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Coonfcooperative Emilia Romagna October 2015 emiliaromagna@confcooperative. it

«A Co-operative is an association of persons united voluntarly to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations though a Jointly-owend and Democratically-controlled enterprise» International Co-operative Alliance Manchester, 1995 The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

Cooperatives in the world In Europe 123 million members 160. 000 cooperatives 5, 4 million workers The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

COOPERATION IN ITALY Cooperative Members Workers Revenue (mln €) Confcooperative 20. 000 3. 000 545. 000 61. 000 Legacoop 14. 000 8. 700. 000 470. 000 57. 000 AGCI 7. 800 440. 000 25. 000 8. 000 The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE CO-OPERATIVE SYSTEM IN EMILIA ROMAGNA ITALY October 2014 The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

CONFCOOPERATIVE EMILIA ROMAGNA Confcooperative Emilia Romagna is the regional branch of the ITALIAN CO-OPERATIVE CONFEDERATION (One of the associations that represents cooperative enterprises in Italy) The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

The mission of Confcooperative • To represent the economic interests of its members • To provide services • To promote cooperative values: social values, mutual aid, solidarity The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

REPRESENTATION OF INTERESTS Identification and organization of interests Research of social legitimacy Lobbying (research of favourable conditions) The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

SERVICES PROVIDED – Lobbing and Industrial relations – Stipulation and management of collective contracts • SPECIALIZED SERVICES – Accounting – Management consulting – Marketing – Fundraising – Training The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

POLICY PROMOTION CO-OPERATIVE START UP LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS GOVERNANCE OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SYSTEM The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF COOPERATION Cooperative enterprise, unlike corporations and other type of enterprise, have the principle of “self”: each member, in fact, takes the direct management of activities in which he is involved. In cooperatives the nominal value of each share can’t be less than 25 € or more than 500 €. Where the law provides otherwise, no shareholder in the cooperative societies can have a share of more than 100. 000 €, or as many shares whose nominal value exceeds that amount. With regard to the reserves one must distinguish between legal reserves, which are never divided, and other reserves, wheather provided by statute, and therefore obligatory, or the result of a choice made by directors and shareholders (“voluntary reserves”). In any case the reserves of any kind, in mutual cooperatives, are always “indivisible” among the cooperative members. The “property” is an exclusive availability of the cooperative and may not be distributed to shareholders even in the event of dissolution (transgenerationalbility of the cooperative)

COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES Voluntary and open membership Democratic member control – one member/one vote Member economic partecipation Autonomy and indipendence of the cooperative Education training and internal information Cooperation among cooperatives Commitment to the community The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES • “A cooperative is a group of people pursuing common goals, economic, social and educational services through entrepreneurship” (Charles Gide, 1847 -1932, french cooperator). • The cooperative is asked to be effective not only as a company, but also as a small community. • The cooperative enhance the ability of each member, satisfying the needs for economic, human and cultural growth The desire to set up a cooperative is given by the identification of a common need and by the determination to satisfy it by self-management and best use of economic and personal resources of members. The diversity of purpose distinguishes cooperatives among them, puts them in fields or areas of activity, according to its purpose and the economic sector that undertake. The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE STRUCTURE OF THE Confcooperative Emilia-romagna Confcooperative Emilia Romagna is organized in nine autonomous PROVINCIAL UNIONS PC RM RA FC PR Confcooperative Emilia Romagna RE MO FE BO The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

Confcooperative Emilia Romagna is organized internally in different SECTORAL FEDERATIONS BANKING HOUSING FEDERATION FISHING FEDERATION TOURISM AND SPORT FEDERATION AGRIBUSINESS FEDERATION HEALTH FEDERATION SOLIDARITY FEDERATION LABOUR AND SERVICES FEDERATION CONSUMERS’ FEDERATION MUTUAL FEDERATION The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE BUSINESS SYSTEM The cooperatives of Emilia Romagna: 1. 675 companies 274. 778 members 72. 324 employees 13. 032 million Euros in revenue The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE BUSINESS SYSTEM 437 AGRICULTURAL cooperatives The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE BUSINESS SYSTEM 24 FISHING cooperatives 67 HOUSING cooperatives The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE BUSINESS SYSTEM 446 PRODUCTION, LABOUR and SERVICE coops The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE BUSINESS SYSTEM 437 SOCIAL SOLIDARITY cooperatives SECTORS OF INTERVENTION A) – Social services People with disabilities, minors, elderly, marginalized, drug addicts, B) - Job placement All production and service sectors The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE BUSINESS SYSTEM 182 CULTURAL AND TOURISM cooperatives 46 CONSUMER cooperatives The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE BUSINESS SYSTEM 30 HEALTH FEDERATION 6 MUTUAL FEDERATION The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna

THE BUSINESS SYSTEM 1. 675 TOTAL COOPERATIVES The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

THE BUSINESS SYSTEM 20 COOPERATIVE CREDIT UNIONS (and 350 bank branch) The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

Education and training www. irecoop. it IRECOOP Emilia-Romagna is the vocational training agency of Confcooperative Emilia Romagna, created in 1979 to meet the training needs of the regional cooperative system. IRECOOP offers a wide range of training programs designed to meet the requests of members, managers and employees of cooperatives regionally. The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

Education and training MAIN FIELDS OF ACTION • Education and Training – training, refresher and specialization courses; vocational training; • vocational guidance; • Co-operative Education; • Tailored training activities; • Research – on co-operative skills need; • Transnational projects – participation in European Projects, organization of workshops on internationalization opportunities, study visits abroad for co-operative managers and employees. The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

Workers 1997 - 2014 Year Workers 1997 2002 2007 2010 2014 32. 272 42. 756 55. 783 70. 453 72. 324 workers The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

Members 1997 - 2014 1997 Year Members 2002 2007 2010 2014 258. 576 258. 657 254. 615 278. 844 274. 778 members The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

Revenue 1997 - 2014 Year Revenue (million) 1997 2002 2007 2010 2014 5. 902 7. 792 11. 059 12. 559 13. 032 revenue The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

Cooperatives 1997 - 2014 Data for course 1997 2002 2007 2010 2014 Cooperatives 1. 653 1. 865 1. 853 1. 778 1. 675 cooperatives The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

Cooperatives trend 1997 – 2014 1997 AGRIBUSINESS 2002 2007 2010 2014 712 653 541 494 437 43 44 32 41 46 LABOUR AND SERVICES 297 460 512 463 446 HOUSING 187 173 152 138 67 LEARNING SPORT AND TURISM 192 202 195 176 182 14 16 18 22 24 194 306 386 411 437 HEALTH AID 26 30 MUTUAL AID 14 15 17 7 6 1. 653 1. 869 1. 853 1. 778 1. 675 CONSUMERS FISHING SOCIAL SOLIDARITY TOTAL The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

Workers trend 1997 – 2014 1997 2002 2007 2010 11. 533 14. 162 15. 738 17. 758 17. 895 740 851 1. 033 1. 018 971 13. 237 17. 316 23. 537 31. 782 32. 057 HOUSING 142 153 181 149 46 LEARNING SPORT AND TURISM 721 904 1. 067 1. 405 1. 580 81 80 72 90 94 5. 718 9. 273 14. 105 17. 944 19. 292 HEALTH AID 301 371 MUTUAL AID 10 17 50 6 6 32. 182 42. 756 55. 783 70. 453 72. 324 AGRIBUSINESS CONSUMERS LABOUR AND SERVICES FISHING SOCIAL SOLIDARITY TOTAL The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy 2014

Revenue trend 1997 – 2014 1997 AGRIBUSINESS 2002 2007 2010 2014 4. 053 5. 120 7. 240 8. 433 8. 948 CONSUMERS 514 759 1. 133 902 918 LABOUR AND SERVICES 977 1. 414 1. 926 2. 019 2. 061 HOUSING 97 130 173 152 36 LEARNING SPORT AND TURISM 42 61 77 90 93 FISHING 29 26 31 35 45 187 280 475 670 738 HEALTH AID 256 191 MUTUAL AID 1, 5 2 3 2 2 5. 902 7. 792 11. 058 12. 559 13. 032 SOCIAL SOLIDARITY TOTAL The Confcooperative System in Emilia Romagna - Italy

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