of industrial crisis. Yet, the cooperative enterprise model is particularly suitable for youngsters, as it focuses on personal capabilities rather than the availability of capital.
Mutuality, Democracy, Entrepreneurship….
Discover the principles of cooperation!
Coopcamp - Objectives
In order to achieve the general objective, the Coopcamp project pursues the following specific objectives:
Enhance capabilities
of the traditional education system to mainstream cooperative-related content into teaching curricula.
Implement a learning process
mixing face-to-face education, online learning and internship experiences in existing cooperatives.
Pilot the "Coopcamp"
education process at regional and local level in a relevant number of different regional contexts (12) from different countries (5), embedding it in existing teaching and learning processes.
Simulate a European Cooperative
set up jointly by youngsters from 5 different countries, so as to mainstream the European value(s) of cooperative entrepreneurial model.
Promote networking
among young students and schools to act as a multiplier of the “Coopcamp” learning process, in order to generate a genuine European learning process, facilitated by the use of the digital learning platform.
The COOPCAMP Partnership at a glance
