December 9, 2022, marked the 1-year anniversary of the Social Economy Action Plan (SEAP), a key EU document outlining EU policies in support of social economy.

This CECOP report focuses on how coops contribute to meeting the high demand for care and address the challenges in the sector. It is now readily available in Polish.

Today, on 2 February 2023, European Parliament in the plenary vote approved the EMPL committee report on the Platform Work Directive, supporting cooperatives and promoting fair competition for honest businesses.

In December 2022, after months of intense work, European Parliament’s EMPL committee adopted its report on the Directive on improving working conditions in platform work

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the fourth edition of our newsletter of 2022. We hope through it, members and readers alike, will stay informed of our latest activities and EU developments.

During the second semester of 2022, CECOP co-hosted a series of three MLS for members on coops and digitalization.

CECOP supports the objective and several measures envisaged by the European Commission in the framework of the European Year of Skills 2023, highlights cooperative-specific priorities.

CECOP's hybrid conference on November 15 gathered cooperators, EU institutions and other European stakeholders to discuss the role of cooperatives in the care sector.

At the beginning of 2022, CECOP published the report “Lasting Impact. Measuring the social impact of worker and social cooperatives in Europe: focus on Italy and Spain”. The publication is now readily available in Polish.

Together with our Polish member NAUWC, CECOP co-hosted a national workshop on measuring social impact.

On November 24th, during an online event the CECOP "Lights On!" report was presented in Italy.

CECOP and the ETUC organized a joint event at the EP. It shared cooperatives’ and workers’ testimonies in support of an ambitious directive on improving working conditions for platform work.

CECOP is organizing a workshop with Polish member NAUWC. Drawing inspiration from European experiences, the online event will focus on the opportunities for Polish cooperatives in measuring their social impact.

Worker cooperative Ceramiche Noi, from our member Legacoop Produzione e Servizi, was present at this high-level European event.

This event will delve on how cooperatives tackle undeclared work, and will take place on 24 November 2022.

Joint letter by ETUC, CECOP, European Youth Forum, JOC Europe, Caritas Europe, and Solidar calling for an effective Directive on improving working conditions in platform work

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the third edition of our newsletter of 2022. We hope through it, members and readers alike, will stay informed of our latest activities and EU developments.

CECOP had the chance to sit down with member SČMVD, and discuss the ongoing Czech Presidency.

CECOP’s answer to the call for evidence on developing framework conditions for social economy through Council recommendation, announced by the European Commission.

CECOP’s reaction to the 2022 State of the Union address by the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen

CECOP joins Social Economy Europe in the effort to highlight the role of social economy actors, in particular cooperatives, in answering the multiple crises that Europe is currently facing.

On September 7, 2022, European Commission published a package of policy documents on care, including the first ever European Care Strategy and two proposals for Council recommendations on long-term care and early childhood educati...

CECOP participated in Bigre! and held a workshop on “Digitalization and cooperatives: Prospects in France and in Europe”

Conference "Cooperatives as frontrunners of innovation in the care sector" on November 15, 2022.

CECOP's response to the recent call for evidence published by the European Commission on “State aid – exemptions for small amounts of aid (de minimis aid) (update)".