Theme 5: Learning for new cooperativism
New cooperativism often advocates a radical re-organisation of power, favouring labour and solidarity projects to create and manage common resources. How does this affect the learning and development of co-operators, and influence curricula to support co-operative entrepreneurship ? What learning and development methods (both formal and informal) contribute to effective workplace democracy? What innovations in cooperation education and curricula might stimulate youth co-operatives?
Facilitators – Nicole Goler Von Ravensberg, Marcelo Vieta
Panel Speakers – Joanna Brzozowska-Wabik, Sara Vicari, Christian Wolf
Technical Support: Rory Ridley-Duff
Theme 6: Policy initiatives and spaces for new cooperativism
What new spaces are opening for co-op development? How do crises (financial, medical) generate opportunities for new cooperativism? Should the ICA and other co-operative infrastructure bodies support new cooperativism? How can they do so? What new policy initiatives would build bridges between grassroots movement and existing ecosystems? Do existing ecosystems for co-operative support hinder and disrupt new cooperativism?
Facilitators – Mary O’Shaughnessy, Marcelo Vieta
Panel Speakers – Simon Teasdale, Gianluca Salvatori
Technical Support: Rory Ridley-Duff
