Introduction of social economy and rehabilitation of the cooperative system supporting rural development in Montenegro

The actions made were divided by the partners into three levels: 1. legislative support relative to a general law and other relevant laws on cooperatives for rural development; 2. capacity building (macro, medium and micro level): training and support for institutions, CSO involved and potential entrepreneurs; 3. dissemination and awareness: development and distribution of information material, the dissemination of results to stakeholders, conference on cooperatives, the design of a road map; Confcooperative Puglia has handled the actions of capacity building through the transfer of high levels of professionalism and strategic skills on co-operative subjects. Two junior experts UCM (Union of Cooperatives of Montenegro) were hosted in Italy to create a learning "on the job", which was then returned to representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture. After that two experts of Confcooperative Puglia have provided training to entrepreneurs from Montenegro