Webinar: Scaling up cooperatives in rural areas

Webinar: Scaling up cooperatives in rural areas

Register for the webinar here

🕐 11 February 2026, 10.00–11.30 (CET)

Last day to register is February 9th.

Organisers

Ruralia Institute at the University of Helsinki (Finland) and Coompanion (Sweden).

Who is this webinar for

• Social entrepreneurs in rural areas.
• Co-operative business advisers.
• Civil servants who want to promote social entrepreneurship.

Language

English.

About the webinar

Many rural cooperatives struggle to scale up, which causes many challenges. For example, it is difficult to build up professional competence or attract new people if the business remains very small and raising finance for investments might be difficult without existing funds or guarantees.

In this workshop, we discuss the challenges of and potential solutions to scaling up. The session begins with a presentation of recent research on the scaleup of rural cooperatives. This will be followed by a discussion and sharing of experiences on the topic to find solutions to the challenges.

Join our international webinar to get inspired, learn about recent research enterprises and network with other rural cooperators.

Speakers

• Taneli Vaskelainen, Ruralia Institute at the University of Helsinki.
• Faciltators from Coompanion.

Welcome!