MODULE 3

Description of the module

Overview

This module will show you the Steps to creating a successful co-operation partnership including necessary formal aspects as well as entrepreneurial approach for setting up the legal and operational basis for cooperation and implementing it successfully.

This module is building up on content of module 3A.

Learning objectives (knowledge/skills/attitudes acquired)

Knowledge

• Clear idea about the necessary steps to take for setting up a cooperation.
• Clear picture of Planning and Management of successful cooperation.

Skills

• Reflecting about entrepreneurial action in specific circumstances and your own individualised situation for cooperation.

Attitudes

• Awareness for improving/ maintaining successful farming bsuiness by cooperation.
• By following the offered links to the SUMMARY REPORT and the CASE STUDIES you should further use the opportunity to compare your situation, attitude and entrepreneurial action 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 that too high or unrealistic expectations are placed on the results of the cooperation.

In any case, the chances of success in planned cooperation are essential 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)