Online Course on Cooperative Cultural Entrepreneurship
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Accredited by Mondragon University.
Cooperative Cultural Entrepreneurship is a training course of 1 year of duration for emerging arts professionals who want to create new cultural businesses framed in the solidarity economy and cooperativism.
How do we do it?
This 5-weeks-long online course on Cooperative Cultural Entrepreneurship offers an introduction to the notions of co-op businesses in the arts and culture. This short course targets emerging arts professionals who want to situate themselves and their cultural practice in the solidarity economy, entrepreneurship and cooperativism.
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The course is cooperatively designed and run by Travelling U and accredited by Mondragon University combining experiential and project-based learning.
- Duration: 5 weeks
- Dates: From the 23th of March to 26th of April 2026
- Dedication: Self-paced learning content and online 90-minute-long synchronous meetings. Approximately 4 hours of dedication per week.
- Format: Online
- Language: English
- Enrollment fee:
Early bird Admission phase: 499€
How do we do it?
METHODOLOGY
Cooperative Learning Methodology
This pedagogy is team-oriented, fosters learners’ self-leadership and critical thinking, encourages cross-cultural learning and situates learners’ interests in the centre of the learning process.
Each course has a detailed text with an introduction to the topic, learning objectives and an assignment. The course is composed by:
_A curated list of learning materials (articles, books, videos, etc.)
_Weekly assignments
Weekly synchronous online meetings lasting for 1 hour each
_A final personal project presentation
The course is divided in 5 Weeks
The whole course can completed at your own pace, except for the face-to-face online meetings, which will be pre-scheduled. To successfully complete the course, participants are required to attend a minimum of 80% of these online meetings. The readings, weekly assignments and final assignments will be self-paced by each learner, and the weekly online meeting will be facilitated by the team of educators.
- 1st WEEK_Introduction to the program, team & concept of Cooperative Entrepreneurship in the Arts
_Cooperative and solidarity economy values
_Cooperative team practices - 2nd WEEK_Introduction to "making money" - Demystify artists as starving artists or sellouts
_Speculative brainstorming for creating business ideas respecting planetary boundaries
_Mapping value chain system of the arts - 3rd WEEK_Introducing a Cooperative Business Model Plan
_Product market fit
_Case study analysis - 4th WEEK
_Cooperative governance & leadership
_Agile methodologies and team-oriented working dynamics
_Case study analysis - 5th WEEK_Branding and communication
_Pitching and presentation
_Final project presentation
_Providing Feedback
Network
The participants joining the Postgraduate in Cooperative Cultural Entrepreneurship will be able to:
About
Travelling U
Travelling U is an educational cooperative that designs cross-cultural learning experiences based on three main pillars: collaborative learning, human-centred leadership and cooperative entrepreneurship. Travelling U co-founded and is an active collaborator in the Mondragon Team Academy World (MTA), an international network gathering currently 2500 team entrepreneurs and young change leaders all over the world.Â
About
Mondragon University
Mondragon University is a non-profit cooperative university in the Basque Country, established in 1997. It belongs to the MONDRAGON Corporation, with a clear human vocation and a commitment to our environment, society and time. Mondragon University embodies cooperative values in its function, learning methodology, and decision-making processes.Â
About
MTA
Mondragon Team Academy - MTA - is an international community of +2.500 team-entrepreneurs co-creating a global network of social innovation ecosystem Labs.
The purpose of MTA is to create an international community of passionate teampreneurs blooming to create radical positive impact glocally, together.
About
The Team
Oihane Amurrio (she/her)
Artist, educator and cultural entrepreneur specialized in the field of cooperative entrepreneurship in the arts. Oihane is the Lead Programme Developer in Cultural Entrepreneurship at Travelling U.Â
Caroline Woolard (she/her)
Artist, educator, writer and community organizer. Caroline is co-founder of Art.coop; and co-author of the books Making and Being, (Pioneer Works, 2019), Art, Engagement, Economy (onomatopee, 2020), and TRADE SCHOOL: 2009-2019.
Ana Aguirre (she/her)
Co-founder and worker-owner at TAZEBAEZ S.Coop, and Global President of the Youth Network and Youth Representative on the Board of the International Cooperative Alliance.Â
More about Mondragon University
How to apply?
To apply, simply complete your payment through our website. Once the payment is confirmed, you will receive an email with all the next steps and detailed instructions to continue the process.
Please make sure to check your inbox (and spam folder) after completing the payment. Our team will guide you through each step by email.