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KOPSI COMPETITION 2025

The 2025 Kopsi Competition is one of the major work programs of the Student Cooperative Study Group of the Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Airlangga. This activity is a work program of the Research and Development (R&D) division with the theme "Digital Transformation in Cooperatives: From Survival to Sustainability". This activity is divided into three sub-events, namely the Essay Competition, Business Model Canvas (BMC), and the Cooperative Olympiad. For the Essay and Business Model Canvas sub-events, finalists who have passed the previous selection will take part in the Grand Final stage in the form of a work presentation session before a panel of judges to determine the main winner. Participants from all over Indonesia who are students and university students will compete to demonstrate their best knowledge, ideas, and innovations in the field of cooperatives. Meanwhile, the Cooperative Olympiad will be held in three rounds, namely the preliminary round, semifinals, and finals. The preliminary rounds and semifinals will be held online, while the final round will be held offline. Participants in this cooperative olympiad are high school students from all over Indonesia.

The purpose of this activity is to introduce cooperatives and the basics of sustainable entrepreneurship, train and improve critical thinking and entrepreneurial skills for participants, and provide knowledge on the importance of building sustainable entrepreneurship in the current digital era.

The 2025 KOPSI Competition, organized by the Student Cooperative Study Group of the Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Airlangga strongly aligns with the fourth point of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Quality Education, as it provides students with insights into cooperatives, sustainable entrepreneurship, and digital transformation. Sub-events such as the Cooperative Olympiad and Essay Competition foster cooperative literacy and enhance participants' analytical skills.