Martin Van Den Borre
Trained in tropical and subtropical agriculture, international development, humanities and business, Martin entered the world of the social economy in the early 90’s, working on community agroforestry systems with marginalized small farmers in post-civil war context of El Salvador. He served for a dozen years as a cooperative developer in Quebec’s CDR network and for […]
Elena Badeanschi
Elena Badeanschi is a senior EU project manager with many years of experience in designing international projects on cooperative skills enhancement, participatory governance models and stakeholder engagement in the sustainable development of social enterprises and local communities. She is responsible for the international projects and relations of the Trentino Federation of Cooperation in Italy. Elena has […]
Shaun Fensom
Shaun Fensom has more than three decades’ experience working with Internet technology and in the cooperative movement. In the 1980s, Shaun co-founded Poptel, one of the UK’s first Internet Service Providers. Poptel played a pioneering role in connecting NGOs and human rights organizations worldwide. In 2001, in collaboration with the US National Cooperative Business Association, […]
Antonella Noya
Antonella Noya is Head of the Social Economy and Innovation Unit at the Center for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities. She organizes and coordinates work on the social economy, social entrepreneurship and social innovation within her department. Antonella leads the cooperation with the European Union (DG EMP, DG GROW, EEAS) in these areas of work. […]
Karine Awashish
Originally from the Atikamekw community of Obedjiwan, Karine Awashish set personal and professional goals for herself related to the cultural and identity-based affirmation of Indigenous communities. Holder of a master’s degree in recreation, culture and tourism from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) and a bachelor’s degree in business administration (from the UQAM), she is currently pursuing doctoral studies in sociology at the Université Laval. Her research interests include cooperation, social transformation and contributions of Indigenous knowledge. With […]
Paul Hazen
The US-based Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC) brings together organizations committed to building a more prosperous world through cooperatives. Paul Hazen has served as OCDC’s executive director since 2012. He recently led an OCDC initiative to form the International Cooperative Research Group, whose mission is to research, formulate and share effective strategies for the development, […]
Goran Jeras
Goran Jeras is an expert on sustainable finance, circular economy, cooperatives and development of local communities. He is currently the CEO at Echoes – a European Fairshares company behind setting up the first digital European Ethical Bank, licensed in Lithuania with ambition to manage 100% sustainable impact oriented portfolio and to provide full range of banking services to […]
Tyler Paturel
Tyler is the General Manager of Cheticamp Co-operative Ltd which is a consumer cooperative in a rural Acadian village in Nova Scotia, Canada. He has been in this role since August of 2020. Since beginning at Cheticamp cooperative he and his team have been modernizing the operations of the cooperative upgrading inventory management, accounting and […]
Jean Nolet
Jean is the general manager of Coop Carbone. He is one of Canada’s foremost experts on carbon markets and climate change issues. He also has recognized expertise in the economics of natural resources, the environment, agri-food and energy. He has been working in these fields of activity for more than twenty-five years and has known […]
Nadine Leblanc
Nadine Leblanc leads Canada’s foremost team of policy experts responsible for accelerating housing affordability through developing evidence-based policies and providing policy advice to Government. Nadine joined CMHC in 2008 as part of the Finance team leading the development of major programs in response to the global financial crisis. She subsequently held the posts of Deputy […]