Consultancy
and support
for transforming
our lives, our work
and our territories.
ACTION
Ekintzakoop is an action-oriented initiative with the aim to support projects and local ecosystems that form part of the transformative social economy network.
— Services
Strategies for transforming the local socio-economy
We work to foster cooperative ecosystems and local collective, transformative actors , enabling public–community–cooperative
strategies. Among these, the Herri Kooperatibak (Community Cooperatives) stands out.
Promoting cooperativism
We help create cooperative entrepreneurship and support programmes. We also facilitate the consolidation of projects, as well as generational handover of administration of collective projects and the conversion of companies into cooperatives. To do this we draw on methodologies such as KoopFabrika.
Advanced project management
Every project faces a range of diverse challenges over the course of its life. Ekintzakoop offers advice on managing these challenges at an advanced level, especially in regards to legal and regulatory matters, economic viability and financing, intercooperation and scalability, and communication and digitalisation.
Knowledge,
systematisation
and research
Action generates new knowledge and, at the same time, that new knowledge also drives us to action. We work in this field in several ways: training and awareness-raising around cooperative culture, the creation of strategic plans , and territorial and sector-based assessments.
How we work and what we work on
We place great importance on the process and its steps when taking on any project. Our process includes analysis, strategic roadmapping, direct and personalized intervention, and practice-based entrepreneurial research.
Our society faces a wide range of challenges, across every domain of sovereignty. Our contribution focuses mainly on the following areas: care and cooperatives for everyone; technology and digitalisation; food and agriculture; communication; energy communities; retail and hospitality.
Work, territory, people, cooperativism, communities, feminist economy, intercooperation, support, processes, liveable times, mutual care, critical thinking, emancipation, trust, desirable futures, sovereignties, networks, anti-racism, learning and educating, lives, built from below in each individual town.
COOP
Ekintzakoop is a secondary cooperative, currently made up of three cooperatives: Lakari, Talaios and TaPuntu.
Lakari Kooperatiba Elkarte Txikia
A cooperative of six women based in Zarautz, set up in 2015 to promote sustainable and heañthy models of food consumption. Lakari runs a shop and a kitchen where it offers daily menus as well as seasonal gift baskets and bespoke catering for events. It is one of the founding cooperatives of Olatukoop. But Lakari is more than a shop. It advises on projects linked to food sovereignty and takes part both in its local Errigora group and in the Biolur association.
Talaios Kooperatiba
A cooperative based in Orereta-Errenteria, founded in 2012 and made up of eight people, which builds networks grounded in a logic of collective empowerment. It specialises in consultancy for cooperative projects, development based on free technologies (software and hardware), and training. It is one of the founding cooperatives of Olatukoop. As well as training and advice on communication technologies, it works on development built around free-software tools. Since 2024 it has helped run Errenteria’s Torrekua project through the TEKS association, advancing technological sovereignty.
Tapuntu Kooperatiba Elkarte Txikia
A cooperative based in Usurbil, established in 2015 and made up of six people. Its main activity is supporting companies, institutions and associations from a communications and strategic perspective. It also provides strategic support and training for projects and processes. Its offering falls into three strands: strategic communication, training and intercooperation. It has been an active member of Olatukoop since 2016. Tapuntu is also a co-founder of Beterri Saretuz, an association that works to advance the Transformative Social Economy in the Beterri-Buruntza district, and of Markalariak, an association of communication agencies working in the Basque language.
