cooperative

Also known as co-operative, co-operator, société coopérative, cooperative society, co-operative society, co-operatives, co-operative enterprises, cooperatives

thumb|The volunteer board of a retail consumer cooperative, such as the former Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op, is held to account at an annual general meeting of members.

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A cooperative is a business owned and controlled by its members—the people who use its services or work there—rather than by outside shareholders. It matters because members have a direct say in how the business is run, including holding the board accountable at annual meetings, which can align the business's decisions with what the members actually need.

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L’idée et la pratique d’intérêts communs organisés en coopératives - UNESCO Patrimoine culturel immatériel

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Votre navigateur n'est pas supporté par cette application. Merci d'utiliser des versions récentes de navigateurs tels que Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge ou Safara pour accéder aux interfaces 'Dive'. Une coopérative est une association de bénévoles offrant des services sociaux, culturels ou économiques aux membres de la communauté pour améliorer le niveau de vie, surmonter les problèmes communs et favoriser un changement positif. Fondées sur le principe de subsidiarité qui place la responsabilité personnelle au-dessus de l’action de l’État, les coopératives contribuent à une pratique des communautés, à travers des valeurs et intérêts communs, pour mettre en place des solutions innovantes aux problèmes sociétaux, de la création d’emplois et de l’aide aux personnes âgées à la revitalisation urbaine et aux projets d’énergie renouvelable. Tout le monde peut participer, les membres ayant également la possibilité d’acheter des actions et de participer aux décisions. Le système propose des prêts à intérêts réduits aux agriculteurs, artisans et entrepreneurs. De nos jours, un quart environ de la population allemande appartient à une coopérative. Outre des artisans et agriculteurs, les coopératives comptent 90 % des boulangers et bouchers et 75 % des détaillants. Certaines coopératives ont également été spécialement créées pour permettre aux étudiants d’acquérir de l’expérience. Les connaissances et savoir-faire sont transmis par les coopératives, les universités, la German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation, l’Akademie Deutscher Genossenschaften, les associations allemandes Hermann-Schulze-Delitzsch et Friedrich-Wilhelm-Raiffeisen.

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Origins and history
Meaning
{{anchor|Cooperative identity}} Identity
Coop principles and values
Coop Marque and domain
Cooperatives as legal entities
Cooperative share capital
Types of cooperatives
Consumer cooperative
Retail cooperative
Housing cooperative
Utility cooperative
Credit unions, cooperative banking and cooperative insurance
Community co-operative
Worker cooperative
Business and employment cooperative
Purchasing cooperative
Producer cooperative
Multi-stakeholder cooperatives
Social cooperative
SCIC
Multi-stakeholding in retailing
Categories of members
Governance
New generation cooperative
Other
Platform cooperative
Volunteer cooperative
Open cooperative
Federal or secondary cooperative
Cooperative union
Cooperative political movements
Working conditions
Wages
Stability of contracts
Workload
Internal democracy
Suggestions to improve internal democracy within a cooperative
Legal status of cooperative workers: employees or employed?
The problem of labour fraud
Suggestions to improve workers' conditions within a cooperative
Economic performance
Job productivity
Economic stability
In Europe
In North America
In the United States of America
In Canada
Cooperative financing
Self financing (social base)
Capital by members
Social loans
Cooperative resources
Gross profits
Proceeds from assets
Balance sheet assets
Financial grants
Donations
Crowdfunding
Foundations and Governments financing
Challenge grants
Lending
Concessional/Flexible Loans
Crowdlending
Social bonds
Equity investments
Direct equity investment
Financing members
Other forms of equity investments
Redistribution of profit
Capital reinvestment
Patronage refund
Dividends
Unallocated Retained Earnings, or "cushion fund"
Redistribution of losses
Make use of the "cushion funds"
Allocate the losses to the members
Job satisfaction
Women in cooperatives
Cooperatives in popular culture
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

thumb|The volunteer board of a retail consumer cooperative, such as the former Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op, is held to account at an annual general meeting of members.

A cooperative (also known as co-operative, coöperative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise". Cooperatives are democratically controlled by their members, with each member having one vote in electing the board of directors. They differ from collectives in that they are generally built from the bottom-up, rather than the top-down. Cooperatives may include: Worker cooperatives: businesses owned and managed by the people who work there Consumer cooperatives: businesses owned and managed by the people who consume goods and/or services provided by the cooperative Producer cooperatives: businesses where producers pool their output for their common benefit (such as agricultural cooperatives) Purchasing cooperatives where members pool their purchasing power Multi-stakeholder or hybrid cooperatives that share ownership between different stakeholder groups. For example, care cooperatives where ownership is shared between both care-givers and receivers. Stakeholders might also include non-profits or investors. Second- and third-tier cooperatives whose members are other cooperatives Platform cooperatives that use a cooperatively owned and governed website, mobile app or a protocol to facilitate the sale of goods and services.