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16 Sep 2016

Are you a cooperative manager? Register to the SCIS2016 before 22 September: few seats lef...

Event

Are you a social cooperative manager willing to know other international experiences? Keep on reading. Register before 22 September for the Social Cooperativ...

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15 Sep 2016

The European Parliament recognises the job creation potential of small and medium cooperat...

Press release

Today, the plenary session of the European Parliament has approved the report entitled 'How best to harness the job creation potential of SMEs?', whi...

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23 Aug 2016

Italy has adopted a reform of the third sector which introduces significant new developmen...

News

Social entrepreneurship in Italy may well be about to experience a new period of developments. The reform of the third sector, which was approved by the Parl...

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11 Aug 2016

Cooperatives in industry and services share their expertise for the design of the EC Start...

Position paper

CECOP has recently published the answer of cooperatives active in industry and services to a European Commission (EC) Public consultation under the Start-up...

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05 Aug 2016

First Greek law covering both social cooperatives and worker cooperatives to be discussed...

News

The Greek government has prepared a draft law on Social and Solidarity Economy and the development of its agencies, which will soon be discussed by the Greek...

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18 Jul 2016

Social Cooperatives International School from 20 to 23 October in Naples

Event

The second edition of the Social Cooperatives International School (SCIS2016) will be held in Naples (Italy) from 20 to 23 October 2016. The School, with a h...

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01 Jul 2016

Industrial and service cooperatives: essential allies to achieve the UN Sustainable Develo...

Press release

Tomorrow is the International Day of Cooperatives. To celebrate it, the international cooperative movement is showing how those enterprises promote the Unite...

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27 Jun 2016

France announces the creation of the first Scop grouping: Calice

News

Since 31 July 2014, the law on the SSE (Social and Solidarity Economy) has authorised the creation of groupings of Scops in order to improve the model’...

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27 Jun 2016

Elections: Giuseppe Guerini new President of CECOP

News

The General Assembly of CECOP, gathered in Brussels on 23 June, has elected Giuseppe Guerini as the new President of CECOP. With this election, he will also...

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24 Jun 2016

Cultural.coop, reimagining cultural work

News

“The lives of cultural workers are complex and contradictory; insecurity, low pay, long hours, pressure and anxiety are often the prize to pay for some...

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23 Jun 2016

Cooperatives, journalism, and freedom of expression in Spain

News

Over the last few years, media companies have made many cut-backs in Spain, and lots of journalists have lost their job. Furthermore, young journalists who h...

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13 Jun 2016

Last year 8,533 first jobs were created in new cooperatives in Spain

News

Just like the previous years, 2015 was a good year for worker cooperatives. In fact, 8,533 first jobs were created in new cooperatives. To put this into pers...

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30 May 2016

Worker, social and producers' cooperatives, a way to fight social exclusion for young peop...

Publication

Cooperatives can be part of the solution for the younger generations in Europe, as they are facing the highest levels of unemployment and precarious jobs. This...

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11 May 2016

Kooperationen is planning its Second Conference on Community-owned Energy Cooperatives in...

Event

The CICOPA Danish member Kooperationen is already planning its second conference for community-owned renewable energy cooperatives, which will be organised t...

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10 May 2016

Spanish women feel better and achieve higher positions working in cooperatives

News

When speaking about cooperatives and gender, Spain is no different from other parts of the world. Spanish women can obtain better jobs and feel better workin...

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02 May 2016

CoopBiciclot is getting bigger through the creation of Can Picó

News

Biciclot, which is a member of the Cooproute and is a bike recycling cooperative that works with people in need and offers bike tours for groups of 4 to 40 p...

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29 Apr 2016

Social economy enterprises got together at Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

News

More than 100 exhibitors from 16 countries participated in the Fifth European Fair of social economy enterprises and cooperatives in the city of Plovdiv (Bul...

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11 Apr 2016

Declaration on migrants and refugees

Position paper

The gravest migration and humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II and other serious challenges migrants are facing all over the world have urged coo...

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11 Apr 2016

The “Koperattiva Għawdxija tal-Bizzilla u Artiġjanat”, a cooperative example of women work...

News

The “Koperattiva Ghawdxija tal-Bizzilla u Artigjanat”, is a cooperative that consists of 16 members, who are all women. They are lace-makers, liv...

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10 Apr 2016

Work Together - April 2016

Publication

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31 Mar 2016

Responsible Construction Worker Cooperatives in the Construction sector launch their CSR...

News

Several cooperative and participative enterprises in the French construction sector will soon be able to display the Worker Cooperatives BTP (Construction an...

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23 Mar 2016

Thanks

News

We wish to thank all the people from around Europe who sent us messages of solidarity with us and the people finding themselves in Belgium, and asking if we...

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21 Mar 2016

Italian cooperatives lead the way in helping workers strike a good work-life balance

News

Italian cooperatives accord priority to the integration of women in the labour market. Not only are 61% of their employees women, 23.6% of them hold top leve...

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21 Mar 2016

Labour Integration of refugees in Greece: a Cooperative Hostel to Spread Solidarity

News

“Welcommon” stands for “Welcome in common”. This is the name that four well-established organisations, the social cooperative Wind of...

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04 Mar 2016

Social cooperatives: the charter for the promotion of the sustainable inclusion of migrant...

News

The on-going conflicts in Africa and the Middle East have led to an increasing number of individuals leaving their home countries and seeking asylum in Europ...

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