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29 Oct 2025

Time for decisive investments in care services: Call for earmarking of funds for implement...

News Position paper

Today, on the occasion of the UN International Day of Care, CECOP, as part of the European Care Alliance, urges the EU legislators to earmark dedicated funding...

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28 Oct 2025

New book on worker and social cooperatives: “Cooperativism at Work“

News Publication

We are happy to announce the publication of the book “Cooperativism at Work: Worker-owned Cooperatives Across the World”.

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28 Oct 2025

CECOP’s contribution to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the EU Anti-Poverty...

News Position paper

CECOP has submitted its contribution to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the forthcoming EU Anti-Poverty Strategy.

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22 Oct 2025

Save the date - The role of digital platforms in the ongoing transformations of the home c...

News Event Project

Don't miss the upcoming conference of the ORIGAMI project.

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20 Oct 2025

Joint Statement: 100 billion Euros for social spending? The devil’s in the details

News

CECOP co-signed the Joint Statement “100 billion Euros for social spending? The devil’s in the details”.

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20 Oct 2025

New CECOP Report: “Quality Jobs, the Cooperative Way”

News Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

Industrial and service cooperatives prove that fair, resilient, and inclusive employment isn’t just possible, it’s scalable. With over 43,000 cooperatives acros...

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17 Sep 2025

Local Roots, Global Solidarity: How UK Cooperators Are Building a Movement

Event

On 16-18 May, CECOP staff participated to a weekend gathering organised by our member, workers.coop.

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11 Sep 2025

The NSDPP welcomes the European Parliament’s step towards a more sustainable public procur...

News

The Network for Sustainable Development in Public Procurement (NSDPP) has welcomed the adoption of the European Parliament’s own-initiative report on public pro...

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11 Sep 2025

SOTEU2025 – It is time to put ambitious actions behind words

News Position paper

On 10 September 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her fifth State of the European Union address.

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31 Jul 2025

CECOP launches a campaign on Quality Jobs!

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP launches a campaign on quality jobs! Find out about all the activities organised for #CoopQualityJobs

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29 Jul 2025

CECOP’s contribution to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the Quality Jobs Ro...

News

The European Commission conducted a consultation to collect evidence from stakeholders for the upcoming Quality Jobs Roadmap.

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16 Jul 2025

CECOP’s contribution to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the Social Economy...

News

The European Commission conducted a consultation to collect feedback from stakeholders on the Social Economy Action Plan.

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11 Jul 2025

The green transition of micro and small social economy enterprises" - SKI.F.T. project vid...

News Project Video

In the context of the SKI.F.T final event, we interview partners, beneficiaries and policymakers on the importance of green transition for small and micro enter...

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10 Jul 2025

Joint statement - Keep what works: 8 success factors for a future ESF+

News

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26 Jun 2025

ZOOM IN on our Polish Members: NAUWC and OZRSS

News

CECOP had the chance to sit down with its members NAUWC and OZRSS, and discuss the results of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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25 Jun 2025

CECOP joins Social Services Europe

News

We are proud to announce that CECOP has became member of Social Services Europe (SSE).

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17 Jun 2025

CECOP’s session at the Industry Days

News Event

CECOP co-organised a session on the “Expectations for the European Textiles Sector: Balancing Competitiveness and Circularity” during the 2025 Industry Days.

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09 Jun 2025

CECOP seminar on The Cooperative Model in the Era of Sustainable Reporting – Values That B...

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

On 28 May, key representatives of cooperatives from Poland and other EU Member States, Polish social economy actors and business associations, gathered in Krakó...

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27 May 2025

Report of Activity 2024

News Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

In our 2024 Report of Activity, we invite our members, readers, and the general public to take a look at our main achievements from last year.

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27 May 2025

CECOP Congress 2025: highlights

News

During their annual Congress, the CECOP members casted their votes for their new Board Members, re-elected Giuseppe Guerini as President, and approved other mai...

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26 May 2025

The new Single Market Strategy: competitiveness yes, but at what expense?

News

The new Single Market Strategy recognises the barriers that hold the Single Market back but fails to address them.

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06 May 2025

Registrations open for ‘The Cooperative Model in the Era of Sustainable Reporting – Value...

Event

Registrations are now open for the seminar organised by CECOP and Polish members NAUWC and OZRSS

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30 Apr 2025

The Implications of DG GROW Abandoning the Social Economy at a Critical Juncture

News

CECOP joins over 200 European and national organisations supporting a joint letter put forward by Social Economy Europe.

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25 Apr 2025

Cooperatives take center stage at fi-compass conference on workers buyouts in Madrid

Event

Worker Buyouts emerged as a transformative force for saving jobs and communities at a high-level EU event on social finance and cooperative ownership.

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25 Apr 2025

CECOP at the Social Platform event “What’s next for Social Europe?”

Event

On 25 March 2025, Social Platform hosted an event at the European Parliament to discuss the future of the European Social agenda.

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