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25 May 2015

How can worker cooperatives inspire Croatian economy?

Position paper

The economic transition in Croatia in the 1990’s from state to market economy, following the collapse of Yugoslavia, has led enterprises trough complex...

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14 May 2015

The Spanish social cooperative La Fageda winner of the 2015 Employment for All awards

Position paper

The winners of the 2015 Employment for All awards organized by the European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD) are the so...

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01 May 2015

Ownership at the workplace: at least 11 million people are worker-members of their coopera...

Position paper

On the International ‪‎Workers' Day‬, CECOP and CICOPA, the International organization of worker and social cooperatives active in industry, services...

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28 Apr 2015

On air : the European Young Cooperators Network has been officially launched

Position paper

The European Young Cooperators Network has been officially launched in the framework of Cooperatives Europe General Assembly in Paris on 23 April. The day be...

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15 Apr 2015

More young leaders in worker and social cooperatives than in conventional enterprises in F...

Position paper

Cooperative values and participative management are assets that appeal to new generations willing to give a meaning to their working lives. According to a st...

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13 Apr 2015

The New York Times dedicates an article to workers' buyouts in Europe

Position paper

The North American daily newspaper The New York Times has published a thorough article on business transfer to employees. It deeply analyses the story of the...

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01 Apr 2015

More than 30,000 visitors attended the Fourth European Forum on Social Entrepreneurship

Position paper

The fourth successive Forum on Social Entrepreneurship took place from 26 to 29 March 2015 covering an international fair involving more than 100 social ente...

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26 Mar 2015

26-29/03 - IV European Forum on Social Entrepreneurship

Position paper

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11 Mar 2015

Spreading the cooperative word through audiovisual media: the first edition of Festcoop

Position paper

FestCoop, the International Cooperative Film Festival started out as a way of bringing together people's experiences working for cooperatives in the soci...

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02 Mar 2015

Pope Francis receives Confcooperative representatives and underlines the importance of coo...

Position paper

On 28 February 2015 in Rome, at the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the re-establishment of CECOP Italian member organization Confcooperative in 1945 aft...

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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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16 Feb 2015

The Mondragon Corporation of the future: the democratic debate begins

Position paper

The largest industrial cooperative group in the world, Mondragon Corporation, is starting a large-scale debate involving its 120 cooperative enterprises. Ove...

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09 Feb 2015

Transitional worker cooperatives: a new tool for employees involved in company buyouts

Position paper

The transitional worker cooperative is an initiative introduced under The Social and Solidarity Economy French Bill, which came into force in July 2014. Its...

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02 Feb 2015

Fourth European Forum on Social Entrepreneurship to be held from 26th until 29th March 201...

Position paper

Cooperatives and social enterprises from several European countries and representatives from the European Union will met for the fourth time in Plovdiv, Bulg...

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23 Jan 2015

24/02 - How to promote sustainable tourist experiences through the European route of coope...

Position paper

Tourism is one of the largest socioeconomic activities in Europe. Given its potential, it should develop its capacity to generate benefits for the whole soci...

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19 Jan 2015

Green Economy and Worker Cooperatives

Position paper

A report recently published by the Andalusian Federation of Worker Cooperatives (FAECTA) in Spain provide evidence that the green economy offers new business...

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18 Dec 2014

II European Award for Social Entrepreneurship and Disability: Promoting Social Investment

Position paper

The ONCE Foundation (created by ONCE, the National Organization of Spanish blind people, in 1988) with the support of a group of companies, member organizati...

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11 Dec 2014

The re-establishment of the social economy intergroup is a fact

Position paper

Today the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament has officially confirmed the re-establishment of the Social Economy Intergroup. This important...

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04 Dec 2014

Worker cooperatives at the very heart of the month dedicated to the social and solidarity...

Position paper

To mark the month dedicated to the social and solidarity economy in France, the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Finance is hosting an exhibition, called &l...

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04 Dec 2014

Cooperatives active in tourism, boosting local wealth and social cohesion through sustaina...

Position paper

On the European Tourism Day, CECOP, the European confederation of cooperatives active in industry and services wishes to stress the socio-economic developmen...

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27 Nov 2014

23 January 2015: Ways Forward III conference, a New Era for Cooperative Development, UK

Position paper

On Friday 23 January 2015 Cooperative Business Consultants, a cooperative consortium dedicated to helping democratic enterprises, will host Ways Forward III...

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26 Nov 2014

Social considerations and quality crucial in public procurement to achieve a sustainable,...

Position paper

Public procurement represents 20% of the European Union GDP. To analyse the opportunities provided by the new directive to foster social inclusion, the Europ...

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23 Nov 2014

Redefining the European agenda for the social economy

Position paper

More than 600 people participated in the conference "Unlocking the potential of the social economy for EU growth", organised by the Italian Ministr...

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13 Nov 2014

The study ‘Cooperatives and Employment: a Global Report' is available online

Position paper

Presented for the first time at the International Summit of Cooperatives on 7 October with the presence of ILO Deputy Director General Sandra Polaski, and av...

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06 Nov 2014

CECOP at the conference "Unlocking the potential of the social economy for EU growth", Rom...

Position paper

The conference "Unlocking the potential of the social economy for EU growth" is organised by the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy in th...

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