On 4th December 2013, the more than 1,000 worker and social cooperatives from the CECOP – CICOPA Europe network involved in activities linked to tourism celebrated the European Tourism Day. The cooperative business model,...
The European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, László Andor gave a keynote speech at the Conference Cooperatives and Work Integration of Disadvantaged Persons by highlighting that social c...
The primary mission of several thousand cooperatives all over Europe is to provide sustainable and quality employment to those who are furthest and most excluded from the labour market and at the risk of poverty: persons with p...
The first ‘partners’ meeting in the frame of the EU project “Cooproute – The European Route of the Cooperative Culture” took place in Brussels on 24 and 25 October. It represented the first importa...
Vulnerable groups and persons with disabilities are more likely to be unemployed than others, increasing risks of poverty and social exclusion. Different types of barriers prevent them from entering and staying on the labour ma...
The European Fair of Enterprises and Cooperatives in Social Economy will be held for the third time in a row in 2014 in Plovdiv (Bulgaria). Since 2012, the exhibition has developed into an international event - a European forum...
After Fagor Electrodomésticos filed for protection from creditors while it tries to refinance its debt, a cooperative of the MONDRAGON Corporation, it should be emphasized that the cooperative model in general and the MO...
CECOP has just launched a new European project aiming at the design of transnational product in the field of cultural and industrial tourism: an innovative itinerary going through various European countries. This route will be...
CECOP will provide with its expertise in the field of social cooperatives at the II International Multi-Sector Conference of Social Enterprises to be held on 14 and 15 November in Lodz, Poland. The main goal of the event is to...
CECOP has been a publishing house since 2008. The number of publications to this day certainly remains modest; however the quality of the research and analysis work contributes to its exceptional character.
An innovative board game, “WeCoop - win cooperation ", has been developed with the main goal of fostering cooperation to promote this economic model, which is more humane and sustainable. It has been developed by a t...
CECOP has welcomed the European Commission’s Green Paper and consultation on long-term financing of the European economy since cooperative enterprises of its network naturally contribute to the long-term development and w...
Bookings are now live for the next ICA Global Conference and General Assembly in Cape Town, the ICA's first General Assembly in Africa from 1st to 5th November 2013. At this important event, cooperators from around the worl...
One of the 7 principles upon which cooperatives are based on is cooperation: Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative movement by working together through local, national, regional and in...
CECOP took part in the public hearing of the European Parliament’s social economy intergroup which was held on 9 July in Brussels and was focused on «Social economy actors’ responses to facing the economic cri...
A new working group has been launched by the European Commission together with cooperative representatives from all around Europe. CECOP – CICOPA Europe was among the European-level organisations invited to participate on...
"Simply Buyout" is a guide to promote and develop business transfers to employees addressed to owners, professional advisers and employees in the UK. It is jointly published by: Co-operatives UK, the body that unites cooperative e...
Today, cooperative enterprises all around the world celebrate the International Day of Cooperatives, proclaimed by the United Nations and the International Cooperative Alliance. CECOP – CICOPA Europe, the European Confede...
