Outlandish is a London based digital agency working on “technology that makes the world a fairer, better place”. CECOP visited their offices on a warm afternoon in June, and spent a couple of hours with its co-found...
CECOP signs a 4 years partnership agreement with the European Commission under the EaSI programme
CECOP – CICOPA Europe was invited by the European Commission (EC), DG GROWTH, to contribute to its conference “Creating value together: Towards business partnerships between social economy and traditional enterprise...
A new group has been set up to encourage Governments and EU institutions to fully implement the European Pillar of Social Rights.
2018 marks the anniversary of the tenth edition of Yo!Fest and the third time it joins forces with the European Parliament to create the European Youth Event (EYE). Organised by the European Youth Forum, since its first edition...
Registrations are open to the EIforPHS Main Event in June in Brussels, where the project and its results over the past two years will be presented.
SAVE-THE-DATE 25/28 OCT 2018: CICOPA’s member Federsolidarietà – Confcooperative, the biggest federation of social cooperatives in Italy, is pleased to announce the launch of the fourth global edition of Soci...
CECOP has been asking for a more social Europe for years, and the Pillar of Social Rights is certainly a good start to our demands, said Giuseppe Guerini during the high-level conference on Social Economy in Sofia, stressing th...
CALL TO OUR MEMBERS: CECOP 2018 General Assembly will take place in Brussels the 26 April. It is a very important moment, which comes at a time of major changes, both for our organisation and more generally for the internationa...
Our President Giuseppe Guerini will attend the panel on the "Pillars of Social Rights and Social Economy" on 16 April in Sofia, at 11:30
The Boards of the two organisations have appointed Diana Dovgan, CECOP-CICOPA's Europe and CICOPA's Senior Policy Officer, as Secretary General as of 1st of March, following the departure of the previous Secretary General, Bruno R...
Giuseppe Guerini, President of CECOP - CICOPA Europe, addressed the European Parliament on Wednesday 31 January 2018 in the framework of a round table on the future of work entitled "The role of the Social Economy in shapi...
In the framework of the ongoing opinion "Social Economy Enterprises (SEE) as a driver for migrant integration", the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised a public hearing "How do Social Economy...
On 25 January CECOP organized with CAAP a workshop in Maribor (Slovenia) on personal and household services and the social economy, within the framework of the project EI FOR PHS (Employee Involvement for Personal and Household...
Today, the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) appointed Bruno Roelants as its new Director-General. Mr Roelants, currently Secretary General at CICOPA and CECOP-CICOPA Europe, will begin his new role...
CECOP welcomes the European Commission’s attention to the matter and support the idea to guarantee access to social protection to all the workers, including those in non-standard situation, as described in the Commission&...
Cooperatives in industry and services are essential allies of the Social Europe given their contribution to a competitive economy aimed at quality employment and social progress. As such, CECOP welcomes the proclamation of the...
Speech pronounced by Giuseppe Guerini, President of CECOP - CICOPA Europe, in the framework of the EESC contribution to the ILO centenary initiative.
Preparatory Dossier Coordnated by Bruno Roelants - CECOP July 2002
At the initiative if etuc.org, co-organized on 27 September at the European Parliament a short event on the European Pillar of Social Rights just after the Social Economy Intergroup together with ETUC the Social Platform and...
The Committee of the Regions in Brussels was the stage for the final Conference of the “Saving Jobs!” project, “Transfer of enterprises to worker cooperatives and the role of public authorities - an under-esti...
Brussels, 22 September 2017, the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives, welcomes the European Commission & Communication for a Renewed EU Industrial Policy Strategy but regrets the lack of support and...
Wednesday 27 September 2017 from 15:00 to 16:00 in the European Parliament (room P3C050)
In Italy, social farming is an important and growing instrument of territorial cohesion and development, linking agriculture to local welfare. In the region of Campania alone, social cooperation employs 12,460 people and has mo...
