These seals certify the specialized training of professionals in advising cooperatives and other Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS) entities. The initiative, promoted by the Network of Cooperative Athenaeums (XAC), aims to ensure that regional businesses possess specific knowledge about this economic model.
The three recognized consultancies already held the seal and participated in the annual training to renew it. The award ceremony took place in the Plenary Hall of the Anoia Regional Council, with the attendance of Aarón Alcázar, the council's Personnel Counselor, and Jordi Torrents, coordinator of Coopsetània.
Alcázar highlighted the growing importance of ESS and the Regional Council's commitment to promoting it. Torrents, in turn, emphasized Coopsetània's role as a benchmark in promoting cooperativism and valued the seal as a key tool for facilitating the path of new initiatives.
Coopsetània works to disseminate, promote, and strengthen ESS in the region, supporting the creation of cooperatives and associations, and providing tools for the growth of existing entities. According to Iria Vives, Coopsetània's technician in Anoia, during 2026, the region led the creation of cooperatives in the Penedès region, with seven new entities (four cooperatives and three associations) through the Cooperative Athenaeum's support.
