"AgriCoopValue is a training project that aims to create a favorable framework for the application at European level of an unified social accounting system for agri-food cooperatives, in order to monetize their social value and determine their multiplying capacity within rural environments of the European Union.The Single Market Act II establishes that “the Commission will develop a methodology to measure the socioe-conomic benefits created by social enterprises. The development of rigorous and systematic measurements of social enterprises’ impact on the community is essential to demonstrate that the money invested in social enterprises yields high savings and income”. The Program for Employment and Social Innovation also foresees, in its third axis (Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship), that the execution reports that financial entities and fund managers have to present to the Commission must also contain information about the results in relation to social repercussions.In 2014, the Group of experts on social enterprises (GECES) identified a series of challenges that would have to be answered in order to advance in an effective methodology for social monetization within the social economy, among which the difficulty of conceiving was highlighted a strict set of indicators to measure the social impact on the wide range of business typologies.AgriCoopValue will face the need to provide the European agri-food sector with an effective method to measure all the impacts (economic, social and environmental) that its industry produces, adapted to the idiosyncrasy of its sector and to the peculiarities of 5 subsectors: dairy, meat, fruit and vegetables, wine and olive oil.AgriCoopValue will start from the research carried out by the research group ""Ethics in Finance & Social Value"" of the University of the Basque Country, which has developed a conceptual framework in relation to social accounting and a methodological calculation process, called SPOLY, which is finding wide acceptance in the international scientific community and among potential user organizations.Therefore, we propose as specific objectives of the project:O1: Train technicians and trainers of organizations that represent agri-food cooperatives, to use the SPOLY methodological calculation process, in order to monetize the social value of an organization.O2: Advance in the improvement of the methodology through specific applications in the different agri-food subsectors (dairy, meat, fruit and vegetables, wine, olive oil, etc.), at European level.O3: Form and train agri-food cooperatives in order to monetize the social value generated by their own companies.O4: Raise awareness of the importance of social accounting compared to traditional accounting, for the social economy sector.O5: Consolidate the international acceptance and recognition of the calculation methodological process developed and promote the transfer of results internationally.O6: Improve the image of European agri-food cooperatives, highlighting their attractiveness, thus contributing to improvement of their competitiveness in an increasingly globalized market.To achieve these objectives, the project is divided into 6 Working Packages (WPs):WP1: COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT WP2: DISSEMINATION AND EXPLOITATION OF RESULTSWP3: TRANSFER OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO THE AGRI-FOOD COOPERATIVE SECTORWP4: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW APPLICATIONS OF THE CALCULATION METHODOLOGY BY AGRI-FOOD SUBSECTORS OF THE MACROECONOMYWP5: TRAINING FOR THE MONETIZATION OF THE SOCIAL VALUE GENERATED AT THE MICROECONOMIC LEVELWP6: CREATION OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCES FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF THE UNIFIED SOCIAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEMThe activities contemplated in each of these phases will follow a collaborative methodology for the development of deliverables and products. In this way the partners who are part of the partnership will contribute to greater or lesser degrees, based on their experience and profile. For the selection of said partnership, the necessary profiles were taken into account based on the objectives and access to the final recipients: Trainers and technical staff of associations/ federations/ unions of agri-food cooperatives, members of the governing councils and cooperative members; Hired management and administrative staff of the cooperatives; Agents of the cooperative and/ or agri-food sector.The partnership is made up of umbrella entities of agri-food cooperatives in their respective countries: AGACA (ES), ICOS (EI), CONFAGRI (PT) and LLKC (LV), an economic group specialized in social monetization methodologies- GEAccounting (ES), a rural development agency AGRRA (HR) and a technology company ATLANTIS (GR)."

"<< Background >>In 2016, the Japanese government introduced society 5.0 or also known as super-intelligent society as a connected society where Big Data, the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robots will be fully integrated in order to provide a digital and physical infrastructure for everyday life. Society 5.0 will be human-centred and will take advantage of aIl this to tackle problems that affect the whole of society, such as the ageing of the population or pollution.The agri-food co-operatives sector must participate and join this trend and support the creation of a society, which is aware and committed to the problems it faces, avoiding becoming a sector that remains a trace of the technological past.#LEADFARM 5.0 will carry out a conceptual and experimental analysis of this trend which implies the empowerment of the human being supported by technology at the center of production processes. The agri-food co-operatives need to improve innovative and driving key capacities, skills and competencies for change in the fields of action for climate and AI without neglecting the most basic human values linked to co-operatives, essential in Society 5.0, considering the Industry trend towards the automation of production processes, in the context of AI development, of the immersion of the industry in intelligent spaces based on the IoT, of cognitive computing, of the use of cobots (Robots co-operatives), of promoting Precision Agriculture (PA) and without forgetting climate change mitigation.#LEADFARM 5.0 arises from the need to improve the knowledge, capacities and skills of European agri-food co-operatives regarding the use of digital innovations that can be easily adapted to new agricultural models that will largely replace the intensive industrial farming model and that will require changes in business decision-making processes (human resources, customer relations, sales, marketing, supply, etc.).The pandemic has brought to the forefront the importance of digitisation and connectivity to maintain the personal, social and professional life of all population, and economic life. It has also shown evidence of the various gaps (territorial, social, gender, business, etc.) that have widened with COVID-19 in the societies and between them; revealing once again the need to move towards Society 5.0 in which digitisation and connectivity will be available and help the society to fill these gaps and facilitate compliance with several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).According to the Japanese Government, to achieve Society 5.0, several barriers have to be overcome: Public Administration and legal system, that has to be involved in strategies and encourage the implementation of advanced techniques; Technological framework, R&D policy and protection of the main technological advances and their impacts; Human resources, with adequate educational/ training reform and human resource management in advanced digital skills; Acceptance and social involvement (the major barrier), considering aspects such as the man-machine relationship and individual happiness. #LEADFARM 5.0 will seek to link the technological, economic and social change, through a broad and socially committed approach to innovation in the agri-food co-operatives, by developing a training study plan (Human Resources), new digital tools based on AI (Technological Framework) and with the signature of the Pact 5.0, a multisectoral commitment that aligns to the strategic lines set in the Action Plans designed with the propose of removing all the barriers and achieve the needed acceptance and social involvement towards the Society 5.0.<< Objectives >>#LEADFARM 5.0 aims: to analyse the emerging employment opportunities offered by digital innovations for a Society 5.0, to diagnose the skills and future competences necessary in the cooperative agri-food sector, to develop innovative learning methodologies and to support mechanisms for smart specialization aimed at co-operatives and young farmers, to promote scientific dissemination through new accessible forms of learning that ensure equal opportunities for groups at risk of exclusion, to encourage the participation of women in the new emerging jobs detected and to promote culture and the necessary cooperative values in the Company 5.0.#LEADFARM 5.0 will work as a network for the development and experimentation of a competence framework and training curricula, which will help to obtain the key future skills, knowledge and competencies in: ICT and robotic technologies; Environment; Management and entrepreneurship and Social and emotional intelligence that will give us an overall picture of the success factors of resilience linked to AI and Climate Change applicable to the agri-food sector in the EU and for intelligent advice on new sustainable opportunities emerging in rural areas.This training curriculum will be used as a tool that will serve to transfer knowledge and promote scientific dissemination to reach smaller cooperatives and agri-food farms, youth and women farmers, sharing knowledge with them through a new educational and universal and accessible mentoring mechanism.#LEADFARM 5.0 will focus on trainers, farmers and members of the agri-food co-operatives as its priority target group (especially women and youth). Furthermore, given the scope of multidimensional training proposed, this project is also aimed at stakeholders related to the co-operative sector and the Social Economy, as well as to the field of VET.#LEADFARM 5.0 will have a great impact by making the results of the project available to young farmers, members of the agri-food co-operatives and trainers, in particular: a training plan and innovative content for the acquisition of the necessary key knowledge, skills and competencies, detected during the project, to adapt the sector to the challenges of the future in rural Europe (i.e. the digital revolution and climate change); and by promoting the dissemination and transfer of technical and scientific knowledge related to AI, IoT, cobots and their applicability in the sector and by improving the smart support praxis accessible to agri-food co-operatives for their change process.It will also generate greater awareness of the importance of involving younger generations and women in this Social Revolution 5.0 through this future training at the European level to guarantee a generational shift in the sector and guarantee equal opportunities by reducing the double gap suffered by women.#LEADFARM 5.0 is a roadmap for agri-food co-operatives to import Society 5.0 as a concept and vision with profound impacts on the current way of facing the world after the COVID19 crisis; it pretends to connect the different agents involved in that transformation, through the signature of an agreement with powerful strategies within the framework of the sustainable development of the productive activities of European agri-food co-operatives that include new parameters of technological, economic and industrial development, with the human being and the “social being” at the centre of the growth strategy for 2030.<< Implementation >>We start from the Logical Framework Approach to carry out the diagnosis and formulation of #LEADFARM 5.0, an approach which provides us a useful matrix for the programming of activities and the project management cycle. The activities have been grouped into 6 Work Packages (WP), 2 transversal (WP1 “Coordination and management” and WP2 “Dissemination and exploitation of results”) and 3 specific packages (WP3- WP5). Each WP details the different activities included, as well as the results that are intended to be achieved, determining the role of each partner in its coordination and implementation. Thus, we will ensure the proper development of the project and the achievement of the planned results. The transversal and specific activities that will be carried out to achieve the project objectives are:WP1: Coordination and management Coordinator: ICOS; Duration: 01.11.2021 – 01.05.2024A1.1 Administrative and Financial Mgt.A1.2 Celebration of 5 six-month meeting of the project Steering CommitteeA1.3 Monitoring and evaluation WP2: Dissemination and exploitation of resultsCoordinator: MEDA; Duration: 01.11.2021 – 01.05.2024A2.1 Elaboration of the Communication and Exploitation plansA2.2 Development and managing of project webpage and logoA2.3 Dissemination of project in social mediaA2.4 Development and sending of project e-newsletterA2.5 Design and distribution of the project e-leaflet and video of final resultsA2.6 Contacting professional associations and public institutions at European level for the exploitation of resultsA2.7 Dissemination of project results in each partner’s promotional and communication activitiesA2.8 Public communication eventsA2.9 Final Conference to disseminate the project resultsA2.10 Promotion, dissemination and explotation of project results on the ERASMUS+ PlatformWP3: Developing a Competency Framework for the EU agri-food co-operatives 2030Coordinator: ICOS; Duration: 01.11.2021 – 20.04.2023A3.1 Identification of all relevant stakeholders following a multi-actor approach; and establishment of transnational thematic working groups (with the participation of relevant stakeholders and industry representatives, on the following topics: ICT and robotics technologies; Environment; Management and entrepreneurship; Social and emotional intelligence). Organisation of focus groups A3.2 Analysis of future skills needs in the agri-food cooperative sector A3.3 Methodology definition for the Competency Framework developmentA3.4 Development of a draft competency model frameworkA3.5 Gathering feedback from industry representatives and relevant stakeholders. Organisation of national/ regional Workshops (together with the Public Events- see WP2)A3.6 Refining the competency model framework, in line with the information gathered through the focus group sessionsA3.7 Validating and finalizing the competency model frameworkWP4: Designing a competence-based training curricula for the EU agri-food co-operatives and digital training resourcesCo-Coordinators: GRIFO & LLKC; Duration: 01.11.2022 – 01.05.2024A4.1 Developing ICT training tools A4.2 Training curricula preparation. Elab. of a training plan (analysing requirements, setting learning objectives, develop design, course organisation and evaluation criteria)A4.3 Elaboration of the training methodology and contents. Validation of the knowledge, skills and competences acquiredA4.4 Set up and running of Training of trainers’ course and assessment of resultsWP5: EU deal for an agri-food co-operative community more inclusive, more ecological and more digitalCoordinator: CME; Duration: 01.05.2023 – 01.05.2024A5.1 Scale-up the #LEADFARM 5.0 impacts on decision-makers; digital & technological framework; training of human resources; acceptance, social involvement & genderA5.2 Roadmap for the EU agri-food co-ops to move towards the society 5.0A5.3 Action plans for #LEADFARM 5.0 sustainability and transferability; Joint framework of collab.<< Results >>#LEADFARM 5.0 is based on providing continuity of the LEADFARM project (Erasmus+, 2017-2019); nevertheless, it reflects a clear and significant evolution that allows us to take another step towards the generational shift and gender balance, by providing new skills, capacities and competences to young farmers and agri-food co-operatives (board of directors, managers, members of cooperatives) to be prepared for future trends in agricultural models, jobs and management strategies arising from the digital disruption and climate change. Furthermore, #LEADFARM 5.0 allows us to widen the impact at EU level, by involving directly more territories in the project (i.e., Portugal, Poland & Italy). The project aims to move ahead towards human society 5.0, where the knowledge of information is carried out by machines at the service of people, through Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of things (IoT), robotics, cognitive computing , etc., in line with the ninth key objective of the new CAP which aims to ""improve the response of EU agriculture to social demands for food and health, including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, reducing waste of food as well as animal welfare ”and therefore pays special attention to people.Therefore, the project helps agri-food farms and co-operatives to: invest in empowering their workforce (including their management skills), achieving sustainability and productivity at the same time; adapt to technological disruption; and identify and take advantage of the opportunities of digital and green economies as they emerge, while fostering participation and cooperation in decision-making processes, of people at risk of exclusion (women, youth, etc.).Once completed, the project will provide strategic keys in the detection of potential innovation ecosystems for European agri-food co-operatives, their associations and farmers especially at risk of exclusion (women, youth).Thus, based on the tasks and intellectual products developed within the project, curricular profiles adapted to the state or regional contexts of VET may be prepared; this, will give greater scope to the VET professionals and support teams from the agri-food co-operatives when implementing the curricula defined and developed during the project.The project will also contribute to the visibility of the co-operative culture and values, to provide a better understanding of the co-operative enterprise. These aspects will be disseminated as values of the future 5.0, in which workers must be adequately trained in ethic, values and knowledge (reflected in work), promoting the generation of a discourse that displaces the weight of the productive and economic processes to the human, to the people, directed to the entire community of VET and especially to those actors with the competencies of training of trainers.#LEADFARM 5.0 will also provide a forum for transformative reflection between different stakeholders; this forum will:- facilitate the transition towards the society 5.0, by seeking the commitment of the public and private sectors and, the general acceptance and social involvement of EU communities, through the signing of a European Pact 5.0 and,- ensure the generational shift between rural youth and equal opportunities among groups at risk of exclusion (women, youth, ...), two of the cross-cutting measures when designing the training content, curricula and digital tools; and thus, to achieve a greater empowering effect in the field of AI and climate change, avoiding future discrimination situations."