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13 Dec 2012

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 !

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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...

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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...

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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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07 Nov 2012

The strength of inter-cooperation, key for the future of the cooperative movement

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With this year coming to an end, there are many conclusions and considerations we can already take from the past months. Co-operatives United compiled some o...

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29 Oct 2012

Co-operatives United, the close of the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives 2...

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27 Oct 2012

A melody of cooperation around the world

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CICOPA launches a musical project that calls anyone to participate with songs in any language that transmit messages about cooperative work or cooperation. T...

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15 Oct 2012

CECOP participates in the conference 'Social Enterprises and the Europe 2020 Strategy” at...

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Bruno Roelants, Secretary General of CECOP participated in the conference 'Social Enterprises and the Europe 2020 Strategy: innovative solutions for a su...

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05 Oct 2012

Full version of the documentary Together already available!

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The full version of the documentary TOGETHER is already available. This is a low definition file, if you want to purchase the DVD. The film shows the resilie...

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28 Sep 2012

CECOP answer to the consultation on General block exemption Regulation

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24 Sep 2012

Photo Exhibition “Through their eyes” at the European Parliament

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20 Sep 2012

The European Parliament holds next week the photo exhibition “Through their eyes”

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CECOP – CICOPA Europe is organizing the picture exhibition “Through their eyes” to be held from 24th to 27th September at the European Parl...

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07 Sep 2012

Hamon highlights the resilience of cooperatives to the crisis

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Benoît Hamon, the French Deputy Minister for Social and Solidarity Economy, participated yesterday at the European Parliament’s Social Economy In...

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06 Sep 2012

Handbook 3: European Union policies and policy processes, Internal market, enterprise and...

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How does function the EU decision-making process? Are all decisions taken by EU legally binding for Member States and do they have the same impact? What are...

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06 Sep 2012

Handbook 2: The open method of coordination

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This second handbook analyses the main challenges of the ambitious Lisbon Strategy set up for ten years in 2000 by EU and its Member States. It provides a be...

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06 Sep 2012

Handbook 1: The European Union institutions and how they function

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This first handbook attempts at explaining how EU regulation increasingly impacts on our enterprises, how the various EU institutions function and interact w...

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05 Sep 2012

Cooperatives and social enterprises: Governance and normative frameworks

Publication

Coordinated by Bruno Roelants (CECOP), with contributions from Felice Scalvini (CECOP, Confcooperative), Roger Spear (EMES Network), Jean Gautier (CGSCOP), Vilm...

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04 Sep 2012

Beyond the Crisis: Cooperatives, Work, Finance. Generating Wealth for the Long Term

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Against the backdrop of the global financial and economic crisis that flared up in 2007/2008, this book reflects the particularly strong resilience of cooper...

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03 Sep 2012

Cooperatives, Territories and Jobs: Twenty experiences of cooperatives active in industry...

Publication

The massive wealth and job destruction caused by the 2008 financial crisis has brought back the focus onto the real economy, job creation and territorial develo...

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02 Sep 2012

TOGETHER. How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis

Video

It’s a reality. In Europe, 1.5 million workers co-own their enterprises. They are called worker cooperatives, social cooperatives or participative ente...

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