Debate to discuss:

• Community cooperatives: what they are, why they are useful in mountainous areas, and how they can promote development, services, and social cohesion.

• Why discuss community cooperatives in the project Habitat “Seren – The Valley of Biodiversity”.

• Overview of community cooperatives in Italy.

• The situation in Veneto after the new Regional Law on community cooperatives.

• Practical testimonies:

  • Cooperative Mango Trees (San Nicolò di Comelico, BL)

  • Cooperative I Rais of Dossena (BG)

• Final debate and social aperitif.

Testimonials and debate