The Future of Digital Cooperatives

A webinar by [[Common Wealth]].

Recording here: The Future of Digital Co-ops: How policy can help scale the sector - YouTube

Misc Notes

Some things needed that would help grow coops, digital ones in particular:

• Public procurement via coops
• Policy to support the growth of co-ops
  • its skewed towards setting up traditional businesses right now
• Education to promote coop model
  • you don't learn about coops in business school
• Political will
  • someone in power needs to care about and support coops
• Relationship between coops and unions
  • a bit strained at times
  • unions come at the problem from below
  • politicians come at the problem from above
  • cooperatives come at the problem from below
• Federation and internationalisation will help
  • Resource sharing between coops around the world