Coop Service
A - DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE
A1 - Title in original language
Kooptjänst
A2 - Title in English
Coop service
A3 - Location of GP (national)
Sweden
A4 - Location of GP (regional)
Östergötland /East Sweden
A5 - Economic field of activity
Q Human health and social work activities
A6 - Ultimate purpose of GP
To practically facilitate or enable social enterpreneurship
To improve social cohesion/inclusion
To create or conserve employment
A7 - Spatial scale
Regional (large scale)
A8a - Start date
A8b - Anticipated end date (if applicable)
A9 - Short description of the GP
Kooptjänst assist in the launch of new social workers cooperatives and allows them to operate as part of the cooperative. As company the solve the common issues of administration, finance, human resoursces, education and professional development of the included cooperatives. If demanded Kooptjänst also manage real estate and property, cooperate on procurement and coordinate purchasing and marketing.
A10 - Key words relating to the GP
A11 - Objectives of the GP
Promote the economic interests of all cooperatives included and create good conditions for sustainable businessses that can grow and develop.
A12 - Activities that have taken place
A13 - Achievements of the GP Since start up ?
cooperatives have evolved with approximatly 35 emploees dec 2012
B - IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY
B1 - How has the GP impacted on the following?
B1a - Legal/financial exclusion
Neutral impacts
Any other comments?
B1b - Creation or conservation of local employment
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
35 people has been employed
B1c - Adaptation to new realities
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
The targetgroup are loong term unemployed and owerall these people have adapted to and created their new realities.
B1d - Cross sectoral working
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
Cooperation between municipalities and volontary sector has evolved. Improvments can still be made towards goverment services such as the unemployment servise.
B1e - Enablement of social enterpreneurship
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Dec 2012 ? New cooperatives have evolved.
B1f - Amenities for local people
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
Local services has evolved and the local demand are the core for developing the buissnesses
B1g - Educational opportunities
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
Short term education has been provided. A task for the futur is toconect towards formal adult education.
B1h - Crisis response
Neutral impacts
Any other comments?
B1i - Local financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Locally - for companies within Kooptjänst - a finacial fond has evolved. An important overall aim are to develop and influence locally, regionally and nationally so that there will be finacial solutions for work integrated social companies in the future
B1j - Local policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Positive impacts
Any other comments?
As the company evolved they have shown that social economy and especially Work integrated social companies can make a differens for unemployed people. The power of good experience has definatly higligted the issu both on a municipal and regional level.
B1k - National financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?
B1l - National policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?
C - PARTNERSHIPS & GOVERNANCE
C1 - Is the governance of this GP fully inclusive?
Beneficiaries are highly involved in governance
Comments and learning points
C2 - How influential has this GP been on local or national decision makers?
Reasonable degree of influence achieved
Comments and learning points
C3 - How much partnership work has been involved?
Some cross sectoral partnership working
Comments and learning points
D - PR & TRANSFERABILITY
D1 - Please describe how the GP communicated its experience and success to the public
D2 - Please describe how the GP communicated with local or national decision makers?
D3 - Are there any elements of this project that you think would transfer particularly well to other contexts?
E - RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY
E1a - Total annual income of GP 2011/12
E1b - How is this made up?
E1c - Details of human resources
E1d - Details of technology
E1e - Details of financial investment for start-up/early stage
E1f - Details of external support
E2 - If public funding were withdrawn, could the GP continue to exist?
F - EXECUTIVE BODY AND CONTACT INFORMATION
F1 - Who set up the GP?
F2 - Who runs the GP?
F3 - Short description/comments
F4 - Contact
Organisation
Address
Country
Telephone
E-mail
Website
Any other contact people
G - SUPPORTING INFORMATION
G1 - Photos (between 1 & 3)
G2 - E documents
G3 - Any other useful information