Who we are
Aroundtheworld.coop aims to enhance and share with the wider society best practices from the the social and solidarity economy, both from Italy and around the world, contributing to raise awareness that alternatives to the mainstream is possible.
For this we aim to be a means for the internationalization of innovative knowledge and know-how, inspiring communities and individuals about collective solutions to local and global issues.
Aroundtheworld.coop is built on professional excellence and reliability. We aim to foster decent work while promoting democratic culture and sustainable human development.
We have the ambition to contribute to creating a world where social and economic cohesion and solidarity are the rule, not the exception.
Aroundtheworld.coop is committed to strengthen the ability of cooperatives, collectives, and social and solidarity economy organizations in general, to communicate their story of positive impact.
For this, aroundtheworld.coop operates by:
- transforming socio-economic research into participatory high-quality videos;
- carrying out research projects by adopting qualitative and quantitative methods;
- developing capacities of individuals and their organizations to effectively communicate their story and identity both internally and externally, through qualitative methods and digitalization;
- providing training and capacity development to universities and schools, development practitioners, and cooperators, among others.
“I can’t say, in a big way, necessarily what I believe and what kind of society I want to live in, but I show it!”
Micheal McGee - Cheese board collective
Our history
The Aroundtheworld.coop started as a project from the idea of Andrea Mancori and Sara Vicari, a couple who traveled the world to document innovative cooperatives. The around the world trip was carried out in 2019, in partnership with the International Co-operative Alliance and in particular with the Coops4Dev programme. In total, they produced 13 videos that tell stories of cooperatives from all the continents.

«Sara, how would it be travelling around the world for one year?»

Morocco, here we are!

International Day of Cooperative 2019

Back home after several months!

Dealing with the pandemic!

Poland 2020

Collaboration with Mapparoma

First Prize - Just Film Festival

Launch of the Compact City

Casa di Alice, our pilot story!

Let's get the journey started!

Back on track!

Let's start our cooperative startup!

International Day of Cooperatives 2020

Finally ready to start!

Launch of the City of Discomfort Video

Finalist - Digital Media Fest

«Sara, how would it be travelling around the world for one year?»

Casa di Alice, our pilot story!

Morocco, here we are!

Let's get the journey started!

International Day of Cooperative 2019

Back on track!

Back home after several months!

Let's start our cooperative startup!

Dealing with the pandemic!

International Day of Cooperatives 2020

Poland 2020
