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18 Dec 2024

CECOP at the Social Platform policy debate “The Future of Long-Term Care in Europe”

News Event

On 4 December 2024, CECOP took part in the policy debate organised by the Social Platform, “The Future of Long-Term Care in Europe”.

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18 Dec 2024

Our Italian members Confcooperative Federsolidarietà and Legacoopsociali at the G7 Italy meeting on...

News Event

On 14-16 October 2024, the first Minister’s Meeting on Inclusion and Disability was held in Umbria, Italy, under the framework of the Italian Presidency of the G7.

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17 Dec 2024

CECOP joins the European Commission's campaign “Social Economy Voices”

News Video

CECOP had the opportunity to participate in the European Commission's campaign “Social Economy Voices”.

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25 Nov 2024

CECOP at the European Commission conference on affordable high-quality long-term care

News Event

On 12 November 2024, CECOP was invited to speak at the conference organised by the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL) European Commission on...

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25 Nov 2024

CECOP, jointed by the European cooperative movement, presents to the European Parliament its priorit...

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

On 5 November 2024 the event co-organised by CECOP and Cooperatives Europe, with the support from REScoop, EACB, Euro Coop, and COGECA, took place in the European Parliament in Bru...

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20 Nov 2024

CECOP Mutual Learning Sessions among members on gender equality

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

In the second half of 2024, CECOP co-hosted a series of three Mutual Learning Sessions (MLS) for members on the topic of gender equality.

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06 Nov 2024

Cooperative Vision for a Sustainable and Competitive Europe: Setting Priorities for the 2024-2029 EU...

News Press release Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

On 5 November 2024 the event "Cooperative vision for a sustainable and competitive Europe - priorities for the 2024-2029 term" took place in the European Parliament, hosted by MEP...

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06 Nov 2024

Small and Micro Social Economy Enterprises as important players in Europe’s journey towards Green Tr...

News Press release Event Project

Impressions from the webinar organised by the partners of the EU-funded SKI.F.T. project on 29 October 2024.

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29 Oct 2024

Webinar "Navigating the implementation of the Platform work Directive: challenges and opportunities,...

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

On 28 October, CECOP organized a webinar on the challenges and opportunities created by the implementation of the recently adopted Platform work Directive

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14 Oct 2024

Cooperative Vision for a Sustainable and Competitive Europe: Priorities for the 2024-2029 EU term

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

The EU is currently preparing for a new political chapter. From boosting business competitiveness and funding to upholding social rights, from mainstreaming sustainability in a fea...

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02 Oct 2024

Mario Draghi’s report: the EU must become more competitive, but not at the expense of our social mod...

News Position paper

On 17 September, Mario Draghi released his long-awaited report on “The future of European competitiveness”. The report outlines reforms that the former Italian Prime Minister and P...

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02 Sep 2024

CECOP SNAPSHOT 2022 - 2023:  An overview of industrial and service cooperatives

News Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

In 2022-2023 CECOP carried out a quantitative data collection among its members to gain better insight into the network. The data collected highlights the size of the network, the...

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28 Aug 2024

CECOP Welcomes Political Guidelines of Ursula von der Leyen, Newly Re-elected President of the Europ...

News

On 18 July, Ursula von der Leyen, re-elected as President of the European Commission, presented the agenda for the next Commission. CECOP welcomes the framework but calls for great...

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24 Jul 2024

Can worker cooperatives be competitive enterprises in the global market? Our answer is yes!

News

Three cooperatives with rich histories, SACMI, Cefla and Mondragon, demonstrate how innovation, adaptability and adhering to the cooperative principles can allow enterprises to sta...

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23 Jul 2024

Event workshop on the transposal of the Council Recommendation on Social economy in Italy

News Press release Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

On the 24 June, CECOP co-organised the conference “The cooperative movement in the social economy – an Italian Action Plan” together with the Italian Cooperative Alliance and Socia...

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11 Jul 2024

New SME Envoy Network report on business transfers

News

As foreseen in the SME Relief Package in 2023, the SME Envoy Network recently developed a report on the assessment of the framework conditions for business transfers (including int...

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25 Jun 2024

CECOP General Assembly 2024

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP held its hybrid annual General Assembly on 25 June 2024 in Rome, Italy, hosted by the Alleanza delle Cooperative Italiane.

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25 Jun 2024

Report of Activity 2023

News Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

In our Report of Activity from 2023, we invite our members, readers, and the general public to take a look at our main achievements from last year.

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07 Jun 2024

CECOP signs a joint call for more transparency in monitoring and implementation of the European Care...

News Press release

As part of the implementation of the 2022 Council Recommendation on access to affordable high-quality long-term care, which accompanied the introduction of the broader European Car...

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02 May 2024

CECOP Newsletter #1 - 2024

News EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the first edition of our newsletter of 2024. We hope through it, members and readers alike, will stay informed of our latest activitie...

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19 Apr 2024

Enrico Letta’s report: a promising step to dynamize the EU’s Single Market

News Position paper

On the 17th of April, Enrico Letta published his report on the future of the EU single market titled “Much more than a market: speed, security, solidarity” which covers a vast arra...

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19 Apr 2024

ZOOM IN on our Belgian member - Smart

News

CECOP had the chance to sit down with its member Smart and discuss the ongoing Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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17 Apr 2024

La Hulpe Declaration: Promising future for the EPSR, but gaps remain

News

A High-Level Conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights was held at La Hulpe in Belgium on 15 and 16 April 2024. The final objective of the conference was to adopt an inter...

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16 Apr 2024

CECOP co-signs a public letter supporting public investments for a stronger, more resilient and sust...

News

Alongside 65 organisations and academics, CECOP signed a public letter initiated by the Fiscal Matters coalition. The letter addresses EU leaders ahead of the European Council on 1...

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09 Apr 2024

Industrial and service cooperatives’ priorities for European elections 2024

News Press release Publication Video EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP's Manifesto for the 2024 EU Elections: Cooperatives Empower Workers, Reindustrialize and Innovote for the Benefit of All

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