A large number of Finnish business leaders and researchers appeal to the Ministers of Education and Culture to include the cooperative businesses model more strongly into the Finnish school education. The reason for this, is the common concern that the business and economic model represented by cooperative companies is now very poorly reflected in the education system.
Understanding of what cooperation is and what cooperatives are has clearly become more widespread in recent years. It is primarily due to the improved communication of cooperative businesses themselves, not school education. Still, the vast majority (64%) of the Finnish population say they are fairly poorly or not at all familiar with cooperation.
What is a cooperative? This question is now being answered by six popular Finnish social media influencers, each with their own style. The pioneering campaign aims to awaken young people aged 16 to 25.
In the future, it will be easier for Finns to log in to digital services instead of managing different IDs, or relying on the systems of Facebook and Google, when a national digital identification service by The Finnish Authentication Cooperative is introduced to the Finnish market.
Do you need information about how to start a cooperative in Finland? Pellervo Coop Center’s guide “How to Start a Cooperative” is available now.
The Society’s Commitment to Sustainable Development is a key instrument for implementing the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Finland.
Pellervo made an umbrella commitment in 2019 and has challenged all cooperatives to join it with their own operational commitments and to increase diversity and equality in their activities.
The biggest challenge for the cooperative movement is that the business model is not sufficiently known. At the request of Pellervo Coop Center, Kantar TNS surveyed the attitudes of Finns aged 18-30 towards cooperatives and collaborative entrepreneurship.
