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Facilitating inter-cooperation of IT cooperatives using Odoo

Discussion Strategic

Location: Track 2 - 10/16/20, 9:35 AM - 10/16/20, 10:05 AM (+0200) (30 minutes)

Manuel C. + Sergi Alonso manuel@coopiteasy.be

Sergi Alonso

Sergi Alonso is a Barcelona resident and member of Coopdevs. He has been involved in web development and online marketing since 2004, and in the movement of Time Banks in Spain since 2009. Driven by his interest in technology and the social economy, he co-founded Coopdevs where he takes care of communications, sales and management. He is currently focussing on developing a participatory platform for cooperatives and working on IT inter-cooperation using Odoo for projects in the social economy.

Manuel C.

Manuel C. is passionate about engineering, maps and collective learning.

He joined the Brussels-based workers-cooperative Coop IT Easy in 2019.

With the help of his awesome teammates he develops modules for various interesting projects in the social economy - from cooperative supermarkets to shared housing initiatives.

Some Odoo developers are working as part of a 'worker cooperative' - a legal structure where members are employees and employers at the same time. One of the seven cooperative principles, as stated by the ICA (International Co-operative Alliance), is 'Cooperation among Cooperatives'. Let's talk about it!

This will be an open discussion to:

- Introduce the cooperative principles and look at the landscape of Odoo Cooperatives today.

- Introduce a couple of modules we've built and would like to develop in a cooperative spirit, and scout for others in the field.

- Talk and think about how we could organise such inter-cooperation on a practical level (product planning, task management, onboarding, functional documentation and e-learning).