In an apparent context of exit from the economic crisis of 2008, unexpected and surprising economic phenomena appear, unfold and develop, new models of production, organization and exchange of goods and services that in a much more horizontal, communitarian and self-managed way, point to an evolution of the traditional economy, based on the STATE-MARKET binomial, towards a Shared Economy or Common Good. Thus, what has been named Sharing Economy is a new concept that actually houses different concepts and business models and exchange, and that extend the traditional concept of Social Solidarity Economy. These emerging economic initiatives and business models require new skills, both for their development and for their management: renewed management methods, capacities to produce functionality, goods and services focused on the use and needs of people. Evolve the training programs of the Universities to this new business and economic reality, incorporating new content to train and train students capable of developing and managing this new type of business and economic initiatives is the goal to which the INICIA project aims to contribute, through the development of a course of "Specialization in Management of Collaborative Economic Initiatives and Social Economy", in order to improve the skills of their human resources and prepare them to face the challenges of these new economic models.The project will be carried out with the support and collaboration of European and Argentine universities that have experience in this subject.The main products of the project will be the creation of a Specialization Course, which will be taught in a first edition to 420 students and will be replicable at a regional level.
The INICIA Project’s Strategic Objective was to contribute to the adaptation of the curricula of Central American Universities, in relation to the new forms of economic organization linked to the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and the Collaborative Economy (CE), in order to improve the skills of their human resources and prepare them to face the challenges of these new economic models, by the desing and implementation of a Specialization Course in SSE and CE in Latin America.
In the last decade an unexpected economic phenomena appear and develop, new models of production, organization and exchange of goods and services in a much more horizontal, communitarian and self-managed way -point to an evolution of the traditional economy. These emerging initiatives requires new skills, so INICIA Project aims to involve LA Universities to this new economic reality, incorporating new content through the development of a course of Specialization, in order to improve the skills.
<< Background >> In the last decade an unexpected economic phenomena appear and develop, new models of production, organization and exchange of goods and services in a much more horizontal, communitarian and self-managed way -point to an evolution of the traditional economy. These emerging initiatives requires new skills, so INICIA Project aims to involve LA Universities to this new economic reality, incorporating new content through the development of a course of Specialization, in order to improve the skills. << Objectives >> The INICIA Project’s Strategic Objective was to contribute to the adaptation of the curricula of Central American Universities, in relation to the new forms of economic organization linked to the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and the Collaborative Economy (CE), in order to improve the skills of their human resources and prepare them to face the challenges of these new economic models, by the desing and implementation of a Specialization Course in SSE and CE in Latin America. << Implementation >> The working methodology established for INICIA was collaborative, where partners, through sub-working groups, shared discussion spaces for the purpose of generating knowledge and developing activities to achieve the Project's objectives. These working groups were led by the activity coordinator and supervised by the general coordination TEC and the Steering Committee. Three working groups were formed to act as guides and references on their subjects: Management Support, Quality, Dissemination. << Results >> The main result of the project was the development and implementation of the first program in Central America in the subject of Social and Solidarity Economy and Collaborative Economy. Other products:•14 institutions in Latin America have developed and implemented the SSCE specialization program•458 people from different social settings, certified in SSE and CE•51 professors were trained as facilitators of SSE and EC trainings in Latin America•84 innovative initiative projects in SSCE