"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)."