Progress
Read more
The Hungarian government promotes social cooperatives
The Hungarian Folk High School Society (HFHSS) coordinated a government-sponsored programme to promote social cooperatives in Hungary, which lasted from Octo...
CECOP's response to the consultation
CECOP's response to the Commission consultation on “Small Business Act”
Comments of CECOP on the 3rd draft block exemption regulation
Third draft regulation on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market (Draft...
Commission targets tax regime for cooperatives
By Luc Vernet | Europolitics - 26 February 2008
Commission's decision might hurt 250 000 co-operatives
Cooperatives Europe - Press Release
European Center for SME's in China
The 27 February, CECOP attended a seminar focusing on the feasibility of the setting-up of a European centre for SMEs in China. The idea comes after a consul...
Consultation on “Small Business Act” (SBA) for Europe
In its communication on the midterm review of Modern SME policy of 4 October 2007, the European Commission introduced an actions program of actions organised...
Second round: “Small Business Act” consultation
We would like to insist very strongly on this consultation as already underlined in the previous CECOP Link ([click here->http://www.cecop.coop/article.ph...
CECOP response to the consultation 2nd. Draft
CECOP response to the Commission consultation : Questionnaire on the “Small Business Act” for Europe
Relevant items in the 2008 CLWP
SME-relevants items in the 2008 Commission Legislative Work Programme
Documents and presentations
Background documents and presentations from the SME Envoy meeting with Stakeholders - 30 January 2008
Public Hearing - 6 February 2008
This week, CECOP pursued its follow-up of the Small Business Act theme by attending a Commission Hearing. All the actors linked to this project were present...
Small Business Act public Hearing - 6 February 2008
This week, CECOP pursued its follow-up of the Small Business Act theme by attending a Commission Hearing. All the actors linked to this project were present...
CECOP Congress 2008
CECOP Congress will be held in Brussels on Wednesday 30 April 2008 from 9am to 5 pm.
SGI/SSGI follow-up
This week, CECOP pursued its follow-up of the SGI / SSGI theme by attending a CoR/EESC/SSGI Collective conference entitled "Towards an internal market o...
CECOP's response to the Commission consultation
CECOP's response to the Commission consultation: “Opportunities, access and solidarity: towards a new social vision for 21st century Europe”<...
CECOP's response to the Commission consultation
CECOP's response to the Commission consultation: Modernising social protection for greater social justice and economic cohesion: taking forward the activ...
CECOP - Cooperatives Europe press release
Position of Cooperatives Europe and CECOP on the communication “Services of General Interest, including social services of General Interest: a new Euro...
An article in the December issue of the ‘Monde Diplomatique' on enterprise transfers to th...
The article by Cécile Raimbeau (available on www.monde-diplomatique.fr as of January 2007) explains the successes of the hundreds of democratic worker...
Services of General interest and Internal market: Contradiction or conciliation?
On December 4, 2007, the CEEP (European centre of enterprises with public participation and of enterprises of general economic interest) organised in Brussel...
Communication from de CE: Overcoming the stigma of business failure
Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Overc...
Commissioner Verheugen hails micro-credit and worker cooperatives' role in the social deve...
At the occasion of the seminar Social Economy: a key sector for growth and jobs” held by the European Economic and Social Committee on 3 December, EU e...