Because of the novel Coronavirus outbreak and the related restrictions to access public spaces, CECOP decided to postpone our Conference “ALL FOR ONE” – Response of worker-owned cooperatives to non-standard work, foreseen on the 1...

Joint solidarity message by Iñigo Albizuri, Giuseppe Guerini and Luis Alvez, respectively Presidents of CICOPA, CECOP and CICOPA Americas to cooperatives and members affected by the COVID-19

On the 30th of March, the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative has been adopted to ease Member States’ economic effort in the fight against COVID-19 outbreak. Cohesion funds can help SMEs, including industrial and service co...

The European Commission’s Industrial and SME Strategies put forward some satisfactory proposals especially on SMEs digital and green transition, but it’s still a long way to go for actual entrepreneurial diversity to be recognised...

Buying for Social Impact project looked at how the social aspects of the 2014 EU Public Procurement Directive were transposed at national level, identified good practices on socially-responsible public procurement (SRPP), and mapp...

On the 14th of January, the European Commission issued the Communication “A Strong Social Europe for Just Transitions”[1]. The document sets out the road towards an Action Plan for the implementation of the European Pillar of Soci...

“All for One - Response of worker-owned cooperatives to non-standard employment”, a new report produced by CECOP sets out to show the contributions made by cooperatives to the issues related to non-standard employment, such as pre...

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the third edition of our biannual bulletin on EU-related social affairs and legislative monitoring to keep informed its members as well as other interested actors and stakeholders.

European Ministers of Employment and Social Affairs (EPSCO Council) gathered in Brussels on the 10th of December adopted conclusions on inclusive labour market.

CECOP had the chance to sit down with the COOP Finland to discuss the Finnish presidency, and much more.

Social cooperatives representatives, cooperative financing institutions, politicians and the European Commission with the European Investment Fund gathered in Milan on the 2nd of December to discuss opportunities and challenges of...

François Espagne was member of the board and treasurer of CECOP from 1989 to 1996, representing the French member organization CGScop, where he was Secretary General from 1981 to 1990.

On his updated mission statement Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit was asked by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to develop an Action Plan for the Social Economy

The new college will officially take office on the 1st of December after a few weeks delay.

Information, consultation and participation rights as a factor of success for the buisness transfer to employees in SMES (2019 - 2021)

Workshop co-organised by CECOP and CFI - Under the auspices of Lombardy Region

CECOP attends the event "Let’s renew the Social Economy Intergroup", that will take place on Wednesday 20 November 2019, from 6pm to 8pm, at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Employment and Social Affairs Ministers call Member States and the European Commission to reinforce the role of the social economy in creating quality jobs and providing social inclusion

European Commission study confirms: cooperatives are champions in cooperation with other cooperatives

After their appointment, the European Parliament is auditing Commissioners-designate. In the meantime, the social economy family is gathering support among Members of the European Parliaments (MEPs) to renew the Social Economy Int...

After two fruitful years of collaboration with several European and national partners, the R2G project comes to an end. 13 case studies of democratic governance of social enterprises from numerous European countries were presented...

CECOP and SOLIDAR’s common workshop on quality jobs provided several recommendations for EU decision makers on how to achieve the economy of well-being.

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the second edition of our biannual bulletin on EU-related social affairs and legislative monitoring to keep informed its members as well as other interested actors and stakeholders.