PLATFORM COOPS NOW!: A team entrepreneurship capacity building program to create platform coops

Traditional labour relationships have been disrupted due to the digital platforms based businesses. This article aims on the one hand to share the consequences the sharing economy has generated for workers, and how MONDRAGON’s principles as one of the best examples of worker owned business group in the world, can be applied within the new digital era. On the other hand, this paper provides a literature review on how digital platforms can operate with fairer principles based on the framework that platform coops consist of. Last but not least, Mondragon University and The New School have set up a capacity building program on team entrepreneurship and an online incubation program that aims to support the creation of platform coops, whose results after two editions and future opportunities for research are shared.

Development and Effectiveness of a Community Capacity Building Program for the Wellness of Traditional Marketplace Merchants: A Pilot Study

Merchants in the traditional marketplace are exposed to poor working conditions, such as long working hours, musculoskeletal stress, lack of physical activity, irregular meal times, and nutritional imbalance. This study aimed to develop a community capacity-building program for the wellness of traditional marketplace merchants and examine its effectiveness. A total of 60 merchants from two traditional markets were allocated to an experimental group and control group. The program consisted of four sections: Training wellness leaders in the traditional marketplace, wellness, organizing wellness committee, and promoting wellness partnerships. The program was conducted over 12 weeks. Significant differences were observed in week 12 between the experimental and control groups in leadership (p = 0.010), health knowledge (p < 0.001), health self-efficacy (p = 0.016), wellness (p = 0.001), and community capacity (p = 0.038). The community capacity-building program for the wellness of traditional marketplace merchants was effective in improving marketplace merchants’ leadership, health knowledge, health self-efficacy, wellness, and community capacity. Therefore, it is recommended to actively utilize this community capacity program for market merchants.

Two decades (1998 to 2018) of collaborative human immunodeficiency virus clinical pharmacology capacity building in a resource constrained setting

While important advances have been made in the prevention and treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, limited expertise and resource constraints to effectively manage rollout of HIV programs often contribute to poor treatment outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 1998, the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and the University at Buffalo, State University of New York (UB), developed a collaborative clinical pharmacology capacity building program in Zimbabwe to train the next generation of HIV researchers and support rollout of the national HIV program. The collaboration was funded by research and training grants that were competitively acquired through United States of America government funding mechanisms, between 1998 and 2016. Thirty-eight research fellows were trained and a specialty clinical pharmacology laboratory was established during this period. Knowledge and skills transfer were achieved through faculty and student exchange visits. Scientific dissemination output included sixty-two scholarly publications that influenced three national policies and provided development of guidelines for strategic leadership for an HIV infection—patient adherence support group. The clinical pharmacology capacity building program trained fellows that were subsequently incorporated into the national technical working group at the Ministry of Health and Child Care, who are responsible for optimizing HIV treatment guidelines in Zimbabwe. Despite serious economic challenges, consistent collaboration between UZ and UB strengthened UZ faculty scholarly capacity, retention of HIV clinical research workforce was achieved, and the program made additional contributions toward optimization of antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe.

An Effort to Bring the Positive Change of SMEs: A Study on the Capacity Development Program of SME Foundation

The number of SMEs is creasing in our country tremendously. But most of these cannot run for a long time because the SME entrepreneurs have no enough knowledge to manage every activity related to their business. Besides, some of them can hardly utilize their money and resources properly. So, the capacity of the SME employee and entrepreneurs should be built through providing demand-based training. SME Foundation plays an important role by arranging different training programs in all over the country. The main objective of this study is to discuss the role of capacity building program for the development of institutional as well as individual capacity in the SME sector. The limitations identified in this study such as, problems in the types, duration, and training place disrupt the smooth activity of the training program. Besides, lack of specialized trainers, small number of training programs and lack of modern technology are also identified in this study. The study the suggest recommendation to overcome the barriers to develop capacity in SME sector.

The Role of Non- Profit Organizations in Building the Capacity of their Beneficiaries: دور المنظَّمات غير الرِّبحية في بناء قدرات المستفيدين منها

The study aimed to mainly identify the role of non- profit organizations in building the capacity of their beneficiaries. The study relied on the social survey approach and used the questionnaire as a tool to realize the purpose of the study. The survey population was (1353) beneficiaries who attended the capacity building program, offered by five different organizations across the Kingdom. They were selected using the simple random sample (SRS) method. The study found a number of results, the most important of which was that the survey population believed that they benefited from the capacity building program in general. The study also showed statistically significant differences in the degree to which the trainees benefited from the capacity building program, according to the organization that offered the program. The study recommended several measures, the most important of which are: Non- profit organizations should develop programs that aim to develop and market the beneficiaries products and link them to e- commerce websites. Non- profit organizations should develop an electronic application to provide training, guidance and development programs in order to foster communication with beneficiaries to enable their capacity in a more impactful way.

Pergerakan Sosial Perempuan Pesisir dalam Memperjuangkan Hak Asasi Manusia dan Kesetaraan Gender

Komunitas pesisir di Indonesia sangat rentan dengan kemiskinan. Untuk mengatasi kemiskinan, kontribusi dari laki laki dan perempuan sangat dibutuhkan. Menurut data terkini, terdapat 2.7 juta nelayan di Indonesia dan mayoritas berada di garis kemiskinan. Nelayan yang masuk dalam kategori ini bukan hanya nelayan laki–laki, namun juga nelayan perempuan. Berbicara mengenai nelayan, laki–laki selalu menjadi sentra utama dalam kegiatan perikanan. Namun pada kenyatannya, di beberapa daerah di Indonesia, kaum perempuan cenderung memiliki peranan lebih signifikan dibanding laki-laki, baik di area domestik maupun pada kegiatan produktif yang berhubungan dengan perikanan. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa keterlibatan serta peran perempuan pesisir dalam memenuhi kebutuhan hidup keluarganya serta memberikan pemahaman mengenai kondisi serta pergerakan sosial perempuan pesisir Demak, agar keberadaan mereka diakui oleh pemerintah. Artikel ini dibuat berdasarkan hasil penelitian di Kabupaten Demak dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif melalui pengumpulan data primer (ke lapangan) dan analisa data sekunder. Hasil yang diperoleh melalui penelitian ini menggambarkan bahwa perempuan nelayan di Kabupaten Demak telah menyadari bahwa mereka harus melakukan pergerakan sosial agar bisa memperjuangkan hak dan kesetaraan mereka sebagai subjek hukum yang diakui oleh negara karena melalui pergerakan tersebut barulah mereka bisa mengakses segala program peningkatan kapasitas yang bermanfaat untuk pengurangan kemiskinan. In Indonesian coastal communities, poverty is becoming one of the major issue. To eradicate poverty, there should be a significant contribution from male and female. According to the latest data, there are 2.7 million fishermen in Indonesia who trapped in poverty. Fishermen who included in this category are not only male, but also female. Discussing about fishermen, male have always been the main centers in fishing activities. But in fact, in some regions in Indonesia, women have more significant role than men, both in the domestic area and in productive activities. This article aims to analyze the involvement of coastal women in fulfilling their family needs as well as to give such understanding about their vivid condition in conducting social movement, so that their existence will be acknowledged by government. This article is based on field research conducted in Demak regency using qualitative methods, such as data collected from primary and secondary sources. The result of this research elucidates that fisherwomen in Demak has realized that they need to conduct social movement to fight for the rights and equalities as the legal subject of a State, because through that movement, then they might access the capacity building program which can eradicate their poverty level.