About us
ABOUT US
About us
Seira Impuls Cooperatiu helps local social economy and cooperative organizations to access funds. We are especially aimed at workers' cooperatives member of the Catalan Worker Cooperatives Federation. Seira contributes to building trust between financial institutions and cooperatives through several practical tools and training proposals tailored to their needs.
History
The Seira Foundation was established in 2008 to preserve and find a collective solution to the assets generated by the transformation of the Ecotècnia cooperative.
Launched by former members of the cooperative and by the Catalan Worker Cooperatives Federation, the Seira Foundation was born to support and promote cooperativism, in particular, worker's cooperatives.
Mission, vision and values
Mission
Seira is a not-for-profit foundation that offers financial support to Catalan social economy and cooperative organizations, particularly to those who are members of the Catalan Worker Cooperatives Federation. Seira operates with transparency and accessibility to provide tools and resources to improve the financing culture and access to funds of cooperatives and raise the awareness of financial institutions towards the social and cooperative economy.
Vision
Seira Impuls Cooperatiu strives to be a leading source of knowledge on financial issues of the social economy and cooperativism at the local, national, and international levels. Likewise, it seeks recognition for its transparency approach and closeness to the reality of cooperative businesses. Seira works with the Catalan Worker Cooperatives Federation and other institutions that share the goal of helping cooperative and social economy initiatives.
Values
Seira Impuls Cooperatiu draws inspiration from the values and principles of cooperativism to develop its activities. We want to highlight five of them
Innovation: the constant pursuit of new strategies, methodologies or places to articulate and promote cooperatives.
Project diversity and targeting: Seira Impuls Cooperatiu action’s span a range of fields, but they must be specific enough to obtain tangible and effective results.
Complementarity: the activities of Seira Impuls Cooperatiu do not aim to replace or overlap with those of other cooperative organizations but rather, contribute to growing the effects of the actions carried out.
Collaboration: we foster strategic alliances to create and promote instruments for financing cooperative businesses. We participate with organizations that offer financing to cooperatives and promote new instruments to complement their financing needs. We believe it is crucial to improve their financial solvency, liquidity and guarantee funds.
Support to strategic cooperative projects: we back proposals that satisfy broad needs (education, information, creation, financing, commercialization, innovation, internationalization...) led by real experiences or representative organizations.
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees of Seira Impuls Cooperatiu is the governing body. It aims to oversee the pursuit of the Foundation’s mission, ensure proper management of its endowment, and monitor the use of its income and assets for the benefit of the beneficiaries.
Seira’s Board of Trustees is chosen by the Executive Council of the Catalan Worker Cooperatives Federation.
President: Guillem Llorens Gragera
First vice president: Jaume Oller Rosell
Second vice president: Miquel Cabré Mallafré
Secretary: Jesús Carrión Rabasco
Trustee: Eva Bagan Giménez
Trustee: Francisco Bringueret Nafria
Trustee: Guernica Facundo Vericat
Trustee: Raimon Gassiot Ballbé
Trustee: Ivone Maritza Henao Arias
Trustee: Ivan Miró Acebes
Trustee: María José Muñoz Quintana
Trustee: Anna Puig Domínguez
Trustee: Marc Roma Chiné
Former directors: Rafael Vidal (2018-2020) Joana Gómez (2013-2017) Miquel Miró (2009-2013) and David Pérez (2008-2009).
The team that manages Seira Impuls Cooperatiu includes:
Miguel Linde
Since January 2021, Miguel Linde is the Foundation’s Director.
Daniel María
In April 2022, Daniel María joined as Head of Projects.
Lorena Blanco
Since March 2023, Lorena Blanco is part of the Seira team as Project Manager.
Anna Yuste
Since June 2024, Anna Yuste is part of the Seira team as Project Manager.
TRANSPARENCY
Transparency is essential for the Seira Foundation to communicate the financing culture in service of the social and cooperative economy while ensuring democratic internal running and accountability.
Each year, Seira publishes its social and internal audit reports in an exercise of corporate transparency. Here, you can view the reports of the last few years.
