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...
Santander, June 4 2018. - The Co-operative Entrepreneurship Experience - ECOOPE - project, which recently launched its good practice guide of Co-operative Entrepreneurship Education programmes, is getting ready for its final dissemination event in Santander (northern Spain) next June 21 and 22. The two-day conference, entitled: "Co-operative...
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...
"I have learned to think “H2H”, human to human: to take my time when talking with people and stakeholders. This is key to open the door towards new knowledge and a better, more empathetic business".- Samuele Verucchi Our participants in the ECOOPE pilots, all from very...
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...
The pilot training programme will start off with a one-week specialised training course at CISE (Santander International Entrepreneurship Centre) within the University of Cantabria, and will be followed by a one-month stay at different European co-operatives. This initiative is part of the EU-confunded ECOOPE project, which...
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 #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...
