One-liner: the Valencian worker-cooperative federation — free hands-on advice to set up a worker cooperative ("Crea la teua cooperativa de treball"), sector/training resources, rural-youth cooperativism (Inspiracoop), and the region's institutional voice for the cooperative model. The default first stop for the social-economy startup route.
What a founder gets
- Free, in-person setup advice across four physical offices (València, Castelló, Xàtiva, Alicante) — not a remote-only or web-form service.
- "Crea la teua cooperativa de treball" — a dedicated guided pathway (legal form comparison, "una fórmula jurídica amb avantatges", cooperative values framing) to walk a founder through incorporating as a worker cooperative rather than a standard S.L.
- Direct routing to ESCREA — FEVECTA explicitly surfaces the ESCREA grant (covering constitution costs) to members setting up; it curates and promotes the annual "Ajudes 2026" GVA calls relevant to cooperatives (EMPYME, municipal entrepreneurship grants, tourism-depopulation grants) via its own news feed — effectively a funding-radar service on top of the legal-setup help.
- Training (Formació) and a resource library (Biblioteca, Podcasteca) for ongoing cooperative management skills.
- Sector/territorial networks: "Sectorials" (sector-specific cooperative groups) and "Pols Cooperatius" (cooperative hubs/clusters) for peer networking and intercooperation.
- Cooperative search tool ("Cercador de cooperatives") — visibility and B2B discovery among 600+ member cooperatives.
- Youth/rural cooperativism programs: active in Inspiracoop (young rural cooperative entrepreneurship, referenced via the "Youth Voices, Cooperative Choices" event) and cooperative-education initiatives (UCEV — Cooperativas de Enseñanza Valencianas).
Who it's for
- Founders choosing the worker-cooperative or sociedad laboral legal form — idea/seed stage, any sector, anywhere in the Comunitat Valenciana.
- Existing cooperatives needing training, sector representation, or intercooperation partners.
- Rural/young entrepreneurs specifically (Inspiracoop track).
How to engage
- Direct contact by province:
- València: Arzobispo Mayoral 11 bajo, 46002 València · 963 52 13 86 / 963 51 50 29 · fevecta@fevecta.coop
- Castelló: Císcar 39 bajo, 12003 Castelló · 964 72 23 54 / 609 608 512 · cast@fevecta.coop
- Xàtiva (comarques): Cardenal Serra 6 bajo, 46800 Xàtiva · 663 156 947 · comarques@fevecta.coop
- Alicante: Bono Guarner 6 bajo, 03005 Alicante · 965 13 38 53 / 609 610 253 · alic@fevecta.coop
- Federar-se (join): via "Federa't" on fevecta.coop — affiliation fee can be charged against the FPFC (Fons de Promoció i Formació Cooperativa) training fund rather than paid directly.
- To access the ESCREA grant for constitution costs: FEVECTA advises on it directly during the "Crea la teua cooperativa" process; formal application still goes through GVA Sede Electrónica (procedure G18081 — see ESCREA).
Key facts
- President: Emilio Sampedro (publicly active on cooperativism advocacy, e.g. Día Mundial del Cooperativismo statements, July 2026).
- Structure: a federation (not a single company) representing worker cooperatives (cooperatives de treball associat) across the Comunitat Valenciana — hybrid governance (member-funded federation partly financed by GVA/public co-financing, per the site's "aquesta pàgina ha rebut finançament de" disclosure).
- Active in cross-institutional social-economy events: e.g. co-participant (with Consum, Caixa Popular, Fundació Colisée, REES País Valencià, ANECOOP, Novafeina, Ajuntament d'Aras de los Olmos) in the Fira ResilientES at UV (June 2026).
- Engaged in III Edició TOP101 Spain Up Nation promotion (recognitions for innovative/high-impact companies, deadline 11 Sept 2026) — signals FEVECTA also pushes cooperative members toward mainstream startup recognition programs, not just cooperative-specific ones.
- Publishes ongoing policy commentary (e.g. "Diálogo social y Economía Social" — arguing cooperativism deserves a seat in Spain's social-dialogue structures).
Relations
- Partners with: ESCREA
- See also: Social Economy (niche)
- Partners with: ESCREA (Program)
- Partners with: GVA Economia Social Sociolaboral e Inversio (Program)
- Runs: FEVECTA Cooperative Support
- Partners with: GVA Economía Social
- See also: ENISA