The EU is currently preparing for a new political chapter. From boosting business competitiveness and funding to upholding social rights, from mainstreaming sus...
On 17 September, Mario Draghi released his long-awaited report on “The future of European competitiveness”. The report outlines reforms that the former Italian...
In 2022-2023 CECOP carried out a quantitative data collection among its members to gain better insight into the network. The data collected highlights the size...
On 18 July, Ursula von der Leyen, re-elected as President of the European Commission, presented the agenda for the next Commission. CECOP welcomes the framework...
Three cooperatives with rich histories, SACMI, Cefla and Mondragon, demonstrate how innovation, adaptability and adhering to the cooperative principles can allo...
On the 24 June, CECOP co-organised the conference “The cooperative movement in the social economy – an Italian Action Plan” together with the Italian Cooperativ...
As foreseen in the SME Relief Package in 2023, the SME Envoy Network recently developed a report on the assessment of the framework conditions for business tran...
CECOP held its hybrid annual General Assembly on 25 June 2024 in Rome, Italy, hosted by the Alleanza delle Cooperative Italiane.
In our Report of Activity from 2023, we invite our members, readers, and the general public to take a look at our main achievements from last year.
As part of the implementation of the 2022 Council Recommendation on access to affordable high-quality long-term care, which accompanied the introduction of the...
CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the first edition of our newsletter of 2024. We hope through it, members and readers alike, will stay informed of...
On the 17th of April, Enrico Letta published his report on the future of the EU single market titled “Much more than a market: speed, security, solidarity” whic...
CECOP had the chance to sit down with its member Smart and discuss the ongoing Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
A High-Level Conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights was held at La Hulpe in Belgium on 15 and 16 April 2024. The final objective of the conference w...
Alongside 65 organisations and academics, CECOP signed a public letter initiated by the Fiscal Matters coalition. The letter addresses EU leaders ahead of the E...
CECOP's Manifesto for the 2024 EU Elections: Cooperatives Empower Workers, Reindustrialize and Innovote for the Benefit of All
20 March 2024, the EU Commission released its action plan on “Tackling Skills and Labour Shortages in the EU”
EU Member States find an agreement with the European Parliament on the Platform Work, unblocking the legislative process and opening the way for the formal adop...
Joint letter by over 80 European and national organisations on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive
The European Social Economy Conference took place in Liege, Belgium on the 12 and 13 February
The European Commission, in its Transition Pathway for the EU mobility, recognizes the strengths of multistakeholder cooperatives in private public partnerships...
CECOP supports the Commission's BEFIT proposal to develop a single European corporate tax law (COM/2023/532 final) based on the fundamental principles of a comm...
On the 11 and 12 January, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised a significant gathering - the informal EPSCO meeting. This meeti...
on the 29 of November, CECOP organised its Conference "Workers buyouts - what is the cooperative key to success?" in Brussels, the final conference of its Campa...
During the second semester of 2023, CECOP hosted a series of three MLS for members on the topic of cooperatives and commons.
