Technological sovereignty and digital transition to cooperatives
At a time when digitization dominates practically all areas of business management, the entities of the Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS) are faced with a crucial challenge: how to digitize without losing autonomy or coherence with its values.
The massive use of proprietary platforms and tools controlled by large corporations can bring efficiency, but it also brings risks: technological dependence, loss of control over data and limitations in the personalization of processes. For cooperatives this may conflict with the principles of transparency, participation and collective management.
It is in this context that the technological sovereignty it becomes a strategic imperative: to have control over the tools we use, to be able to manage information securely, and to ensure that technology reinforces cooperative values, rather than constraining them.
With this background reflection, from Coòpolis we offer training “Digital transition and free tools for cooperative management”aimed at SSE entities that want to move towards a sustainable and autonomous management model. It will take place on April 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., online.
During the session, in charge of Coopdevsparticipants will learn to:
– Understand digitization as a strategic processbeyond simple technical application.
– Discover free and safe alternatives to conventional private tools, which guarantee control and autonomy.
– Centralize the organization’s management — sales, projects and invoicing — with Odoo ERPfacilitating comprehensive and collaborative management.
This training does not only provide concrete tools: it is an invitation to rethink the way how cooperatives interact with technology and to take advantage of digitization to strengthen its collective and sustainable essence.
If you want your cooperative to be more efficient, safe and true to its valuesdon’t let this opportunity pass you by. The digital transition with free tools is not only possible: it is a bet for the future of ESS.
