Alumni
TOGETHER Program
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We launched the TOGETHER Program in 2016: Students and alumni dedicate a few months of their lives to help to strengthen economic initiatives in developing countries based on social-economic and solidarity-based principles.
Alumni commit to 3 years.
Alumni spend 3 weeks and students 3 months in the field to work intensely with the target institution.
Alumni also serve as tutors for students working in the field and hold bi-monthly remote meetings with them to monitor their progress with the assigned project.
Some TOGETHER projects
Madre Tierra Amazonia – Oxfam Intermon
“Companies Change Lives” Program | Bolivia
Madre Tierra is a limited liability company owned by two associations of smallholders. It sells frozen pulp and other derivatives from two tropical, autochthonous and ecological fruits which are in high demand: açai and cupuazu. Madre Tierra is a mature company with the potential to provide a sustainable livelihood to 300 families of farmers. Its business model is wholly sustainable environmentally.
- One of its biggest challenges continues to be access to an adequate logistics infrastructure to transport its goods at a reasonable price.
- The programme focuses on strengthening the company’s ability to sell fruit pulp.
Paraguay · CATEURA
Mil Solidarios | Paraguay
In 2007 and with help from the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID), a Family Care Centre was created in the Bañado Sur district in Asuncion, the aim being to support 25,000 poor and extremely poor people living in this area of the country’s capital. CATEURA was later founded in 2018 to sell jewellery made by local women from recycled materials (sourced from the municipal dump, the largest in Paraguay and located in Bañado Sur).
Collaboration focuses on:
- Providing the women the skills and knowledge they need to carry out their activity and facilitate their economic Independence and empowerment.
- Define the appropriate product, supply chain and sales strategies.
Suyusama
Red Comparte | Colombia
Fundación Suyusama is a social organisation which created the Self-Managed Savings and Credit Groups (Grupos Autogestionados de Ahorro y Credito, GAAC) in 2012: They comprise groups of people in rural areas who save together and take out small loans from those collective savings.
TOGETHER project consultants study the design of sustainable business models which are relevant for the setting and the socio-economic and cultural dynamics of rural and Indigenous families. The aim is to create a solidarity-based business model to strengthen local economic circuits as well as local capacities and opportunities. Consultants also analyse the most coherent savings and credit mechanisms for this.
If you’d like to learn more about this program,
please visit the Esade Alumni Social website
SUD Community: the vibrant network of SUD alumni and collaborators
The SUD Community is the network of individuals who have participated in one of the Esade SUD programs. A network of alumni and collaborators with shared values, similar experiences, and a special connection to the purpose of Esade SUD: generating positive social transformation as professionals.
At Esade SUD, we want to maintain this community, of which you have been part and continue to be part of, and support you with proposals that respond to your interests and are linked to the essence of Esade SUD. Therefore, we make ourselves available to the SUD Community to support, co-create, and facilitate meetings, events, or initiatives that keep this community alive.
In fact, we firmly believe that the SUD Community should be self-managed, with alumni and collaborators taking the lead in proposals. The Esade SUD team will always be available to offer logistical, institutional, or communicative support to those initiatives driven by the community itself and linked to the essence of Esade SUD. Are you in? Write to us at sud@esade.edu with a proposal or if you want to be an active and driving member of the community. If you want to get inspired by some examples, we suggest a series of links in the “To inspire you” section.
On the other hand, we have recurring activities and proposals with which we would also love to count on you. How can you stay connected?
In addition to participating or proposing events, at Esade SUD we offer several ways to keep the connection active:
Be a tutor for a SUD Internship or SUD Consulting team
If you are an alumnus/a of the SUD Internship or SUD Consulting and have more than 5 years of professional experience, you can accompany a team of students during their project. We assign tutors based on their profile and professional experience, aligning them with related projects. Want to know more? Fill out this form.
Be part of the student selection process
At the beginning of each year, we organize a selection day. If you have more than 5 years of professional experience, you can join us as part of the evaluation committee during a Saturday morning. Want to know more? Fill out this form.
Be a consultant in a Together project
You can collaborate as a consultant in one of the social and solidarity economy projects that are part of the Together program, bringing your vision and experience. Want to know more? Visit the Together program website. We also encourage you to visit the Esade Alumni Social website, where very interesting activities are carried out.
Accompany the preparation and closing weekends of the SUD Internship
Participate in key moments of the SUD Internship program, sharing your experience with new students and helping to enrich their process. Want to know more? Write to us at sud@esade.edu so we can tell you more.
...and more
Write to us, we always have new ideas or proposals at hand 😊
To inspire you
Latest meetings
Pre-SUD Weekend 2025
In April 2025, the students of the SUD Internship 2025 attended the training weekend at Can Sans de Fellines (Girona) before departing to their destinations. Among the various activities, we had the presence of alumni. We organized a round table where they shared their experiences, and the new students asked questions. It was immensely useful for those leaving this year. Would you like to experience it? Join the next edition!
Celebration of 20 Years of Esade SUD 2023
Two decades after the start of the first “SUD” project, we celebrated the journey with a day full of reunions, emotions, and gratitude. We reviewed milestones, listened to transformative testimonies, and toasted to the bonds, learnings, and shared impact. To those who attended, thank you for coming! In a couple of years, we’ll celebrate the 25th anniversary: Stay tuned!
Retreat at El Miracle 2022
In November 2022, at the proposal of two alumnae, we organized a retreat at the El Miracle Sanctuary, near Solsona, where 25 alumni gathered to pause, disconnect from daily life, and refocus or reaffirm their personal and professional purpose through talks, debates, texts, and walks in nature. We’re open to your proposal, write to us!
Institutional Closing Dinner 2018
At the end of the 2018 edition of the SUD Internship, we gathered at the e-Garage on the Sant Cugat campus to share one final evening together and close the edition along with Program Directors, tutors, and faculty. A closure that marks the end of a cycle... but there will be more. Would you like to join next time?