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30 Mar 2020

Hope for cooperative SMEs: EU Adopts Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative to combat COVID-19

News

On the 30th of March, the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative has been adopted to ease Member States’ economic effort in the fight against COVID-19 outbreak. Cohesion funds can help SMEs, including industrial and service co...

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10 Mar 2020

New Publication: Buying for Social Impact. Good Practices from around the EU

News

Buying for Social Impact project looked at how the social aspects of the 2014 EU Public Procurement Directive were transposed at national level, identified good practices on socially-responsible public procurement (SRPP), and mapp...

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16 Jan 2020

EC Communication on just transitions: important challenges, big expectations

Press release

On the 14th of January, the European Commission issued the Communication “A Strong Social Europe for Just Transitions”[1]. The document sets out the road towards an Action Plan for the implementation of the European Pillar of Soci...

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16 Dec 2019

CECOP report: ALL FOR ONE - Reponse of worker-owned cooperatives to non-standard employment

Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

“All for One - Response of worker-owned cooperatives to non-standard employment”, a new report produced by CECOP sets out to show the contributions made by cooperatives to the issues related to non-standard employment, such as pre...

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12 Dec 2019

CECOP Bulletin on EU Social Affairs #3

Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the third edition of our biannual bulletin on EU-related social affairs and legislative monitoring to keep informed its members as well as other interested actors and stakeholders.

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12 Dec 2019

Council Conclusions reaffirm role of social economy in inclusive labour market

News

European Ministers of Employment and Social Affairs (EPSCO Council) gathered in Brussels on the 10th of December adopted conclusions on inclusive labour market.

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11 Dec 2019

ZOOM IN on our Finnish Member – Coop Finland

News

CECOP had the chance to sit down with the COOP Finland to discuss the Finnish presidency, and much more.

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10 Dec 2019

The Multiplier Effect: EU financial instruments for social cooperatives and social enterprises

EaSI / ESF+ programme

Social cooperatives representatives, cooperative financing institutions, politicians and the European Commission with the European Investment Fund gathered in Milan on the 2nd of December to discuss opportunities and challenges of...

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03 Dec 2019

European Commission will develop an Action Plan for the Social Economy

Press release

On his updated mission statement Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit was asked by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to develop an Action Plan for the Social Economy

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27 Nov 2019

The 2019-2024 European Commission (finally) approved

News

The new college will officially take office on the 1st of December after a few weeks delay.

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15 Nov 2019

The multiplier effect: increasing the access to finance for social cooperatives through EU instruments

EaSI / ESF+ programme

Workshop co-organised by CECOP and CFI - Under the auspices of Lombardy Region

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29 Oct 2019

Council Conclusions on Economy of Well-Being: Social Economy for inclusion and quality jobs

Press release

Employment and Social Affairs Ministers call Member States and the European Commission to reinforce the role of the social economy in creating quality jobs and providing social inclusion

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03 Oct 2019

New Commission, new Parliament: nominations, confirmations and next challenges

News

After their appointment, the European Parliament is auditing Commissioners-designate. In the meantime, the social economy family is gathering support among Members of the European Parliaments (MEPs) to renew the Social Economy Int...

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27 Sep 2019

Economy of well-being, Social Platform stresses added value of cooperatives and social justice for quality jobs

News

CECOP and SOLIDAR’s common workshop on quality jobs provided several recommendations for EU decision makers on how to achieve the economy of well-being.

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07 Aug 2019

CECOP Bulletin on EU Social Affairs #2

Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the second edition of our biannual bulletin on EU-related social affairs and legislative monitoring to keep informed its members as well as other interested actors and stakeholders.

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01 Aug 2019

The EESC considers blockchain technologies can improve the performance of social economy organisations, benefiting their members and end-users

News

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11 Jul 2019

DEEP ROOTS, LONG BRANCHES - Brief from CECOP’s 40th Anniversary session – Manchester 21st of June 2019

Event

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10 Jul 2019

Civil Society Days 2019 – Solidar and CECOP: democracy at work brings more democracy in the public sphere

News

A summary of the Civil Society Days 2019 at the European Economic and Social Committee on the 13th of June where Secretary General Diana Dovgan and President of the French worker cooperative SCOP-TI took the floor during a se...

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10 Jul 2019

European Elections 2019 – Results, aftermath and CECOP’s Next Steps

News

In the aftermath of the elections which took place on the 26th of May, in this article, we point out CECOP's priorities and goals for this new parliamentary term.

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10 Jul 2019

Eurofound Report confirms: Cooperatives show an ability to flourish resiliently after a crisis

News

CECOP welcomes the publication of Eurofound report “Cooperatives and social enterprises: Work and employment in selected countries” which reaffirms that cooperatives, particularly worker cooperatives a...

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08 Jul 2019

Report of Activity 2018

Publication

In our Report of Activity for 2018 you can read about the main activities that CECOP undertook in 2018.

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27 Jun 2019

Reaction to EC evaluation of the Council Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed in the labour market

Position paper

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04 Jun 2019

ZOOM IN on our Romanian Member – UCECOM

News

Interview with Sevastiţa Grigorescu, President of UCECOM, Romanian Union of Handicraft and Production Cooperatives

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27 May 2019

CECOP at the 2019 Civil Society Days – European Economic and Social Committee

Event

The European Civil Society Days 2019 are approaching and we are happy to inform you that CECOP has been invited to contribute to the workshop number 6: “Economy and democracy in the labour market: for a resilient and sust...

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14 Mar 2019

Manifesto for the European Elections 2019

News Publication

In the end of May 2019, the European citizens will elect new European MEPs. In a context of global instability, CECOP-CICOPA calls the European decision-makers for encouraging democracy and social-based values.

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