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In the welfare sector particularly, new forms of cooperatives have strongly increased. At present there are approximately 4500 cooperatives in the welfare sector in Sweden. These cover cooperative childcare run by parents, schools, care of elderly, mental care, ante natal care, physiotherapy, dental services, services for the handicapped and other forms of social cooperatives.
The Government takes a very positive view of the new cooperative developments. In the past thirteen years the Swedish Parliament has allocated funds for the development of cooperatives. The money is chiefly used to contribute to financing information and counselling concerning the establishment of new cooperatives provided by 24 local development centres all over the country.
In relation to the government resources invested, these activities have been created in hundreds of enterprises at very small expense.
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Posted: 19 July 2000