Localise West Midlands (UK) has been researching how localised and community economic development can be integrated into the mainstream to help create more successful, socially just and diverse places.
Partnerships are often assumed to be a necessary, and indeed an intrinsically useful, component of CED. But partnerships can be difficult to maintain and sometimes can constrain effective CED. This case study examines data from SEED Winnipeg, a non-profit organization active in asset-building and business development (among other programs), about what makes partnerships effective and what makes them ineffective.
3ci Director Tessa Hebb and Research Associate Roopal Thaker have just released a detailed report on how not-for-profit organizations view their partnerships with business. Drawing on extensive interviews with not-for-profit organizations, this report was commissioned by ESDC, Government of Canada and explores both the challenges and opportunities these partnerships offer.
Public interest in cooperatives has surged since the global financial crisis, as people cry out for an alternative to business-as-usual. In spite of their many benefits for individuals, businesses, and society, however, cooperatives are not well understood in the United States. The field of worker co-op development is just beginning to create the infrastructure and knowledge base needed to increase its scale and impact.