Summary
- Profile Type
- Research & Development Request
- POD Reference
- RDRES20251008004
- Term of Validity
- 13 October 2025 - 13 October 2026
- Company's Country
- Spain
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- The cooperative hub aims to share knowledge with other cooperative groups, academic or research centres, and local governments, with the purpose of strengthening local and regional development initiatives and the creation of social market based on the values of the social and solidarity economy. They also seek to share projects in the areas of eco-social transition, responsible consumption, and support for cooperativism.
- Full Description
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ECOS SCCL is a cooperative group of 16 cooperative companies based in Barcelona, Catalonia, that offer an alternative to the current socio-economic model, based on the values of the Social and Solidarity Economy.
Over the last 15 years, a movement promoting a different way of consuming, saving, working and doing business has emerged and developed strongly in Catalonia as a civil society initiative.
One of the commitments of this socio-economic sector in Catalonia is to share resources, particularly workspaces, enabling economies of scale, access to other resources, promoting inter-cooperation dynamics and generating physical benchmarks that highlight and demonstrate the socio-economic alternatives that exist in our territories.
ECOS SCCL, as a cooperative hub in the city of Barcelona from 2011 to the present, has been one of the promoters of the Network of Cooperative Hubs and the Social and Solidarity Economy in Catalonia (2021) and the Spanish Network of Cooperative Hubs (2023).
With this proposal, we want to strengthen the Cooperative Hub and the Social and Solidarity Economy of the city of Barcelona by seeking inter-cooperative alliances with other European experiences. We are interested in sharing inter-cooperative strategies as a vector for growth, consolidation and generation of cooperative wealth, as governance models.
Furthermore, ECOS SCCL's partners have specialised knowledge in a wide range of services and are able to effectively support the eco-social transition of social and solidarity economy organisations and SMEs. For this reason, we have designed a comprehensive Eco-Social Transition Service for this type of organisation. We are interested in exploring inter-cooperative alliances with other European initiatives in the field of eco-social transition for SMEs. - Advantages and Innovations
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ECOS SCCL has been building up experience since 2011 in generating territorialised cooperative inter-cooperation projects (Cooperative Hubs and cooperative ecosystems) and in offering comprehensive services to organisations in the field of eco-social transition.
We are a cooperative group with a wide range of knowledge and experience among our members:
• In administration and team management, we can support change in governance models.
• In production, we can help improve waste management, reduce consumption and switch to social market suppliers.
• In economic and financial management, we can promote the use of ethical and cooperative finance.
• In the commercial area, we can assist with communication methods and social market orientation.
• In logistics, we can contribute to the eco-design of spaces and the use of social market suppliers.
We are an active member of the Solidarity Economy Network of Catalonia, Reas – Alternative and Solidarity Economy Network of Spain, and FCTC – Federation of Worker Cooperatives of Catalonia. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
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We are looking for:
- European organisations or social enterprises with experience in cooperative and Social and Solidarity Economy territorial development.
- European organisations or social enterprises with experience in implementing eco-social transition services for SMEs.
- European organisations or entities with experience in leading European projects in the fields of the Social Economy and eco-social transition. - Stage of Development
- Under development
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 1: No Poverty
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- Goal 4: Quality Education
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Goal 10: Reduced Inequality
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- IPR status
- No IPR applied
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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ECOS SCCL is seeking cooperative partners, partners in the Social and Solidarity Economy, local government, research centres and universities with experience in:
- the field of cooperative territorial development and the Social and Solidarity Economy
- implementing eco-social transition services for SMEs
- leading European projects in the fields of the Social and Solidarity Economy and eco-social transition
And with the aim of sharing knowledge and ideas for inter-cooperation. - Type and Size of Partner
- Other
- SME 11-49
- University
- R&D Institution
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Call details
- Framework program
- Access to finance
- Call title and identifier
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Erasmus+, ESF+, EYE - the company is open to explore any opportunity
- Coordinator required
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Yes
- Deadline for EoI
- Deadline of the call
- Access to finance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 10002006 - Ecology
- 11006 - Citizens participation
- 11002 - Education and Training
- 11003 - Information and media, society
- 11001 - Socio-economic models, economic aspects
- Market keywords
- 07005006 - Other consumer services (including photo processing)
- 06003008 - Other alternative energy
- 07006 - Other Consumer Related (not elsewhere classified)
- 09003005 - Consulting services
- 06010002 - Energy for the community/public sector
- Sector Groups Involved
- Proximity & Social Economy
- Targeted countries
- Afghanistan
- Aland Islands
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antarctica
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bouvet Island
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Territory
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Pitcairn
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Republic of the Congo
- Reunion
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Barthelemy
- Saint Helena
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor Leste
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wallis and Futuna
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe