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CHOICE FOR LEGAL FORM AND FIRST BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Step

Emergence

Skill

Group

Organised by

LochemEnergie

Cost

0.00

  • Animated by

    Tonnie Tekelenburg

  • Languages

    EN, NL

  • Goal of the MC

    To support starting ECCO’s choosing the legal form and development of first activities and businesses at low risk and capital need, member investments and high exposure. This also means to set up an adequate administration and yearly approval of budget and financial/economic evaluation. Becoming aware that first activities are en general time consuming and slow processes and that help from the local government is pivotal in the first years.

  • Targetted Group

    Board members and staff personal of established ECCO’s as well as local governments, politicians, civil servants and semi/non-governmental organisations

  • Previous Requirements

    This masterclass is developed especially for recently started citizens initiatives. LochemEnergie developed other masterclasses for starting or more experienced cooperatives towards creation and running business: 1. Awareness: A general introduction for starting initiatives: story telling LochemEnergie, including set up and initial growth with smart grid project 2. Emergence: Choice for legal form and first business development 3. Development: Relationship with (local) governments 4. Post Development: Strategic ECCO development

  • Dynamic Animation

    N/A

  • Feedback & Testimonies

    None

  • Numerical Support

    N/A

  • Case Study

    None

  • Duration

    1-2 hours

  • Localisation

    meeting room

Program

- PowerPoint presentation on legal form and first businesses
- Questions and answers from audience
- Introduction state of the art of receiving initiative
- Discussion on how to work together with local governments

Topics from the presentation of LochemEnergie:
1. Why cooperative organisation: democracy, open etc (7 ICA principles
2. Different forms of cooperatives for collective business (aansprakelijkheid)
3. Membership or clients
4. Selling collectively purchased energy
5. Collective purchase solarPV on own rooftop
6. Energy saving campaigns/working groups/activities
7. Innovative projects with experiments and living lab learning
8. Solar park development
9. solarPV on rental houses
10. electric carsharing

Contact:

Tonnie Tekelenburg

tonnie.tekelenburg@lochemenergie.net