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12 Mar 2013

Inspiring worker buy-outs in Belgium

Position paper

By 2020, a third of the SMEs in the Walloon region (Belgium) are foreseen to suffer transmission problems due to the lack of a successor and thousands of ent...

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07 Mar 2013

Conference: Cooperatives and the transmission of enterprises

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05 Mar 2013

Your contribution matters: promote cooperatives participating in the UN “My World” global...

Position paper

You can participate in the “My World” global survey launched by the United Nations to identify priorities in order to prepare the next developmen...

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27 Feb 2013

Medcoop: driving innovation and groups in the Mediterranean region

Position paper

A new European association of cooperatives has been created: Medcoop. This new reality aims to be a think tank orientated towards the promotion, innovation a...

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18 Feb 2013

Cooperatives must not be ignored in the EU Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan

Press release

PRESS RELEASE - Vice President Tajani will present tomorrow the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan to the Competitiveness Council. This ambitious action plan...

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14 Feb 2013

Social and work integration through the production of children’s clothes in Bulgaria

Position paper

The cooperative Chernomorka (Lady from the Black Sea in Bulgarian), active in the retail sector, will be one of the enterprises present in the European Forum...

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04 Feb 2013

French cooperative from the CECOP network presented as best practice case in a European Co...

Position paper

The French collective interest cooperative society, (scic), named SPAD (Service Présence et Aide à Domicile) shared its experience with the aud...

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29 Jan 2013

Each week, a different cooperative will feature in the CICOPA and CECOP social networks !

Position paper

In 2012, during the International Year of Cooperatives, several initiatives took place in order to highlight the role of cooperatives. For example, the stori...

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25 Jan 2013

Improvement in the economic situation among cooperatives in industry and services from non...

Position paper

A study produced by CICOPA, the International Organisation of Industrial, Artisanal and Service Producers’ Cooperatives, reveals a stable or even impro...

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25 Jan 2013

Improvement in the economic situation among industrial, artisanal and service producers’ c...

Position paper

A study produced by CICOPA, the International Organisation of Industrial, Artisanal and Service Producers’ Cooperatives, reveals a stable or even impro...

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18 Jan 2013

CICOPA sends recommendations to public authorities to improve the presence of cooperatives...

Position paper

The world body representing worker and social cooperatives, CICOPA, has recently sent policy recommendations to public authorities and international key acto...

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17 Jan 2013

European cooperative organizations develop a project to encourage partnerships, internatio...

News Project

Cooperative organizations and institutions from Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Greece are involved in a European project that aims to establish a common...

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17 Jan 2013

CECOP answer to EC consultation reduced VAT rates

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11 Jan 2013

CICOPA policy recommendations following the International Year of Cooperatives

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10 Jan 2013

CECOP answer EC consultation "Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan"

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03 Jan 2013

Scenes from the documentary Together available on the TV channel France 2

Position paper

Some scenes from the documentary Together, produced by CECOP – CICOPA Europe and filmed by the worker cooperative, m30m were shown on the French televi...

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13 Dec 2012

300 people took part in a meeting focused on the International Year of Cooperatives in Pra...

Position paper

The Union of Czech Republic Production Cooperatives, SČMVD, organized a two-day meeting focused on the International Year of Cooperatives in Prague. The even...

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10 Dec 2012

Jobs in Spanish worker cooperatives increase despite the crisis

Position paper

In spite of the fact that nearly 6 million people are unemployed in Spain, last studies from the Spanish Confederation of Worker Cooperatives, COCETA confirm...

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07 Dec 2012

Co-operatives UK launches a new edition of its worker cooperative code of governance

Position paper

In 2006, a group of experienced UK worker cooperators explained how to use the cooperative principles to create good cooperative businesses. In 2012, Co-oper...

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06 Dec 2012

36,000 new jobs were created in Italian cooperatives in 2012

Position paper

Despite the current crisis, it is estimated that between 2007 and 2011, employment in cooperatives has increased by 8%, compared with a decrease of 2.3% in a...

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28 Nov 2012

European Social Innovation Competition, apply before 21th December

Position paper

European Commission has launched a competition to find the best social innovation solutions to help people move towards work or into new types of work. A max...

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22 Nov 2012

Publications available in PDF !

Position paper

The three books “Cooperatives, Territories and Jobs: Twenty experiences of cooperatives active in industry and services across Europe”, “Be...

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20 Nov 2012

French minister proposes 7 measures to double the number of worker cooperatives in five ye...

Position paper

The French Minister of Social and Solidarity Economy, Benoît Hamon has participated in the international conference of cooperatives, organized jointly...

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19 Nov 2012

20th November: Official closing of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives i...

Position paper

The official closing of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives (IYC), “Promoting Cooperatives Beyond 2012” will take place at the...

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16 Nov 2012

International Conference of worker and social cooperatives

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