Below are a list of tools that could be useful for the development of youth coops. If you know of others, share them with us!
Full Curriculum
Cooperative Spring: A CoopYouth Toolkit
This toolkit is not a step-by-step guide to start a cooperative, as many of those already exist. Rather, it is a living reference guide for youth cooperators at various stages of cooperative practice, exploring key issues that face youth while starting, maintaining, and developing their cooperatives.
Collecting Ourselves: A cooperative entrepreneurship curriculum
A series of workshops, it is something you have to *do* in a group, not just read or watch. Created by the Kris Olsen Traveling Cooperative Institute (TCI).
Start.COOP
Created by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), this is a Step-by-step tool to start up a cooperative - Training Guide.
Available in English, Spanish, French, Romanian, Turkish, and Portuguese.
Think.COOP
Created by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), this is an orientation on the cooperative business model.
Available in English, Spanish, French, Romanian, Turkish, and Portuguese.
Business Development
- GYF2020 Session: Innovative Business models with Cooperative Values. An activity of the ICA-EU Partnership.
- GYF2020 Session: Bootstrapping: Building a cooperative from the ground up with nothing but combined personal savings, talent and belief in an audacious goal. An activity of the ICA-EU Partnership.
Marketing
- GYF2020 Session: Community of the Mind, Communications and Entrepreneurship. An activity of the ICA-EU Partnership.
- GYF2020 Session: Pitch Perfect: Top tips for a Successful Media Engagement Strategy. An activity of the ICA-EU Partnership.
Financial Literacy and Bookkeeping
This topic depends on regional and country specificities. The Ye! Community (www.yecommunity.com) is a global community of youth entrepreneurs between the ages of 15-35 powered by the International Trade Centre. They have a number of e-learning courses and tools such as how to create a logo, organise finances, etc. Become a member by clicking on the link to access the tools and trainings. They plan to implement coop specific e-learning courses in the coming year.
Management
- GYF2020 Session: Co-operative Leadership Bootcamp. An activity of the ICA-EU Partnership.
- GYF2020 Session: Project Management – An introduction. An activity of the ICA-EU Partnership.
Other Resources
Coopedia Knowledge Base is an open source software functioning as a collaborative search engine for resources on cooperative entrepreneurship. Coopedia Knowledge Base has been developed by Cooperatives Europe and funded as an activity under the ICA-EU Partnership (#coops4dev).