What is CECOP?
CECOP is the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives. Our aim is to bring democracy and solidarity to the workplace, sustainable economic growth, and social cohesion.
CECOP is the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives. Our aim is to bring democracy and solidarity to the workplace, sustainable economic growth, and social cohesion.
Our members are national federations of cooperatives and organisations that promote cooperatives. We represent 27 members in 16 European countries. We give voice to 40.000 enterprises and 1.3 million workers.
Giving voice to those women and men that every day put in practice what we defend and advocate for in CECOP, #COOPTALES shows a different way of doing economy where democratic and social values are drivers of a common project.
CECOP's Manifesto for the 2024 EU Elections: Cooperatives Empower Workers, Reindustrialize and Innovote for the Benefit of All
EU Member States find an agreement with the European Parliament on the Platform Work, unblocking the legislative process and opening the way for the formal adoption of the Platform Work Directive
Joint letter by over 80 European and national organisations on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive
The European Social Economy Conference took place in Liege, Belgium on the 12 and 13 February
The European Commission, in its Transition Pathway for the EU mobility, recognizes the strengths of multistakeholder cooperatives in private public partnerships to achieve the twin transitions and enhance the resilience of the mobility ecosystem.
on the 29 of November, CECOP organised its Conference "Workers buyouts - what is the cooperative key to success?" in Brussels, the final conference of its Campaign on Skills.
During the second semester of 2023, CECOP hosted a series of three MLS for members on the topic of cooperatives and commons.
Industrial and service cooperatives’ priorities for European elections 2024
Following its flagship conference, CECOP published its report titled "Report from CECOP's Conference: Workers Buyouts - what is the cooperative key to success?". This report highlights the interventions, best practices and k...
