Today, 7th July, cooperative enterprises celebrate the 18th International Day of Cooperatives, proclaimed by the United Nations and the 90th International Cooperative Day of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). CECOP-...
Benoît Hamon, the French minister for social and solidarity economy, declared that he intended to design a law on the right of preference of workers who want to take over their enterprise, during a visit at Groupe Ch&egra...
CECOP-CICOPA Europe had the premiere of its new documentary “Together - How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis" due to be released in September. The European institutions and members of the cooperative moveme...
CECOP – CICOPA Europe will present the film documentary film “Together - How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis” on 26th June at the European Economic and Social Committee. The meeting will begin at 2:...
CICOPA is pleased to welcome the National Confederation of Worker Cooperatives (CNCT), from Argentina, as a new member. CNCT was established in 2009 in Buenos Aires and represents 31 federations which affiliate more than 2,000...
CECOP-CICOPA Europe has a new associate member: Co-operative Support Services Limited (CSS), from Ireland. CSS was established in 2006 and offers cooperative support services for Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs. It is a minority...
On 24th April, CECOP organised a conference on social cooperatives and the Social Business Initiative (SBI) at the European Economic and Social Committee. This event took place during the Cooperative Week, a set of events organ...
In an opinion adopted on 12th April called “Cooperatives and Restructuring”, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) highlighted how cooperatives develop new entrepreneurial initiatives in times of crisis,...
The cooperative Eroski has integrated more 4,142 new employees in several Spanish regions as new cooperative members, within a business procedure approved recently in the last General Assembly. Thus, the cooperative of hypermar...
Laszlo Andor, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, opened the first European Fair of Social Enterprises and Cooperatives for People with Disabilities in Plovdiv, co-organised by CECOP - CICOPA...
In times of crisis, not all business models work in the same way. Some enterprises face new challenges and base their hopes on strong values and principles. Participation, freedom and solidarity are the cornerstones that enable...
The Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Laszlo Andor will participate in the First European Fair of Social Enterprises & Cooperatives for People with Disabilities that will be celebrated in Plovdiv, B...
Imagine a museum whose most precious possession is not a painting by Van Gogh or an art installation by Ai Weiwei but a 100-year-old packed lunch wrapped in an old newspaper from 1886. Such a museum actually exists. It is the D...
From 29th March to 1st April, the National Union of Worker Producers' Co-operatives of Bulgaria (NUWPC) will organize the First European Fair of Social Enterprises and Cooperatives of persons with disabilities during the In...
The latest figures from the cooperative movement demonstrate, once again, that worker cooperatives offer a future way out for enterprises in a time of crisis, such as the one which we are experiencing today.
Capital and the Debt Trap opens up new ways of thinking in the view of the recent financial crisis which has had a devastating impact around the globe. Thousands of businesses have closed, millions of jobs have been cut and man...
CECOP is working on a documentary on the resilience of the cooperatives and participative enterprises in industry and services to the crisis. The film will bring forward emblematic examples of restructuring measures by cooperat...
Anis Chowdhury, Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), stated that the cooperative movement “has the potential to present itself as a viable alternative...
