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25 Sep 2015

Our new image and website launched today!

News

Today, CECOP has launched its new image and website. Our new, more modern and dynamic, logo alongside the slogan “Working Together”, embodying th...

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21 Sep 2015

The European Parliament adopts a resolution on social entrepreneurship and social innovati...

Position paper

On 10 September the European Parliament has adopted the resolution on “Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment”,...

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11 Sep 2015

The first edition of Social Cooperatives and Social Enterprises International School will...

News

Federsolidarietà – Confcooperative, the largest Italian organisation of social cooperatives, is organising the first Social Cooperatives and Soc...

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10 Aug 2015

Summer edition: last issue of Work Together is out now!

News

The summer edition of the E-magazine Work Together containing the latest news on cooperatives active in Industry and Services worldwide is available in Engli...

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29 Jul 2015

World Declaration on Worker Cooperatives

Press release

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28 Jul 2015

2012 International Year of Cooperatives

News

The United Nations declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives. It is a crucial opportunity for the cooperative movement to raise awareness of ou...

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16 Jul 2015

Democratic enterprises promoting intergenerational and gender equality

News

Worker and social cooperatives provide youth and women a more equal access to employment and management positions. Although they might face specific discrimi...

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15 Jul 2015

CICOPA statement at the International Labour Conference, 29 May 2014

Press release

On behalf of the International Cooperative Alliance, the Secretary General of CICOPA,Bruno Roelants is representing the cooperative movement at the Internati...

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15 Jul 2015

Social Entrepreneurs Have your Say! 16 - 17 January 2014, Strasbourg (France)

Video

Watch here the full debate on EU-Level Policies and Concrete Examples of Social Entrepreneurship, in the framework of the European Commission conference &quo...

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15 Jul 2015

László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Event

Keynote speech of László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, at the Conference "Cooperatives and Wo...

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15 Jul 2015

Turkish version of TOGETHER

Video

The documentary TOGETHER. How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis can be fully watched now in Turkish. It was produced in 2012 by CECOP, the European...

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24 Feb 2015

Cooproute, building European heritage

News Project

Today Cooproute, the European Route of Cooperative Culture, has been presented in Brussels, the capital of the continent where the cooperative movement was b...

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13 Jun 2014

Discover a new site of the Cooproute every week!

News Project

Getting ready for summer destinations and planning to travel around Europe? Why not to visit a cooperative contributing to preserve and value the local indus...

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23 Jun 2011

The resilience of the cooperative model

Publication

The study “The resilience of the cooperative model”, produced by CECOP - CICOPA Europe identifies the mechanisms which reinforce the resilience o...

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22 Jun 2011

Business Transfers to Employees under the Form of a Cooperative in Europe

News Position paper Publication

CECOP-CICOPA Europe’s presents in this document the opportunities and challenges for successful business transfers in Europe under the cooperative form...

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11 May 2011

COOPERATE - ANTICIPATE - INVOLVE

News Project

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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11 Apr 2011

COOPROUTE

News Project

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26 Oct 2007

Final conference of the Involve project

News Position paper Project

The final conference of the Involve project was held on 3 October 2007 in Brussels in the premises of the European Trade Union Confederation with 3 represent...

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23 Aug 2007

Project presentation

News Position paper Project

The project "Cooperative European University" (Université Coopérative Européenne / UCE) aims at developing and structuring a E...

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05 Apr 2007

Seminar on the INVOLVE project / 30 March 2007

Event Project

On the afternoon after the general assembly, part of the members remained for a detailed presentation on the Involve project, followed by several programmed...

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07 Dec 2006

Project on workers' involvement awarded to CECOP

News Project

CECOP's project proposal on "fostering the involvement of workers in SCEs and national cooperatives and worker-owned enterprises" has been sele...

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01 Dec 2006

“Innovation and Employment Plus” project: final conference (Bruxelles, 21/11/2006)

News Event Project

Through this European Social Fund project, Confesal and Legacoop, together with the two Spanish trade unions UGT and CCOO, plus the IRES think tank of Italia...

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06 Oct 2006

Final Conference of the project «Towards the European Cooperative Society : democracy and...

News Event Project

This project, under the coordination of Legacoop with the help of Diesis, and with a partnership comprising also CGSCOP, CONFESAL and COCETA as well as CECOP...

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04 Jul 2006

Meeting of the European Cooperative University (UCE) Project, Manchester, 30 June / 1 July...

News Event Project

The European Cooperative University (UCE) Leonardo project, in which CECOP is a partner, endeavours to establish a European on-line resource centre on cooper...

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