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https://www.facebook.com/UCooperativadeColombia/?locale=es_LAThe Cooperative University of Colombia is an Auxiliary Institution of Cooperativism and Solidarity Economy since its foundation in 1958. In recent years, from the Institute of Social Economy and Cooperativism (INDESCO), we have been building a university ecosystem for solidarity entrepreneurship and social innovation where valuable connections are generated between local and international actors. Research, teaching and community engagement dynamics are combined with the purpose of developing ideas that contribute to the reality, theory and movement of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), seeing it as a booster for sustainable development.
Regarding teaching, three competencies have been defined to educate our students: TO BE active citizens, TO KNOW the Social Solidarity Economy and TO ENTREPRENEUR in the Social and Solidarity Economy.
In respect of research, there are several interdisciplinary research groups and projects related to topics such as public policies, management, gender perspective, sustainable and local development, family farming and impact measurement. We also take an active part in national and international academic research networks.
Concerning community engagement, we have been working on solidarity entrepreneurship and social innovation through different courses and practices. We also have created the Rymel Serrano Uribe award as one of the initiatives to encourage new associative business and to contribute to the organizational strengthening of existing Social and Solidarity organizations.
As the ecosystem has matured, flows between one university function and another have increased, interdisciplinary work teams have strengthened, and international alliances and public recognition have grown up.
