Slide 8 of 10

Income Generation

• Cooperatives promote self-employment & can guarantee decent work
• First step out of poverty & social exclusion

Coops have the opportunity to make a real difference

Income Generation

As I see it, the first step out of poverty and social exclusion is an income generating activity. It is precisely because co-operatives promote self-employment that the difference they can make to decent work is guaranteed. We are in fact beginning to witness various co-operatives coming up in the services sector. For example, some university graduates have formed drama and other types of service co-operatives as a way of employing themselves, and it worked.

Comments or questions? Contact the COPAC Coordinator.
Posted: 17 July 2000