Date
24 January 2022

Tag

Active

Country
France France
Geographical scope
Local
Type
  • Type

    Establishing alternative models (cooperatives)

    Voluntary
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Description

Les Cyclopes is a platform cooperative that was established in 2020 by the neighbourhood committees of Saint-Denis and Stains in the Parisian suburbs. It emerged as a response to the precariousness of the cyclo-logistics professions and the environmental challenges involved in transport. The objective is to offer customers an efficient bike delivery service while reducing carbon emissions and supporting the creation of fair jobs with adequate training. 

The neighbourhood committees aim to improve the living environment in Stains and Saint-Denis. They focus on the beautification and maintenance of the physical district, citizen participation, the creation of collective space, economic development and the socio-economic integration and cohesion among residents. They thus work towards developing jobs based on identified needs.  

Working and participating in the Cyclopes cooperative provides residents with the opportunity to work as couriers, have access to supervised, qualifying and certified training (among others for French language courses, rhetoric workshops, obtaining a driving license etc.) while benefiting from the status of employees. The cyclo-logistics sector furthermore contributes to the ecological transition. The cooperative’s gains are distributed as follows: 23% for support and training, 52% for the couriers’ wages, 20% for the association, and 5% for equipment. 


Additional metadata

Keywords
platform cooperatives, green economy, training and qualifications
Actors
Individual worker, Worker collectives (cooperatives), Other
Sector
Transportation and storage
Platforms
Les Cyclopes

Citation

Eurofound (2022), Les Cyclopes cooperative (Initiative), Record number 2259, Platform Economy Database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/platformeconomydb/les-cyclopes-cooperative-106184.