Still relatively unknown to the general public, the collective interest cooperative societies - SCIC - numbered 735 at the end of 2017 and are growing by 20% per year. They bring together all the stakeholders interested in providing a collective response to an issue identified in a territory, within a rigorous legal framework.
The SCIC is a commercial and cooperative company in which local communities can freely enter into the capital and participate in necessarily shared governance: the place of each is clear, because it is governed by rules of law (company law, cooperation and local authorities) and by the contract between the members. Recent institutional developments strengthen the legitimacy and responsibilities of local communities, from the municipality to the Region, in the maintenance and development of economic activities and social utility in their territory.
These challenges of social and economic cohesion push communities to invent new modes of action, renewed and mastered forms of public-private partnership. The SCICs respond to this desire, by allowing local actors and inhabitants to get involved in the development of their territory with local communities. When a local authority participates in a SCIC, it plays an active role alongside other local actors in order to improve the quality and efficiency of public decision-making, to contribute to its legitimacy and to strengthen the social and economic cohesion of the community. territory.
The purpose of this training is to make you discover this innovative tool that is the SCIC: its principles of creation and operation, the panorama of existing SCICs, their development potential. You will also discover the methods of cooperation between local authorities and Scic.
