What is CECOP?
CECOP is the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives. Our aim is to bring democracy and solidarity to the workplace, sustainable economic growth, and social cohesion.
CECOP is the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives. Our aim is to bring democracy and solidarity to the workplace, sustainable economic growth, and social cohesion.
Our members are national federations of cooperatives and organisations that promote cooperatives. We represent 25 members in 16 European countries. We give voice to 40.000 enterprises and 1.3 million workers.
Giving voice to those women and men that every day put in practice what we defend and advocate for in CECOP, #COOPTALES shows a different way of doing economy where democratic and social values are drivers of a common project.
In our Report of Activity from 2021, we invite our members, readers, and general public to take a look at our main achievements from last year.
Take a look at all the actions done by CECOP in the year 2022 related to the campaign "Cooperatives Care!"
This CECOP report focuses on how cooperatives contribute to meeting the high demand for care and address the various challenges in the sector. The report also showcases best practice examples and offers policy recommendations.
Cooperatives provide essential services – water, sanitation, energy, transport, financial services, and digital communications – for all groups of the population
CECOP’s position on the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on improving working conditions in platform work
CECOP participated in the conference “Social Economy, the Future of Europe” in Strasbourg on May 5-6.
CECOP is pleased to invite you to this workshop that will take place in Milan on the 31 May 2022.
The 9th of May 2022 marked the end of the Conference on the Future of Europe. CECOP is pleased that there is widespread support for values and principles which underpin the cooperative model.
CECOP had the chance to sit down with member CGSCOP, and discuss their network, and the French presidency.
CECOP is committed to the Skills partnership for the Proximity & Social Economy ecosystem, established as a commitment under the EU Pact for Skills.
This new CECOP report focuses on how cooperatives contribute to meeting the high demand for care and address the various challenges in the sector. The report also showcases best practice examples and offers policy recommendations.
“Lasting Impact” highlights the positive impact that social and worker cooperatives are providing to the communities they are rooted in and to the people involved, such as workers, worker members, and the beneficiaries of the services they provide.
The new CECOP report "LIGHTS ON!" shows how worker and social cooperatives are tackling undeclared work in Europe.
