Monitoring of human resources and a new educational structure for training specialists as key factors to reactivate the system of consumer cooperation in Russia

Consumer cooperation is an essential attribute of the formation of civil society and acts as a kind of an indicator of its democratic health. Due to the transformational changes in the 1990s, the values of the cooperative movement were lost in Russia. To revive the system of consumer cooperation, it is necessary to return the interest of young people to this form of business, to prepare highly qualified specialists who can develop and replicate the ideas and values of cooperative entrepreneurship. The first priority should be the monitoring of human resources working in the field of consumer cooperation. The availability of complete and reliable monitoring information will help determine the existing potential and vector for the further development of the system of consumer cooperation. In conclusion, a new education design is needed, which provides training for specialists in the field of cooperative entrepreneurship, with the required set of competencies and responsive, and often foreseeing the needs of the modern labor market.