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25 Feb 2008

Cooperative Europe's proposals

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Cooperative Europe's proposals on Small Business Act

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25 Feb 2008

CECOP response to the consultation 2nd. Draft

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CECOP response to the Commission consultation : Questionnaire on the “Small Business Act” for Europe

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15 Feb 2008

Relevant items in the 2008 CLWP

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SME-relevants items in the 2008 Commission Legislative Work Programme

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15 Feb 2008

Documents and presentations

Position paper

Background documents and presentations from the SME Envoy meeting with Stakeholders - 30 January 2008

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13 Feb 2008

Public Hearing - 6 February 2008

Position paper

This week, CECOP pursued its follow-up of the Small Business Act theme by attending a Commission Hearing. All the actors linked to this project were present that is the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Member-S...

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13 Feb 2008

Small Business Act public Hearing - 6 February 2008

Position paper

This week, CECOP pursued its follow-up of the Small Business Act theme by attending a Commission Hearing. All the actors linked to this project were present that is the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Member-S...

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12 Feb 2008

CECOP Congress 2008

Position paper

CECOP Congress will be held in Brussels on Wednesday 30 April 2008 from 9am to 5 pm.

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01 Feb 2008

SGI/SSGI follow-up

Position paper

This week, CECOP pursued its follow-up of the SGI / SSGI theme by attending a CoR/EESC/SSGI Collective conference entitled "Towards an internal market of social services?" as well as the “Social Economy” I...

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16 Jan 2008

CECOP's response to the Commission consultation

Position paper

CECOP's response to the Commission consultation: “Opportunities, access and solidarity: towards a new social vision for 21st century Europe”

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16 Jan 2008

CECOP's response to the Commission consultation

Position paper

CECOP's response to the Commission consultation: Modernising social protection for greater social justice and economic cohesion: taking forward the active inclusion of people furthest from the labour market

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20 Dec 2007

CECOP - Cooperatives Europe press release

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Position of Cooperatives Europe and CECOP on the communication “Services of General Interest, including social services of General Interest: a new European commitment”

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10 Dec 2007

An article in the December issue of the ‘Monde Diplomatique' on enterprise transfers to their workers

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The article by Cécile Raimbeau (available on www.monde-diplomatique.fr as of January 2007) explains the successes of the hundreds of democratic worker buy-outs of enterprises in crisis in Europe that have taken place ove...

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10 Dec 2007

Services of General interest and Internal market: Contradiction or conciliation?

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On December 4, 2007, the CEEP (European centre of enterprises with public participation and of enterprises of general economic interest) organised in Brussels a conference on the “Services of General interest and Internal...

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07 Dec 2007

Communication from de CE: Overcoming the stigma of business failure

Position paper

Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Overcoming the stigma of business failure - for a second chance policy - Im...

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06 Dec 2007

Commissioner Verheugen hails micro-credit and worker cooperatives' role in the social development of the poor

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At the occasion of the seminar Social Economy: a key sector for growth and jobs” held by the European Economic and Social Committee on 3 December, EU enterprise and industrial policy Commissioner Verheugen said that &ldqu...

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03 Dec 2007

EESC welcomes the Commission's receptiveness on its Social Economy Study

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Under the title “Social Economy: a key sector for growth and jobs” the EESC has held today a seminar to launch a study about Social Economy in the EU, which shows that Social Economy enterprises employ over 11 milli...

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30 Nov 2007

The Spanish Government prompts regulation for "Social Inclusion" Enterprises

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The Spanish Ministries Council recently approved the draft law for the regulation of social inclusion enterprises. The text is now in being analysed by the Labour Commission, Labour Relations, Employment and Social Security of...

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27 Nov 2007

The services of general economic interest

Position paper

The new European treaty - future « Lisbon Treaty » - will be officially signed on 13 December at the European summit in Brussels; in February 2008 the European Parliament should approve it and, as long as the 27 Mem...

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27 Nov 2007

The services of general economic interest

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The new European treaty - future « Lisbon Treaty » - will be officially signed on 13 December at the European summit in Brussels; in February 2008 the European Parliament should approve it and, as long as the 27 Mem...

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26 Oct 2007

Final conference of the Involve project

Position paper

The final conference of the Involve project was held on 3 October 2007 in Brussels in the premises of the European Trade Union Confederation with 3 representatives of the European Commission, 14 representatives from the trade u...

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26 Oct 2007

Common ETUC-CECOP conclusions

Position paper

Common ETUC-CECOP conclusions concerning the voluntary standards of workers' involvement in SCE composed of worker cooperatives, social cooperatives or worker owned enterprises, and/or of worker-members.

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11 Oct 2007

CECOP's response

Position paper

Draft block exemption consultation: CECOP's response

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11 Oct 2007

Communication from the Commission

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Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

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11 Oct 2007

Cooperatives Europe comments on the Communication from the EC on a simplified business environment

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Cooperatives Europe comments on the Communication from the Commission on a simplified business environment for companies in the areas of company law, accounting and auditing.

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24 Sep 2007

Cooperatives Europe comments on the Draft

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Cooperatives Europe comments on the Draft General Block exemption Regulation

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