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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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27 Dec 2010

Getting out of poverty in Italy

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In the context of the “2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion”, the European Commission released a series of video clips h...

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16 Nov 2010

Innovation Camp – The Kids Are All Right!

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Eighteen young trainees and students from several cooperative enterprises were invited by Kooperationen to participate in a workshop in Elsinore, Denmark. Th...

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16 Nov 2010

Rossano Rimelli elected as president of CECOP-CICOPA Europe

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Rossano Rimelli was elected as president of CECOP-CICOPA Europe at its extraordinary general assembly which was held on 4th November in Brussels. With this e...

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26 Oct 2010

CECOP position on the consultation “EU initiative on Concessions”

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08 Oct 2010

Italian cooperatives resist the crisis

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The cooperatives affiliated to Confcooperative in Italy are facing the crisis: like all other businesses, they have witnessed a considerable reduction in ord...

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17 Sep 2010

CECOP position on State aid rules on SGEI

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31 Jul 2010

Issue 3 - July 2010

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20 Apr 2010

EU Employment Commissioner László Andor : cooperatives have been innovative in time of cri...

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The European Parliament EPP Group (Group of the European People's Party) organised on the 14th of April an open discussion forum on "New Employment...

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29 Mar 2010

Report on meeting

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13 Feb 2010

The importance of cooperatives featured on the Guardian website

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As the Labour Party announced that it will support and encourage the cooperative movement at the next general election in the UK, an article in the guardian....

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05 Feb 2010

The French press highlights the virtues of cooperatives on the occasion of the launch of t...

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The French daily newspaper “Le Monde” and the website of the “L’Entreprise” magazine have showcased the cooperative model.

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05 Feb 2010

The CGScop unveils its new brand and logo at the salon des entrepreneurs in Paris

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The whole of the French cooperative movement has affirmed its ambition to bring about further developments in all sectors and has launched a new brand and lo...

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25 Jan 2010

Michel Barnier European Parliament Hearing: The new Internal Market commissioner wants to...

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On 13 January, Michel Barnier, the internal market and financial services commissioner-designate was heard by the “Internal market and consumers protec...

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22 Jan 2010

International mobilisation to help cooperatives in Haiti: CICOPA supports the Cooperatives...

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Given the extent of the damage provoked by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake and numerous after shocks, the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) has made an a...

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24 Dec 2009

Important recognition of cooperatives at the world level: the United Nations proclaim 2012...

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The resolution that the United Nations have just adopted is a real plea for cooperatives. This new resolution on the role of cooperatives in social developme...

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04 Dec 2009

CICOPA seminar: How cooperatives contribute to environment and sustainable development?

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On 18 November, CICOPA in collaboration with its regional organisation, CECOP-CICOPA Europe, organised a seminar on environment in Geneva, Switzerland. It to...

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04 Dec 2009

MONDRAGON, selected as one of the 10 European Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises in 2009

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The Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) is a research program seeks to identify those organizations which are out-performing their peers by above avera...

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25 Nov 2009

The International Cooperative Alliance has a new President: Dame Pauline Green

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Dame Pauline Green was elected for a four year term as President of the ICA at the organisation’s general assembly held in Geneva on 19 - 20 November 2...

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28 Oct 2009

Business transfer to employees at the agenda of the European conference “From the European...

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The annual conference “From the European Charter for Small Enterprises to the Small Business Act” was held in Stockholm on the 5th and 6th Octobe...

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09 Sep 2009

The shining history of the Busy Bee

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This is a real history, with real people, with a great idea of change! Many solutions have been proposed to face the global economic downturn but just few of...

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08 Sep 2009

Passed away of Antoine Antoni, former secretary general of CG Scop and one of CECOP’s foun...

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CECOP is in mourning. Antoine Antoni iconic figure of the French cooperative movement died on 4 July, – international day of cooperatives – at th...

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