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18 Dec 2024

Our Italian members Confcooperative Federsolidarietà and Legacoopsociali at the G7 Italy m...

News Event

On 14-16 October 2024, the first Minister’s Meeting on Inclusion and Disability was held in Umbria, Italy, under the framework of the Italian Presidency of the...

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17 Dec 2024

CECOP joins the European Commission's campaign “Social Economy Voices”

News Video

CECOP had the opportunity to participate in the European Commission's campaign “Social Economy Voices”.

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25 Nov 2024

CECOP at the European Commission conference on affordable high-quality long-term care

News Event

On 12 November 2024, CECOP was invited to speak at the conference organised by the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL) Eu...

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25 Nov 2024

CECOP, jointed by the European cooperative movement, presents to the European Parliament i...

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

On 5 November 2024 the event co-organised by CECOP and Cooperatives Europe, with the support from REScoop, EACB, Euro Coop, and COGECA, took place in the Europe...

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20 Nov 2024

CECOP Mutual Learning Sessions among members on gender equality

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

In the second half of 2024, CECOP co-hosted a series of three Mutual Learning Sessions (MLS) for members on the topic of gender equality.

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06 Nov 2024

Cooperative Vision for a Sustainable and Competitive Europe: Setting Priorities for the 20...

News Press release Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

On 5 November 2024 the event "Cooperative vision for a sustainable and competitive Europe - priorities for the 2024-2029 term" took place in the European Parlia...

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06 Nov 2024

Small and Micro Social Economy Enterprises as important players in Europe’s journey toward...

News Press release Event Project

Impressions from the webinar organised by the partners of the EU-funded SKI.F.T. project on 29 October 2024.

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29 Oct 2024

Webinar "Navigating the implementation of the Platform work Directive: challenges and oppo...

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

On 28 October, CECOP organized a webinar on the challenges and opportunities created by the implementation of the recently adopted Platform work Directive

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14 Oct 2024

Cooperative Vision for a Sustainable and Competitive Europe: Priorities for the 2024-2029...

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

The EU is currently preparing for a new political chapter. From boosting business competitiveness and funding to upholding social rights, from mainstreaming sus...

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02 Oct 2024

Mario Draghi’s report: the EU must become more competitive, but not at the expense of our...

News Position paper

On 17 September, Mario Draghi released his long-awaited report on “The future of European competitiveness”. The report outlines reforms that the former Italian...

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02 Sep 2024

CECOP SNAPSHOT 2022 - 2023:  An overview of industrial and service cooperatives

News Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

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...

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28 Aug 2024

CECOP Welcomes Political Guidelines of Ursula von der Leyen, Newly Re-elected President of...

News

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...

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24 Jul 2024

Can worker cooperatives be competitive enterprises in the global market? Our answer is yes...

News

Three cooperatives with rich histories, SACMI, Cefla and Mondragon, demonstrate how innovation, adaptability and adhering to the cooperative principles can allo...

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23 Jul 2024

Event workshop on the transposal of the Council Recommendation on Social economy in Italy

News Press release Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

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...

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25 Jun 2024

Report of Activity 2023

News Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

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.

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02 May 2024

CECOP Newsletter #1 - 2024

News EaSI / ESF+ programme

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...

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17 Apr 2024

La Hulpe Declaration: Promising future for the EPSR, but gaps remain

News

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...

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16 Apr 2024

CECOP co-signs a public letter supporting public investments for a stronger, more resilien...

News

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...

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09 Apr 2024

Industrial and service cooperatives’ priorities for European elections 2024

News Press release Publication Video EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP's Manifesto for the 2024 EU Elections: Cooperatives Empower Workers, Reindustrialize and Innovote for the Benefit of All

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12 Mar 2024

Members State find an agreement with the European Parliament on the Platform Work Directiv...

News

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...

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16 Feb 2024

CECOP at the European Social Economy Conference in Liege “Social Economy at the core of Tr...

News

The European Social Economy Conference took place in Liege, Belgium on the 12 and 13 February

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23 Jan 2024

CECOP attending the informal EPSCO on the future of the Social Pillar

News Event

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...

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08 Nov 2023

Conference Workers Buyout - what is the cooperative key to success?

Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP is organising its conference "Workers Buyouts - What is the cooperative key to success?", the flagship event of its campaign on skills #coopskills2023.

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19 Oct 2023

ZOOM IN On our Spanish member – COCETA

News

CECOP had the chance to sit down with its member COCETA, and discuss the ongoing Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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17 Oct 2023

COODING - the first international event for cooperatives on digital and new technologies!

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

Last 29 – 30 September, 400 cooperators, experts and academia joined COODING event, the first international event to discuss the role that cooperatives are play...

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