PEAC

PEAC was a European project co-financed by the Europe for Citizens programme in 2011. The project idea was born from a path of collaboration established between Sern and some member cooperative associations. Given the opportunity provided by the European Community, Legacoop Parma enthusiastically joined the Sern proposal. The project consisted of job shadowing experiences targeted at members and leaders of the cooperatives or advisers. The partners gave advise to cooperative professionals. The exchange took place during the first half of 2011 and consisted of five days of job shadowing in each country. During the exchange, the national and European legislation within which cooperatives operate and the associations and cooperatives’ organisational settings, were discussed. The host cooperatives assigned a local tutor to the hosted colleagues, involving them in the daily work activity. The themes of observation included: the organisation of the work, relations between the organisation and its members, relations with the stakeholders, best practices applied within the cooperatives, financial and administrative aspects. Each participant was asked to fill in an observation form about these particular themes.