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22 Jul 2011

Promoting cooperatives and the Social Economy in Greece

Position paper

The report "Promoting cooperatives and the Social Economy in Greece - How to promote the social economy in Greece through social cooperatives, worker co...

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22 Jul 2011

1. Resilience of cooperatives to the crisis

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21 Jul 2011

Cooperatives as builders of sustainable development

Position paper

As part of the answer to the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda, CICOPA is publishing the results of the study “Cooperatives as builders of sustainable de...

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30 Jun 2011

International Day of Cooperatives: “Youth, the future of cooperative enterprise”

Position paper

The 2nd of July is the 89th International Day of Cooperatives of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). This year, it highlights how cooperatives can...

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24 Jun 2011

Cooperatives are key to the transition from the informal to the formal economy

Position paper

The document “Cooperatives are key to the transition from the informal to the formal economy” by CICOPA argues that the cooperative entrepreneuri...

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23 Jun 2011

The resilience of the cooperative model

Publication

The study “The resilience of the cooperative model”, produced by CECOP - CICOPA Europe identifies the mechanisms which reinforce the resilience o...

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22 Jun 2011

Business Transfers to Employees under the Form of a Cooperative in Europe

News Position paper Publication

CECOP-CICOPA Europe’s presents in this document the opportunities and challenges for successful business transfers in Europe under the cooperative form...

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16 Jun 2011

EU co-financed Project encourages collaboration between Brazil and Uruguay cooperatives

Position paper

Red del Sur (Southern Network) has launched in 2010 an EU co-financed project, where processes focused in cross-border cooperation are reinforced. Organizati...

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07 Jun 2011

Sustainable employment: a key for the future of Europe

Position paper

CECOP - CICOPA Europe launched a campaign on sustainable employment highlighting the fact that worker cooperatives, social cooperatives and other types of en...

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03 Jun 2011

The new law of ‘Sociedades laborales’ is envisaged to be adopted before the summer

Position paper

The Spanish Government has stated that the drafting reform of the law for the ‘Sociedades laborales’ (SAL), a specific form of worker-owned busin...

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31 May 2011

The Romanian Minister of Culture and National Heritage denounces counterfeiting

Position paper

In an interview with the newspaper ‘Viata C’ published by UCECOM, the organisation Romanian worker cooperatives, Irina Cajal Marin, the deputy Se...

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27 May 2011

Building gender equality through cooperatives

Position paper

In 8th March 2011 it was the centenary of International Women's Day. To mark this occasion, Work Together is coming back to the crucial role of women in...

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26 May 2011

CECOP – CICOPA Europe raises awareness of European Union representatives with its campaign...

Position paper

CECOP – CICOPA Europe has sent a letter to several high-level EU decision makers to raise their awareness with its European campaign on sustainable emp...

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24 May 2011

Entries on the ‘Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence’

Position paper

The Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence have been created by DotCoop, the sponsor of the ‘.coop’ domain, to recognize the application of coo...

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24 May 2011

Isabelle Durant : “Employment sustainability is also reflected in the management of the...

Position paper

Isabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament and MEP (EFA / The Greens), has agreed to answer the questions of "Work Together" on the...

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19 May 2011

Issue 4 - May 2011

Position paper

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19 May 2011

Save employment : Italtac shows the way

Position paper

The Italian Italtac company is a cooperative recently created and specialized in the production of self-adhesive material. It has a high level of technical e...

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18 May 2011

Around 125 worker cooperatives affected by the earthquake in Spain

Position paper

Around 125 worker cooperatives have been affected by the magnitude 5.1 earthquake, which occurred Wednesday 11th May with the epicenter in the town of Lorca...

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16 May 2011

Co-operatives UK to launch petition calling for action to narrow the gap between rich and...

Position paper

In 2010, the whole cooperative movement mobilised at the occasion of the first 'Co-operatives Fortnight'. The campaign got 2.3 million people involve...

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16 May 2011

Cooperatives and social innovation

Position paper

The European Parliament has adopted an own-initiative report by Judith A. Merkies (S&D, NL) on May 12th in response to the European Commission Communicat...

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11 May 2011

COOPERATE - ANTICIPATE - INVOLVE

News Project

From 2006 to 2012 CECOP has led three important project aimed at adressing key societal aspects and developments, such as the promotion of SCEs among worker coo...

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25 Apr 2011

Single market act: "the cooperative sector more vibrant than ever"

Position paper

The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Michel Barnier, has presented on 13th of April the “Single Market Act”, a text regrou...

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25 Apr 2011

The ”Sociedades laborales” secure jobs in time

Position paper

The jobs consolidation in the "Sociedades Laborales" (SAL) in Spain has been made reality thanks to the fact it is a worker-owned enterprise. {&quo...

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20 Apr 2011

CECOP position: Green Paper - Public Procurements

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13 Apr 2011

Spanish production company edits a documentary about cooperatives throughout the world

Position paper

The Spanish audiovisual production cooperative m30m made a documentary about cooperatives around the world and are currently in the editing process of the fi...

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