CONTENTS
SUMMARY
The following sixteen cooperatives were either interviewed or completed longform surveys to generate the content for much of this toolkit. Thank you to all those who participated! Their contributions will benefit countless cooperative youth in their cooperative practice.
- Albanyan CICS (Nigeria)
- Alchemy Collective Cafe (USA)
- Comite Regional de Juventud (Americas)
- Gencisi (Turkey)
- Grren Campus Cooperative (Canada)
- ICA A-P Youth Committee (Asia-Pacific)
- ICA Youth Committee (Global)
- Knowledge Worker (Denmark
- La Ventanilla (Mexico)
- Master Minds Producer Cooperative (Botswana)
- Red Root Artists' Cooperative (Philippines)
- Repaired Nations (USA)
- Sheffield Student Housing Cooperative (UK)
- Vio.me (Greece)
- Woodcraft Folk (UK)
- Youth Cooperative Hub (South Africa)
ALBANYAN CICS
Type, Industry: User, Savings
Country, Region: Nigeria, Africa
- Youth Status: All Youth
- Established: Unknown
- Activities: Provider of loans to members, vendor of household items
- Key Issues: Structure & Participation, Education & Training, Relationships of Solidarity, Cooperative Development, Social Transformation
ALCHEMY COLLECTIVE CAFE
Type, Industry: Worker, Retail & Wholesale
Country, Region: USA, Americas
- Youth Status: All Youth
- Established: 2010
- Activities: Full-service cafe and coffee roaster
- Key Issues: Structure & Participation, Member Transition, Leadership, Relationships of Solidarity, Cooperative Development, Conflict & Crisis, Capital
COMITE REGIONAL DE JUVENTUD
Type, Industry: Network, Governance
Region: Americas
- Youth Status: Only Youth
- Established: 1997-2007
- Activities: Youth Committee of the Americas region of the International Cooperative Alliance
- Key Issues: Structure & Participation, Education & Training, Relationships of Solidarity, Cooperative Culture
GENCISI
Type, Industry: Worker, Service
Country, Region: Turkey, Europe
- Youth Status: Mostly Youth
- Established: 2014-2018
- Activities: Project and consultant agency for the social and solidarity economies
- Key Issues: Structure & Participation, Relationships of Solidarity, Relationships of Coercion, Cooperative Development, Conflict & Crisis, Cooperative Culture, Social Transformation
GREEN CAMPUS COOPERATIVE
Type, Industry: Multi-Stakeholder, Retail & Wholesale
Country, Region: Canada, Americas
- Youth Status: All Ages
- Established: 2011
- Activities: Retailer and wholesaler of fairtrade cotton garments
- Key Issues: Member Transition, Education & Training, Leadership, Relationships of Solidarity, Relationships of Coercion, Capital, Social Transformation
ICA A-P COMMITTEE ON YOUTH COOPERATION (ICYC)
Type, Industry: Network, Governance
Region: Asia-Pacific
- Youth Status: Only Youth
- Established: 2000-2006
- Activities: Youth committee of the Asia-Pacific region of the International Cooperative Alliance
- Key Issues: Member Transition, Leadership, Relationships of Coercion, Cooperative Development
ICA YOUTH COMMITTEE
(fka GLOBAL YOUTH NETWORK)
Type, Industry: Network, Governance
Region: Global
- Youth Status: Only Youth
- Established: 2002-2013
- Activities: Youth committee of the International Cooperative Alliance
- Key Issues: Member Transition, Leadership, Relationships of Solidarity, Cooperative Development, Capital
KNOWLEDGE WORKER
Type, Industry: Worker, Service
Country, Region: Denmark, Europe
- Youth Status: Mostly Youth
- Established: 2011
- Activities: Consultant agency for sustainable enterprise development
- Key Issues: Structure & Participation, Member Transition, Education & Training, Relationships of Solidarity, Relationships of Coercion, Capital, Cooperative Culture, Social Transformation
LA VENTANILLA
Type, Industry: Worker, Service
Country, Region: Mexico, Americas
- Youth Status: All Ages
- Established: 1996 & 2007
- Activities: Restorer of mangroves in a coastal watershed; guide and educator for tourists and researchers
- Key Issues: Education & Training, Relationships of Solidarity, Relationships of Coercion, Cooperative Development, Cooperative Culture, Social Transformation
MASTER MINDS PRODUCER COOPERATIVE
Type, Industry: Producer, Agriculture
Country, Region: Botswana, Africa
- Youth Status: All Youth
- Established: 2017
- Activities: Vegetable and poultry farmers
- Key Issues: Structure & Participation, Relationships of Solidarity, Conflict & Crisis, Capital, Cooperative Culture
RED ROOT ARTISTS COOPERATIVE
Type, Industry: Worker, Service
Country, Region: Philippines, Asia-Pacific
- Youth Status: All Youth
- Established: 2008
- Activities: Multimedia artists and designers of print and digital media, as well as interactive spaces (e.g. museums)
- Key Issues: Structure & Participation, Member Transition, Leadership, Relationships of Solidarity, Relationships of Coercion, Cooperative Development, Conflict & Crisis, Capital, Cooperative Culture, Social Transformation
REPAIRED NATIONS
Type, Industry: Multi-Stakeholder, Service
Country, Region: USA, Americas
- Youth Status: All Ages
- Established: 2018
- Activities: Pan-African support network for cooperative enterprise and community development
- Key Issues: Education & Training, Leadership, Relationships of Solidarity, Cooperative Development, Capital, Social Transformation
SHEFFIELD STUDENT HOUSING COOPERATIVE
Type, Industry: User, Housing
Country, Region: United Kingdom, Europe
- Youth Status: All Youth
- Established: 2015
- Activities: Common equity affordable housing cooperative for affiliates of local university
- Key Issues: Member Transition, Education & Training, Leadership, Conflict & Crisis, Capital, Social Transformation
VIO.ME
Type, Industry: Worker, Manufacturing
Country, Region: Greece, Europe
- Youth Status: All Ages
- Established: 2011-2013
- Activities: Manufacturer of natural and ecologically friendly cleaners and soaps
- Key Issues: Structure & Participation, Member Transition, Education & Training, Leadership, Relationships of Solidarity, Relationships of Coercion, Conflict & Crisis, Capital, Cooperative Culture, Social Transformation
WOODCRAFT FOLK
Type, Industry: Multi-Stakeholder, Service
Country, Region: United Kingdom, Europe
- Youth Status: All Ages
- Established: 1925
- Activities: Cooperative education and empowerment organization for children and youth
- Key Issues: Education & Training, Leadership, Relationships of Coercion, Conflict & Crisis, Cooperative Culture, Social Transformation
YOUTH COOPERATIVE HUB
Type, Industry: Multi-Stakeholder, Service
Country, Region: South Africa, Africa
- Youth Status: Only Youth
- Established: 2019
- Activities: Education and advocacy organization supporting cooperative enterprise and community development
- Key Issues: Structure & Participation, Relationships of Solidarity, Relationships of Coercion, Cooperative Development, Conflict & Crisis, Capital, Social Transformation