Eventually, with the earnings from the current project, they hope to go back to this work. Currently, all members of Artecom receive a salary. The members include 15 young people who form the production group and 4 adults who give administrative support. There are also 30 young apprentices who are learning more about woodworking and 5 young apprentices who will eventually enter the production group. The production group has a defined work schedule of four hours a day and to participate in the group one must be enrolled and attending school regularly.
All members meet at least once a month to plan and do an evaluation.
Any profits made by the group are shared equally among the group. Each member is responsible for the progress of the project. One characteristic that makes Artecom Association different from many other income generation projects in the region is that it operates under the principals of an economy of solidarity. Equality - the undertaking is not the property of only one or few owners. Also important is that youth see that there exists a viable alternative to the neoliberal model that excludes millions of people, including many of them, from a life and work with dignity.