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24 May 2011

Entries on the ‘Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence’

Position paper

The Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence have been created by DotCoop, the sponsor of the ‘.coop’ domain, to recognize the application of coo...

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24 May 2011

Isabelle Durant : “Employment sustainability is also reflected in the management of the...

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Isabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament and MEP (EFA / The Greens), has agreed to answer the questions of "Work Together" on the...

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19 May 2011

Issue 4 - May 2011

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19 May 2011

Save employment : Italtac shows the way

Position paper

The Italian Italtac company is a cooperative recently created and specialized in the production of self-adhesive material. It has a high level of technical e...

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18 May 2011

Around 125 worker cooperatives affected by the earthquake in Spain

Position paper

Around 125 worker cooperatives have been affected by the magnitude 5.1 earthquake, which occurred Wednesday 11th May with the epicenter in the town of Lorca...

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16 May 2011

Co-operatives UK to launch petition calling for action to narrow the gap between rich and...

Position paper

In 2010, the whole cooperative movement mobilised at the occasion of the first 'Co-operatives Fortnight'. The campaign got 2.3 million people involve...

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16 May 2011

Cooperatives and social innovation

Position paper

The European Parliament has adopted an own-initiative report by Judith A. Merkies (S&D, NL) on May 12th in response to the European Commission Communicat...

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11 May 2011

COOPERATE - ANTICIPATE - INVOLVE

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From 2006 to 2012 CECOP has led three important project aimed at adressing key societal aspects and developments, such as the promotion of SCEs among worker coo...

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25 Apr 2011

Single market act: "the cooperative sector more vibrant than ever"

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The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Michel Barnier, has presented on 13th of April the “Single Market Act”, a text regrou...

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25 Apr 2011

The ”Sociedades laborales” secure jobs in time

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The jobs consolidation in the "Sociedades Laborales" (SAL) in Spain has been made reality thanks to the fact it is a worker-owned enterprise. {&quo...

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20 Apr 2011

CECOP position: Green Paper - Public Procurements

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13 Apr 2011

Spanish production company edits a documentary about cooperatives throughout the world

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The Spanish audiovisual production cooperative m30m made a documentary about cooperatives around the world and are currently in the editing process of the fi...

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12 Apr 2011

Czech Labour Minister supports cooperatives

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The Czech Minister of Social Affairs, Jaromír Drábek, raised the profile of the opening of the CECOP-CICOPA Europe Board meeting in Prague by a...

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11 Apr 2011

COOPROUTE

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07 Apr 2011

International Year of Cooperatives: “Cooperative enterprises build a better world"

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“Cooperative Enterprises build a better world” will be the slogan of the 2012 United Nations International Year of Cooperatives. It highlights th...

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25 Mar 2011

Relief fund for worker cooperatives in Japan

Position paper

JWCU, the Japanese organisation for worker’s cooperatives, is reporting severe damages among its members. Some workers’ relatives are still missi...

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22 Mar 2011

France: Democracy succeeds at cooperatives!

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For the first time in its history, the General Confederation of Scop (CG Scop) has launched a big campaign across the whole country. Its goal: to educate the...

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21 Mar 2011

Earthquake in Japan: the situation for workers' cooperatives

Position paper

The Japan Workers’ Cooperative Union (JWCU) reported that an earthquake, which reached a magnitude of 9.0, hit the country on 11th March and caused a v...

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21 Mar 2011

Keys to the creation of cooperatives: the example of three practical guides

Position paper

The transformation of companies into cooperatives is an option which is not always taken into account as part of corporate restructuring in crisis or in busi...

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11 Mar 2011

3. Financial instruments

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10 Mar 2011

Lauch of an interactive news platform about cooperatives

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Co-operative Press has recently launched Dash.coop, a website that displays news and blog feeds from cooperatives across the world. It also provides an inter...

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08 Mar 2011

Spanish workers cooperatives have grown by 7% during the first three months in 2010

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The number of workers cooperatives increased by 7% last year compared to the same period in 2009, according to the Spanish worker’s cooperatives associ...

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01 Mar 2011

CECOP position on Single Market Act

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11 Feb 2011

2. Inter-cooperative cooperation

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11 Jan 2011

1. Cooperatives as builders of sustainability

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CICOPA's cooperative development strategy applied to worker, social and artisans’ cooperatives. The document “Cooperative development strateg...

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