The whole of the French cooperative movement has affirmed its ambition to bring about further developments in all sectors and has launched a new brand and logo that is unique, clear and unifying. Indeed, on the occasion of the...
The French daily newspaper “Le Monde” and the website of the “L’Entreprise” magazine have showcased the cooperative model.
On 13 January, Michel Barnier, the internal market and financial services commissioner-designate was heard by the “Internal market and consumers protection” Committee and the “Economic and Monetary affairs&rdq...
Given the extent of the damage provoked by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake and numerous after shocks, the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) has made an appeal to members to contribute to finance longer-term cooperative reco...
The resolution that the United Nations have just adopted is a real plea for cooperatives. This new resolution on the role of cooperatives in social development proclaims 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives. UN Member...
The Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) is a research program seeks to identify those organizations which are out-performing their peers by above average growth in intellectual capital and wealth creation. MONDRAGON has b...
On 18 November, CICOPA in collaboration with its regional organisation, CECOP-CICOPA Europe, organised a seminar on environment in Geneva, Switzerland. It took place in the afternoon just after the CICOPA General Assembly which...
Dame Pauline Green was elected for a four year term as President of the ICA at the organisation’s general assembly held in Geneva on 19 - 20 November 2009 on the theme “Global crisis – Cooperative opportunity&...
The annual conference “From the European Charter for Small Enterprises to the Small Business Act” was held in Stockholm on the 5th and 6th October. This event was organized by the Swedish Presidency of the EU and th...
This is a real history, with real people, with a great idea of change! Many solutions have been proposed to face the global economic downturn but just few of them are really concrete and effective. The best answers did not come...
CECOP is in mourning. Antoine Antoni iconic figure of the French cooperative movement died on 4 July, – international day of cooperatives – at the age of 92.
The third European cooperative society has been created in Italy on 29 June 2009. Nova SCE has had a long period of constitution which was necessary in order to meet with the harmonisation of the European rules (Reg CE 1435/200...
Confcooperative, one of the main Italian cooperative organisations, celebrated its ninetieth birthday during the general assembly that was held in Rome on May 26. More than 1000 people took part to this event including importan...
Concerned by the current economic crisis and its serious challenges for employment, sustainability of the enterprises and social cohesion, CECOP has submitted to its members a consultation (see CECOP Link 2009/08) in order to h...
The death of the ICA's President Ivano Barberini on the 6 of May represents the loss of one of the most significant actors whom the Italian and international movement have ever known. During his presidency, the ICA underwen...
The European conference on social economy organized by SCMVD, the Czech Union of production cooperatives, which is a CECOP member, in collaboration with the Confederation of Employers and Entrepreneurs' Associations and wit...
Concerned by the current economic crisis and its serious challenges for employment, sustainability of the enterprises and social cohesion, CICOPA (directly and through its regional organisation CECOP-CICOPA Europe as far as Eur...
There had been less worker cooperatives created in 2008 in comparison to the previous years. Economic crisis has touched the growth of cooperative movement, which created 1,7% less enterprises than in 2007. These data have been...
The International European Conference on Social Economy and Social Enterprise will take place from 16 to 18 April 2009 in Prague as part of the official programme of events under the Czech Republic's Presidency of the EU Co...
Deadline: 1st. october 2008
The delegation was from RECM (Reunion Especializada de Cooperativas de Mercosur), the MERCOSUR official agency for cooperatives, which comprises the national administration of control and promotion of cooperatives and the natio...
The EU's renewed social agenda, presented on 2nd of July, features proposals on strengthening the fight against discrimination and improving workers' rights and cross-border healthcare. It is one of the Commission's...
With over 16% of the EU's GDP (1500 billion euros in 2002), public procurement represents a considerable stake for all European enterprises, and thus also for the development of the cooperative and participative enterprises...
