The Catalan Confederation of Cooperatives

Mission

The Catalan Confederation of Cooperatives brings together, leads and represents the cooperative movement in Catalonia. It is the highest organ for dialogue with the policy makers. It unites, promotes and raises awareness of the cooperative model in accordance with the cooperative principles of the International Cooperative Alliance.

Vision

The Confederation of Cooperatives of Catalonia promotes and guarantees an image that highlights the values of the cooperative movement. These values make co-operatives an integrative, open, transformative and sustainable economic and social model.

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Values

The Catalan Confederation of Cooperatives bases its work on the following shared values: cooperation, autonomy, cohesion, participation, feminism and ties to the whole Catalan territory. These values, shared and socialized, complement the cooperative principles, as well as its commitments and intentions linked to social responsibility.

We are a non-profit business organization bringing together the federations of cooperatives in Catalonia.

Adding our forces together, we multiply our capacities

Members

The Catalan Confederation of Cooperatives is made up of the five federations of cooperatives in Catalonia, each with its own structure, history and particularities. These bring together different cooperative branches that cover all economic sectors, as well as the entire territory of Catalonia.

Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of Catalonia

They represent, promote and support the agricultural and rural cooperative sector

Agricultural cooperatives bring farmers together. These are companies that produce, process and sell quality food and represent a large part of Catalonia’s agri-food production. Agricultural cooperatives guarantee the origin, quality and traceability of their products, that in many cases are protected by Protected Designations of Origin or Geographical Indications.

They cover productive a diverse range of sectors such as olive oil, wine, cava, rice, fruit, nuts, carob, vegetables, livestock, milk, honey, herbaceous crops, feed and live plants.

Casa de l’Agricultura, Ulldecona, 21-33, 3a pl.
08038 Barcelona
Tel: 932 260 369
fcac@fcac.coop
https://www.cooperativesagraries.cat

Federation of Consumer and User Cooperatives of Catalonia

They represent, promote and defend consumer cooperatives and consumer rights

Consumer cooperatives aim to attend to the specific needs of their members by way of equitable and democratic self-organization. The final objective is to provide goods and services to its members, whilst guaranteeing information and their rights as consumers.

Consumer and user cooperatives are multisectoral. Currently there are consumer cooperatives in various economic sectors ranging from food distribution, cultural and educational materials, basic utilities such as water, energy and/or or telecommunications, care services, citizen and neighborhood management, education, and distribution.

Carrer de Premià, 15 2a
08014 Barcelona
Tel: 933 01 20 20
cooperativesdeconsum@fccuc.coop
http://cooperativesdeconsum.coop

Federation of Teaching Cooperatives of Catalonia

They represent and defend teaching cooperatives

Teaching cooperatives promote a secular, plural, active, humanist school model integrated in the values of a Catalan society. This model teaches students to participate voluntarily and democratically, and gives great importance to working together.

They are present at all levels of the formal education system.

Carrer de Premià, 15 1a
08014 Barcelona
Tel: 93 332 43 26
info@escolescooperatives.cat
https://escolescooperatives.cat

Federation of Housing Cooperatives of Catalonia

They promote the right to housing and housing as a social good rather than a commodity, promote the cooperative model, and represent and defend the interests of housing cooperatives

The struggle for decent and accessible housing for everyone and its function as a social good at the service of people, was the origin of housing cooperatives. Now more than ever, this is an important priority for them. Another important point is to work towards this in conditions of co-responsibility and management transparency based on community values and mutual aid.

Carrer de Premià, 15 1a
08014 Barcelona
93 488 21 38
info@habicoop.cat
http://www.habicoop.cat/

Federation of Worker Cooperatives of Catalonia

They bring together, lead and represent worker cooperatives

The goal of worker cooperatives is to provide jobs to their members, organising their personal and direct efforts to produce goods or services. This is a business model in which economic and business objectives are integrated with social objectives. This way, the growth of the sector is based on employment, social equity and equality.

This branch of cooperativism is multisectoral and has both a reactive and a proactive component. It both responds efficiently to employment needs and helps business proposals emerge in new sectors.

Carrer de Premià, 15 1a
08014 Barcelona
93 318 81 62
federacio@cooperativestreball.coop
https://www.cooperativestreball.coop

Governance

The governing bodies of CoopCat are the General Assembly and the Board of Directors. The General Assembly is comprised of all the members of the boards of each of the federations of cooperatives in Catalonia. The Board of Directors is comprised of one representative of each federation, either the president or another representative appointed by the federation board.

The Board is the governing body of CoopCat, elected by the General Assembly. The Board is comprised of one representative of each federation and reflect the diversity of the cooperative movement.

The Board works to visualise the cross-cutting nature and wealth of the cooperative movement and to become a lever for socio-economic change. To carry out this task, it is organized in strategic pillars structured in areas or committees, assigning one responsibility to each member federation.

Areas of work

REPRESENTATION

EDUCATION

COOPERATIVE NETWORKS

COMMUNICATION

Moreover, the operational staff is responsible for developing and executing the tasks assigned by the Board. The team is comprised by the general director who performs management tasks and four other staff members who perform technical, communication and administrative tasks.

Functional organisation chart

Board members

President: Guillem Llorens i Gragera

Co-president of the Federation of Worker Cooperatives of Catalonia, worker member of the cooperative SEPRA SCCL. Responsible for the area of Representation.

Vice president: Marta Rebollar i Candela

President of the Federation of Teaching Cooperatives of Catalonia, worker member of the teaching cooperative Felisa Bastida-Petit Món SCCL. Responsible for the area of Education.

Secretary: Jordi Rojas

Member of the Federation of Consumer and User Cooperatives of Catalonia, president of the cooperative Opcions SCCL. Responsible for the area of Communication.

Vice secretary: Ramon Sarroca i Capell

President of the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of Catalonia, member of the cooperative Almenar Fruits SCCL. Responsible for the area of Cooperative networks.

Spokesperson: David Guàrdia i Mascó

Member of the Federation of Housing Cooperatives of Catalonia, coordinator of the housing model and advocacy area of Sostre Cívic SCCL.

Regulations of application and statutes
CoopCat is governed by Law 12/2015, of July 9, on cooperatives. Specifically, the entity is regulated in Title II, of the federations and the Confederation of Cooperatives of Catalonia, articles 145, 146 and 148. Law 4/2008, of April 24, of the third book of the Civil Code of Catalonia, relating to legal entities. Otherwise, the statutes mark the internal functioning of the organizations.

Corporate social responsibility
The 2006 General Assembly of the Confederation of Cooperatives of Catalonia approved the organization’s social responsibility policy. This policy involves the expression and adoption of a series of intentions and commitments linked to social responsibility that are integrated into the core of the action strategy of the Confederation of Cooperatives of Catalonia. Likewise, the Confederation of Cooperatives of Catalonia has a CSR manager who ensures compliance with this social responsibility policy, elaboration of processes that derive from it, and the evaluation of its results.

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