Reseña

The first section brings together six academic works that analyze experiences in formal and non-formal education, training processes and educational partnerships in the cooperative sector of the Americas. These studies address, from diverse perspectives, the relationship between cooperativism and public universities, educational institutions, foundations and national cooperative education policies. The cases of Argentina, Costa Rica and Paraguay allow us to observe how cooperative education is integrated—with varying degrees of institutionalization—into teaching, research and outreach functions, as well as into strategies for sector strengthening, capacity building and empowerment of the cooperative movement.
The second section focuses on systematizing inspiring cooperative education practices in the Americas. It includes thirteen contributions that gather concrete experiences from cooperatives, federations, foundations and organizations within the cooperative ecosystem of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador and Puerto Rico, along with the conclusions of the Third Regional Event of the International Year of Cooperatives, held in Paraguay in October 2025. These experiences demonstrate how cooperative education manifests itself in diverse initiatives: from leadership training and school education to processes of institutional strengthening, pedagogical innovation and territorial coordination.
Taken together, the contributions gathered here demonstrate that education not only accompanies cooperativism, but makes it possible. It is through education that values are translated into practice, that identity is renewed generation after generation and that the movement maintains its capacity to respond creatively to the challenges of its time. This publication is, in that sense, an invitation to reaffirm education as a foundation, a horizon and a strategic commitment for cooperativism in the Americas to continue building more just, democratic and equitable futures.