Start.CareCoop - A step-by-step tool to start-up a care cooperative - Training guide

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Start.CareCoop is a training guide that adapts Start.COOP into a peer-learning, activity-based approach for establishing care cooperatives. It supports care workers and interested organizations to understand how care provision can be organized through cooperative models, while drawing on ILO technical content related to the care economy, cooperative formation, and gender-transformative decent work. The guide outlines stakeholder contexts and cooperative types connected to care services.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatPDF

Pages148

Reading Time52 min

AccessFree to download

About Start.CareCoop

Aim and target users

Methodology and learning approach

Care provision through cooperatives

Examples of care-related cooperative models

Related institutions and organizations

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FAQs

What is Start.CareCoop designed to help with?

Start.CareCoop helps people understand and potentially form a care cooperative, using a cooperative model for providing care services.

What learning methodology does the guide use?

The guide uses peer-learning and an activity-based methodology.

What sources does Start.CareCoop draw on?

It draws on ILO technical content related to the care economy and cooperative formation, aligned with COOP/SSE and GEDI initiatives.

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