ECOOPE, a project co-funded by the European Union that intends to spread cooperative entrepreneurship as a viable tool for European youth, is proud to present the "Ecoope Toolkit", an online library of guides and resources on cooperative entrepreneurship teaching developed by the ECOOPE consortium. The pack will prove...
After spending one month at different European co-operatives, the students have pitched their solutions to the companies. The initiative is part of the EU co-funded ECOOPE project, which fosters the generation of new business models based on social economy. Santander, March 23 2018.– Today the University...
If you still don't know what ECOOPE is, you are going to learn a bit more about this EU co-funded project in the following posts. After our week at Valnalón teaching the co-operative values to secondary students from Portugal and Spain, the ECOOPE Higher Education pilot...
Day #5 - The final challenge The last day of the ECOOPE pilot finally came: the work we did through the week was shown today - we reflected the teamwork spirit very well! Prior to presenting our ideas we had some time to make final adjustments and...
Day #4 - Hardwork and fun Our fourth day at the ECOOPE pilot at Valnalón was hard: First we had to do some more prototyping (v 2.0), then we had the expert panel feedback and with that feedback we did some more prototyping (v 3.0) -...
Day #3: Prototyping or "DIY" day On the third day we learned how design thinking can help us find new ways to solve problems: trying to help an astronaut drink some juice while seating was a challenge: we had to use cardboard paper, scissors and build...
Day #2: Call me "team" First we were explained what social economy is and then ASATA (Social Economy and Labour Companies Association in Asturias) posed the co-operative challenge for the week: how could we introduce co-operatives to secondary students like us. We met the mentors and were...
January 22 was a very important day for ECOOPE: we launched our first pilot training programme in co-operative entrepreneurship with 23 secondary students from Portugal and Spain (EBS Pinheiro, Colegio Nossa Senhora da Bonança and IES Cuenca del Nalón). They wanted to share their views...
This first pilot training programme will take place from Jan 22 to 26 in Asturias (Northern Spain) and will promote the co-operative entrepreneur mindset of Secondary Education students through innovative dynamics to improve their employment prospects. The initiative is part of the ECOOPE Project, co-financed by...
The EU co-funded project ECOOPE is soon launching its exclusive pilot training programmes for University students across Europe. Thanks to ECOOPE (Entrepreneurial Cooperative Experience), 15 students or recently graduated students will be able to join a 5-week experience, working in a multicultural, multidisciplinary team and solving...
