Tel: +46 (0)8 447 48 03 Mob: +46 (0)70 726 48 03 Web: www.slup.se www.kic.se Slup.se c/o KIC/Coompanion Selmedalsringen 19 SE - 129 36 Hägersten (Stockholm Jan Forslund Chairman in Slup.se THE INITIATIVE OF SETTING UP SLUP.SE The CDA in the region of Stockholm, KIC (has now changed name to Coompanion), was an important coordinationg force in the projekt Slup.se The first CDA:s in Sweden were established 1985, a national association, FKU, was formed 1994. FKU/Coompanion is a Swedish association of 25 local cooperative development agencies (CDA) covering the whole of Sweden and different owners/members structures, including co-operative enterprises, associations, local governments, NGO’s and trade unions.
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The partnership had created a new and better management and development methods for small co-operatives and associations, using social auditing, a manual on public procurement, a training method for
leaders, a useful manual showing how to find financing and a manual “from voluntary association to social
business” in the welfare sector
Finally a new broad regional association was created including the biggest actors in the regional social
The support service of “social auditing” involves organisations which provides tutors/ coaches, and a national association to promote social auditing and a
network of auditors is newly set up
One of the partners in the project was the municipality of Värmdö Kommun, that worked very closely with the local
and regional social economy
The municipality is active in spreading the initiative in the region of Stockholm through the platform and also in
The actors providing the services were mainly actors in the social economy itself
The creation of the Slup.se association and the social audit organisation made it possible to establish new institutions involving key actors in the region and to