In April 2006, CECOP anticipated the consultation organised by DG Employment, Social affairs and equal opportunities of the European Commission on “an action at EU level to promote the active inclusion of the people furth...
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND WORKER COOPERATIVES : Comparing models of corporate governance and social Inclusion. Organised within the framework of the ICA-Europe and CCACE regional assembly, 9-11 November, Mancheste...
On 14 June 2006, CECOP send to the Commission its position in the framework of the consultation that it organised on “The future of the internal market”.
From 25 to 28 October 2006, the international Forum for a responsible globalisation will be held in Lyon. This Forum will be organised around 3 main subjects which are: what kind of global chain of trade for fair development, c...
During the 17th to the 22nd August 2006, within the framework of the Agrokomplex Fair in Nitra, the doors of the 13th International Co-operative Contract and Sale Exhibition COOPEXPO 2006 were opened.
A national conference called ?Social Enterprises: Year Zero' focusing on the new Italian framework legislation on social enterprise gathered a number of scholars, cooperative leaders, high-level government civil servants, N...
This project, under the coordination of Legacoop with the help of Diesis, and with a partnership comprising also CGSCOP, CONFESAL and COCETA as well as CECOP, held its final conference in Venice on 29 September.
The UCE (European Cooperative University) Leonardo project (2006-2007), coordinated by the French Groupement des Collèges Coopératifs and in which CECOP and several CECOP members (CGSCOP, COCETA, SAW, plus Co-oper...
Bruno Roelants paid a visit to the Rhone-Alpes union of worker cooperatives in Lyon, one of the most developed ones in France. There are presently 231 worker cooperatives affiliated to this regional union, an increase of 15% in...
The new name « CECOP LINK » is aimed at not creating confusion with the new external newsletter, which will be titled « CECOP NEWS », with a first issue on 20 October. The recipients of this new external...
On 28 September, the three Italian cooperative confederations (AGCI, Confcooperative and Legacoop) and the three trade union confederations (CGIL, CISL, UIL) signed a common opinion for the implementation of the European direct...
During the 17th to the 22nd August 2006, in the framework of the Agrokomplex Fair in Nitra, the doors of the 13th International Co-operative Contract and Sale Exhibition COOPEXPO 2006 were opened. The organizers of the exhibiti...
During the 17th to the 22nd August 2006, in the framework of the Agrokomplex Fair in Nitra, the doors of the 13th International Co-operative Contract and Sale Exhibition COOPEXPO 2006 were opened. The organizers of the exhibiti...
A list of communication experts belonging to each of the CECOP member organisations has been established. Here is a presentation table of these data.
The text written by the secretariat in answer to the European consultation on "Transparency" has been addressed to the competent services of the Commission and has been put on line on our site.
SAW-B, Belgian full member and founder member of CECOP, celebrated on Friday 8 September the 25th anniversary of its establishment.
It seems that the European Parliament and the Finnish Presidency are determined to finish the approval cycle on the Services Directive before the end of the year.
The secretariat has so far concentrated its effort on the most urgent task, namely: to put in place an information system only for its members, with the CecopNews for members which you are presently reading. Toward the end of t...
A list of legal experts belonging to each of the CECOP member organisations has been established. Here is a presentation table of these data.
On 15 and 16 June 2006, in partnership with the European Confederation of trade unions (ETUC) and with the support of the European Commission, CECOP co-organised in Brussels a conference which subject was «For the full in...
On 6 July, a practical and scientific conference on “The role of the cooperative system in the social economy and social state development” was organised in Sofia, under the patronage of Mr Georgi Parvanov, Presiden...
