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We live in a strange time: individualism seems to prevail but never have people so sought the spirit of community; behavioral and educational sciences have developed incredibly effective methodologies for exchanging, dialogue, solve problems and learn together and yet social skills seem to be lacking for the greatest number and even for those who lead.

"The only way forward that offers any hope for a better future for all humanity is through cooperation and partnership."

Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations

Every day, world news reminds us of the relevance of this statement: no nation, no matter how rich or powerful, is able, on its own, to successfully meet the challenges of today's world: the overexploitation of natural resources, polluting energies, climate deregulation, pandemics, underdevelopment and poverty, the refugee crisis, conflict management...

Cooperative approaches are invaluable in facilitating learning and the dissemination of knowledge, in solving complex problems, in managing collective projects, in improving the social, economic and cultural conditions of populations, and in building community.

We must therefore urgently introduce the new generations and ourselves to critical thinking, dialogue, learning from experience, the values of mutual assistance, self-management, solidarity and democracy, instead of pursuing the dead-end path of individualism and competition, or even domination.

But goodwill is not enough. To cooperate successfully, it is necessary to experiment, model and disseminate effective methods and tools. It is to this task that APAC has given itself the mission to contribute by making innovative field experiences known, by publishing resources, and by organizing meetings and training.

An important point to note is that all the services and products that Cooperative Approaches offers are free.

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After studying psychology, Dominique became a School and Professional Guidance Counselor in the National Education.

He then held national and international responsibilities in the Youth and International Solidarity Movements: National Animator then General Commissioner of the Scouts of France, Director of recruitment and training at the French Association of Volunteers for Progress,

Director of the European Scout Bureau, then Director of Educational Methods and Deputy General Secretary at the World Scout Bureau. In the last 10 years, he has been an international consultant responsible for programs of emancipation and social and professional integration of young adults. He lives with his wife in a small village in the Alps (Haute-Savoie).

Dominique is passionate about drawing, watercolor painting, photography, hiking, life in nature and cooperative pedagogies.

Larry has been working in the fields of adventure and experiential education for over 30 years. As a trainer and senior consultant, he applies immersive and experiential approaches to the challenges of team and organizational development.

Authentic and relational, Larry fosters awareness and connection while addressing themes of team effectiveness, emotional intelligence, culture and conflict. He also specializes in supporting clients in adapting their own facilitation and teaching practices through experience.

He is also a writer, speaker and social entrepreneur. He has launched, developed and documented various initiatives in hundreds of schools and organizations. Its clients, from urban and rural school districts to small and large businesses and non-profit organizations, are local, national and international and cover all five continents.

Larry also teaches courses accredited by Plymouth State University, in partnership with the association Project Adventure, as part of their master’s program in adventure education and experiential learning and development.

He holds an MSc in International Administration from the School for International Training/World Learning, a BSc from Middlebury College and is accredited in a wide range of conceptual models for human and organizational development.

Passionate about social justice and the environment, Larry has been a consultant to immigration organizations and has volunteered on several boards of directors of non-profit organizations, including the NGO Tassaght in Mali, of which he was one of the co-founders.

He currently lives in the hills of western Massachusetts with his wife, where he enjoys outdoor sports, dancing, gardening and occasional visits from their two adult sons

Roland has held important responsibilities in the associative life and especially in Scouting, to which he feels personally very indebted.

If he had not crossed paths with the ”Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France” (non-denominational French Scout Association) during the four years he spent in his youth at the Ecole Normale d'Enseignants and if he had not been allowed to take on responsibilities very early on, he would probably not have had the chance to give the same meaning to his life and to realize a professional career that is fascinating because it is rich above all in human relations.

Indeed, seconded by the Ministry of Education, he successively held the responsibilities of regional coordinator for Alsace and Lorraine, of secretary general and then of general delegate at the national level in the Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France.

He ended his career as Director of Programs and then Director of Volunteering at the Association Française des Volontaires du Progrès (AFVP), now France Volontaires.

For the last ten years, in the early stages of his retirement, he has worked as a consultant for the associative world and the solidarity economy.

On a voluntary basis, he was president of the Union Nationale des Centres de Plein Air (UCPA) and general treasurer of the Jeunesse au Plein Air (JPA).

Alain is currently a consultant in the management of associations and establishments in the health, social and healthcare sector within the framework of the company Réseau Jannoy.

He is also a clinical psychologist at the multidisciplinary health center in Grignols, a rural commune in southern Gironde. He is also passionate and a professor of aikido, a martial art that is also an art of peace.

Previously, he learned a lot as part of the Scouts of France movement where he was responsible for the national animation of the elder branch, then engaged in the medico-social sector: prevention of drug addiction, socio-professional integration of young people, director of an educational and pedagogical therapeutic institute for young people with behavioural disorders, general manager of an association bringing together health, social and medico-social establishments.

With Magali, general manager of an Association of the Lot et Garonne, he lives a small house in the Landes surrounded by woods and meadows, with some horses and space to welcome friends.

Born in Paris in 1973, I develop very early a global vision of the world thanks to my travels, making me aware of inequalities and cultivating a deep feeling of empathy. 

After ten years as a rescuer at the Red Cross, I carry out relief, logistics and development missions in Indonesia, India, Cambodia, and Algeria where I meet the director of the Palestinian Red Crescent.

In 2002, I made my first humanitarian report on paramedics in Ramallah, awarded the Care International Prize. Follow other reports, notably in Khan Younes and in Bosnia.

Faced with ecological and human disasters, I turn to the environment and solidarity economy. In 2010, I founded the non-profit organization Wake Up! in Brussels and creates the Green Up Film Festival to raise public awareness of environmental and social issues. Design, sponsors, partnerships, contracts, communication, website, I manage the entire project alone.

In 2016, I collaborated with Greenpeace for a 100% online version of the festival, which reached nearly one million spectators in 139 countries in 2019.

Since 2020, I have been training in permaculture, phytotherapy, and naturopathy, while sharing my time between France and Crete.

During his studies, Patrick was a volunteer member of the national team of the senior section of the Scouts de France (the Compagnons - 17 to 21 years old).

He began his professional life at the National Institute of Youth and Popular Education (INJEP), where he was in charge of studies on youth policies. In 1987, he became editor in chief of the magazine "Les cahiers de l'animation".

In 1989, he was placed at the disposal of the French National Commission for UNESCO and, in 1991, he was elected Secretary General of the WFUCA (World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations) where he initiated a new policy for the training of managers.

From 2006 to 2012, he joined the World Organization of the Scout Movement to work on the Centenary of Scouting and its follow-up.

Since 2013, he has served several terms on the NGO Liaison Committee to UNESCO and the Association of Former UNESCO Officials.

From 1977 to 2014, he was also a regular lecturer at the University in contemporary history and cultural policies.

Scout of France in the 70s, then animator and educational advisor with SAGIF (Golf Animation Service of Ile de France), Francis dedicated 14 years to the Scout movement (Scout, Chief of Pioneer Posts then Chief Pioneer in the Federal Units, scouting within military schools). 

Graduated in electronics and computer science at EFREI Paris, he led a complete career within the Schlumberger group, holding several positions ranging from programmer to director of the work environment (2009–2021) through training, sales, marketing, Quality, Health, Safety and the Environment (including sustainable development).

Recognized expert in risk prevention, he was able to combine theory and field to effectively support and enforce, with the support of CNAM and CNAM stakeholders, the management of prevention actions in companies and national education.

Elected to the CE/CSE/DP/CHSCT between 1992 and 2021, union delegate representing the CFE-CGC, he actively contributed to preserving employment within the Schlumberger group (SLB) in France during several Job Protection Plans (redundancies in addition "acceptable").

Retired since 2022, he now works as a trainer and advisor in Safety and Environment. Passionate about organic beekeeping, oenology (certified Wine Cellar and Sommelier in 2022) and bonsaïka, he joined APAC as secretary in 2025.

• 40 years of experience in the design, development, implementation and monitoring-evaluation of financing systems for development.

• Economist from the University of Vienna (Austria) MBA (ESSCA Angers).

• Works in 5 languages.

• Managed a hospital in the Brazilian Amazon.

• Worked in European solidarity and social investment organizations: Head of the Africa Department of CCFD, in the 1980s. Executive Director of RAFAD/FIG, Geneva in the 1990s, then 2001 at SIDI and for which he was responsible for solidarity investments until 2015 in areas as varied as Latin America, the Sahel, illegally occupied Palestine, southern Africa as well as relations with continental solidarity finance networks.

• Directed the SIDI www.sidi.fr from 2022 to 2025.

• Still sits in a dozen governance of networks of solidarity actors including the GSEF, the FEBEA, the RIEH but also in that of institutions from the South, in Lebanon (FTL) in Palestine (DAMAN), in Burkina Faso (UBTEC-Naams), in Malawi (Centenary Bank), in Peru (ProEmpresa) but also in the North (Philea, Geneva) or On.Capital (Paris), which allows to create numerous synergies.

Dante has spent most of his professional career in the field of international solidarity and more particularly in the field of volunteer work.

After studying agricultural development, he spent two years in Senegal as a volunteer on a rural development program in a small town in the Sine-Saloum region. This was a powerful experience that marked his career and allowed him to discover other people, other places and ultimately himself.

After resuming his studies in socio-economics of development, he joined the structure of the French Association of Volunteers for Progress and was posted in different countries (Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Senegal) in charge of accompanying volunteers and monitoring projects.

In the 2000s he returned to the Paris headquarters of the association where he successively held the positions of Director of Volunteering and then of Development. In 2004, he was appointed to the position of General Delegate until 2014 when he retired.

During these 10 years he led the transformation of the association which became France Volontaires, a platform for French volunteering and an operator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also took part in the implementation and management of the civic service. He has also worked with various institutions and ministries, as well as with associations dedicated to international solidarity and youth issues.

Because of his family history and his personal and professional career, Dante has always been a committed person and continues to act as a volunteer in different associations at the local, national and international levels.

He has also been involved in the local community in his small southwestern commune.

Psychologist and facilitator in popular education, she is deeply convinced of the power of the collective. With a professional background in South America, Mexico, Africa, and France, in contact with diverse populations, facilitators, volunteers, professionals, executives, and managers, she has acquired rich experience that combines the social, the individual within the collective, and the individual in the face of their own contradictions.

She is convinced of the power of collective intelligence to change the world. Carolina is a creative, curious, active and committed person.

She currently resides in the French Alps with her husband and two children, who have brought light to her life and to the world.

Michel was born in Nice in 1941 where he studied and read extensively in his father's bookstore.

He taught in the Berry region, in Alès and in Nice.

In the 70's, he was part of the national team of Scouts de France as Deputy General Commissioner and responsible for the elder branch.

Living in the hinterland of Nice, he contributes to local magazines, has published short stories, three "Niçois polars" and recently Le jeu du jour, 365 jeux pour sourire chaque jour de l'année (The game of the day, 365 games for smiling every day of the year) and two volumes of Les Associés du Grand Platane (The associates of the Great Plane Tree), the generous and exciting adventures of the pupils of the Cours Moyen de l'école des Collinettes (Middle School of the Collinettes).

Michel lives since 2017 in the Périgord noir, in Dordogne. He was born in 1948 and he has been retired since 2008. He has three children who are in their 40s and two grandchildren under 10 years old. He currently lives alone.

His training and militant experience are very important to Catholic action and the CFDT.
During his professional life, he was successively an adult educator, confederal secretary at the CFDT, a senior manager at the ANPE, and a consultant in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility.

In retirement, he studied Arabic language and civilization at the INALCO then he engaged as executive secretary of the International Network for a Human Economy (www.rieh.org).
He is an active member of the Pacte civique, a member himself of the Pacte du pouvoir de vivre.

He also tries to contribute to making the Périgord noir a territory of cooperation between all those who want to exercise their power to live well together, among human beings and with the living.

He believes it is urgent and vital to carry out a cultural action or popular education to resist the wave of anti-humanism which wants to impose the law of the strongest and richest and build the common home that all people of goodwill desire.