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Youth Cooperatives for Youth Employment
byJuergen Schwettmann
International Labour Organization
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The Social Economy
Many names ….
Social Economy, Solidarity Economy, Community Economy, Popular Economy, Social and Solidarity Economy, Social Enterprise, Social Economy Enterprises, Third Sector, Non-Profit Sector, Economic Alternatives, etc., etc.,
Common features ….
• Primacy of people over capital;
• Participatory management, democratic control;
• Solidarity and responsibility
• Focus on local assets, needs and capabilities.
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Actors
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Facts and figures
• 750.000 cooperatives with 800 million members and 100 million employees;
• 141 cooperative insurance collect 7% of the world’s insurance premium;
• 248 million of the 360 million EU-15 citizens are involved in the social economy, which contributes 8% to the Union’s GDP;
• There are 62.000 foundations in the EU-15;
• Associations in the EU-15 have 40 million members and 3 million employees;
• The 43.000 credit unions represented through WOCCU are supported by 136 million members and control about 825 million US-$ in assets.
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Coops create jobs
Consumer CoopsJapan: 58,000
Coops in SouthAfrica 280,000
Coops inIndia: 13.8 million
Coops inBrazil: 300,000
Canada70,000
Coops in WesternEurope: 5 million
Coops in Ethiopia 90,000
Consumer CoopsRussia: 727,000
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Common Goal, CommonBond
… invest together … negotiate together … innovate together … work together
... capital … power … ideas … skills
Whereindividualsmay lack
Cooperativemembers
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Why Youth Cooperatives?
• Because young people are eager to work and live together;
• Because young people are ready to pool resources and share risks;
• Because young people uphold values and principles;
• Because young people fight for social justice.
• Because young people cooperate.
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Example 1: Marang Cake, Bread and Catering Cooperative, South Africa
• Started in the year 2000 by four skilled, but unemployed youths who discovered a market niche;
• Support received from various agencies, mainly for capacity building;
• Now 14 members who earn a decent salary; the cooperative now provides advisory services to 14 emerging youth cooperatives in the area;
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Example II: Organic Planet Cooperative, Canada
• Founded by five youths in 2003 as a workers’ cooperatives in the premises of a consumer cooperative that closed business;
• Received support from the local credit union after presenting a viable business model;
• Now has seven members and nine employees, who will become members after a probationary period; the coop has reached the break-even point and can pay decent wages.
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Example III:Youth Cooperatives in Serbia
• Exist since 1938; today, there are 300 youth coops with 200,000 members in Serbia & Montenegro;
• Unemployed youth register with the coop, which then tries to find a suitable short-term post in a private company or the civil service;
• About 25% of youth find a permanent job;
• All coop members are covered by social security.
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Lessons learned
• Have confidence to start your coop;
• Establish strong ties with the community;
• Welcome support, but not interference, from others;
• Understand and apply the cooperative principles;
• Be prepared to make sacrifices.