Scic, société coopérative d’intérêt collectif

The purpose of public-interest cooperatives (SCIC) is the “production or supply of goods and services in the public interest that have a social utility.” The text of the law and government decree of 21 February are presented here and commented on by one of their most active promoters. The author describes the particular provisions of the law on public-interest cooperatives and analyzes the advantages of the new legislation, which creates a tailor-made instrument for community development that is embedded in the community and oriented towards social utility. Public-interest cooperatives must still learn how to organize their internal power relationships. Multi-membership demands dynamic democratic management based on trust and the acceptance of the mutual questing.