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31 Jan 2012

World Standards of Social Cooperatives

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24 Jan 2012

The Debt Trap

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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. Thous...

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19 Jan 2012

CECOP will produce a documentary about the resilience of cooperatives to the crisis

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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 b...

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14 Jan 2012

Anis Chowdhury (United Nations): “Cooperatives, a viable alternative to the dominant econo...

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Anis Chowdhury, Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), stated that the cooperative moveme...

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12 Jan 2012

Launch of the International Year of Cooperatives at European Level

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12 Jan 2012

Launch of the International Year of Cooperatives at European Level

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CECOP-CICOPA Europe, together with the other European cooperative organisations, launched today the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives at EU l...

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10 Jan 2012

Slovakia: when a natural disaster strikes

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After the earthquakes that hit Japan and Spain last year, CICOPA wants to give a little hope to the people who have suffered from natural disasters by sharin...

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16 Dec 2011

European Commissioner Laszlo Andor mentions the example of the Mondragon group

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On 8th December, the conference “The social economy in the European agenda” was organised by the Social Economy Intergroup of the European Parlia...

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15 Dec 2011

CICOPA General Assembly in Cancun: creation of a CICOPA Americas Regional Organisation

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The International Cooperative Alliance General Assembly and conference were held in Cancun, Mexico from 14th to 18th November. During one week, this event at...

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06 Dec 2011

Spain and Belgium present their legislation on social economy in the French Parliament

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Juan Antonio Pedreño, the President of the Spanish Confederation of Worker Cooperatives (COCETA), presented the Spanish law on social economy in the F...

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25 Nov 2011

Ceramics: the story of a recovery

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In Italy, about 90% of the ceramic industry’s national production is concentrated in the region of Emilia Romagna, particularly in the provinces of Reg...

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18 Nov 2011

Read a full chapter of the CECOP-CICOPA Europe publication “Cooperatives Territories and j...

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“Cooperatives, Territories and Jobs: Twenty experiences of cooperatives active in industry and services across Europe” focuses on five different...

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10 Nov 2011

Cooperatives, mentioned in the Communication "Agenda for Change"

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The European Commission published a Communication on 13th October entitled “Agenda for Change” that announces the future of the European strategy...

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08 Nov 2011

Spanish young cooperators: an escape from the crisis

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The unemployment and job insecurity figures among young Spaniards are chilling. Almost half of those aged between 16 and 29 years cannot find a job. This is...

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26 Oct 2011

New "Work Together" out now!

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We are happy to share with you the new issue of “Work Together”! Your information magazine about cooperatives and worker-owned enterprises in ind...

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20 Oct 2011

Número 5 - Octubre 2011 (Spanish version)

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20 Oct 2011

Issue 5 - October 2011

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17 Oct 2011

New websites launched for cooperatives

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The platform Global News Hub is publishing cooperative news, features and comments from across the world on one single website. All articles are listed on ww...

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14 Oct 2011

Getting out of the crisis

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On 23rd of September, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) organised the conference in Brussels called “Getting out of the Crisis Together”....

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13 Sep 2011

Cooperatives, a response to a sustainable economy

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CECOP –CICOPA Europe, the organisation which represents cooperatives active in industry and services in Europe presented 2 new publications on 7th Sept...

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08 Sep 2011

Press coverage: CECOP–CICOPA Europe presentation of two new books

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CECOP-CICOPA Europe presented this 7th of September two new books about how cooperatives contribute to the sustainability of Europe in presence of several EU...

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07 Sep 2011

Sustainable European Economy? Cooperatives do it better!

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CECOP-CICOPA Europe has released 2 books on the contribution of cooperatives active in industry and services to a European sustainable economy. Those publica...

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30 Aug 2011

New website on the road for cooperatives

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From September the 2nd a new platform called Global News Hub will showcase cooperative news, features and comment from across the world on one single website...

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29 Jul 2011

Cooperatives still more resilient to the crisis

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Every year since 2009, CICOPA has been consulting its members made up of national organisations representing cooperatives in industry and services in 33 coun...

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25 Jul 2011

The impact of the crisis on worker and social cooperatives 2011 report

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