MODULE 3

Description of the module

Overview

This module should provide you with a clear idea which steps are necessary for setting up a cooperation. CASE STUDIES will provide further opportunity to compare your specific situation, attitude and entrepreneurial action with other farmers in other countries.
This module is complemented by module 3B.

Learning objectives (knowledge/skills/attitudes acquired)

Knowledge

• Clear idea about the necessary steps how to create a successful co-operation/partnership
• Clear picture of identification of needs, definition of a particular area, important factors when looking for a partner

Skills

• It reflects entrepreneurial activity in specific circumstances and individualized situations in the cooperation process

Attitudes

• Awareness for setting up successful farming business by cooperation
• By clicking the links to the SUMMARY REPORT and CASE STUDIES, you should also take the opportunity to compare your situation, attitudes and business events with other farmers and other countries.

Recap

The formation of the cooperation should be planned and executed on schedule. A cooperation plan makes sure you have the right expectations about the joint project to follow. The plan should also avoid setting too high or unrealistic expectations for the results of the cooperation.
In any case, the chances of success in planned cooperation are essentially better than cooperations due to spontaneous decisions.
The cooperation plan should describe a possible way of forming cooperation, important steps as well as a meaningful order of implementation.
The plan should only be a guide and aid for orientation. The details will be individually developed, decided and implemented.

A cooperation plan envisages the following stages of cooperation and its implementation:

• Stage 1: Preparation of the cooperation (see module 3a)
• Stage 2: Forming the cooperation (see module 3a and module 3b)
• Stage 3: Implementing the cooperation (see module 3b)