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União Nacional das Organizações Cooperativistas Solidárias

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Business and Industry Culture Development Disabled Persons Economics and Finance Environment Financing for Development Food Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Labour Micro-Credit Minority Rights Social Development Sustainable Development Trade and Development Water Women Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Human rights of women Women and the economy Women in power and decision-making Social Development: Cooperative Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Poverty Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Capacity-building Finance Gender equality Human settlements Information for decision-making and participation Poverty Rural Development Sustainable Tourism
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Brazil
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	WHAT WE BELIEVE? We at Unicopas understand that Cooperativism and Solidarity Economy are strategies that stimulate economic growth and reduce levels of social inequality and contribute to overcoming racial, gender and youth discrimination. We act directly with populations in social vulnerability, by contributing to the direct access to decent work and income generation. Therefore we promote a development model with sustainability and social justice. Cooperativism and Solidarity Economy promote income generation, work and a dignified life through: self-management, emancipation and autonomy. OUR COMPROMISE We work to build a more cooperative and supportive Brazil. We believe that Cooperativism and Solidarity Economy are strategic alternatives that promotes development with sustainability, equity and social justice. OUR WORK Our main area of activity is advocacy in civil society and public policies. We organize, represent and articulate cooperatives and solidarity economy enterprises to promote sustainable development. And to achieve that: - We articulate and monitor public policies and partnerships that promote the strengthening of Cooperativism and Solidarity Economy at the municipal, state and federal levels. - We seek strategic spaces for the development of cooperatives and solidarity economic enterprises, to promote the production and commercialization of products and services. - We represent cooperatives and associations of solidarity economic enterprises in councils and forums of civil society and government spaces, in national and international levels. - We support and encourage the construction of Cooperativism and Solidarity Economy protagonized by and for women and youth. OUR HISTORY The National Union of Solidarity Cooperativists Organizations (UNICOPAS) was created in 2014 with the objective of acting in the conception and strengthening of Cooperativism and Solidarity Economy in Brazil. WHO WE ARE We unite the four largest representative institutions of Cooperatives and Solidarity Economy of the country: the National Union of Cooperatives of Family Agriculture and Solidarity Economy (UNICAFES), the Central of Cooperatives and Solidarity Enterprises of Brazil (UNISOL Brasil), the National Confederation of Cooperatives of Agrarian Reform of Brazil (Concrab) and the National Union of Collectors of Recyclable Materials in Brazil (Unicatadores). We represent more than 2.500 cooperatives, productive associations and self-managed companies in the countryside and in the city, adding around 800.000 associates. Among them: family farmers, artisans, collectors of recyclable materials, rural population of agrarian reform settlements, traditional communities (indigenous, riverside communities, quilombolas and extractivists), people with psychosocial deficiency, workers of recovered companies, women, men and young people who are members of solidarity economic enterprises, urban and rural women and youth groups, among others.
Year established:	2014
Year of registration:	2014
Organizational structure:	Board: President, Vice-president,Treasurer / Financial Director, General Secretary. Fiscal Council, composed by 6 people. Administrative Bodie: General Coordination , Assessors, Administrative Coordination, Press Office, Administrative Assistant.
Number and type of members:	Number of members: 4 representative organizations of cooperativism and solidarity economy. This 4 institutions represents other 2500 cooperatives, associations and solidarity economic enterprises. In the board director: 10 people (which are represented by delegates indicated by its organizations)
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Brazil: Plataforma MROSC.
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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