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...
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 initiative, lead by the University of Cantabria and Santander International Entrepreneurship Centre, promotes the cooperative entrepreneurship spirit to improve European high school and university students The ECOOPE (Entrepreneurial Cooperative Experience) partners met in Santander to discuss the future guidelines of this project co-funded by the...
Now that we know what is a co-operative, we want to go a bit further and explain, as short and sweet as possible, the types of co-operatives. It’s important to point out that co-operatives are a unique species inside the contemporary economic environment. They are...
