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15/05/2012
Barnier, Tajani and Andor’s Cabinet, MEP’s and the European Economic and Social Committee gathered together for the CECOP-CICOPA Europe conference
On 24th April, CECOP organised a conference on social cooperatives and the Social Business Initiative (SBI) at the European Economic and Social Committee. This event took place during the Cooperative Week, a set of events organised by the cooperative movement to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives. Read more.
11/05/2012
In an opinion, the EESC recognises the stronger resilience of cooperatives in times of crisis and promotes business transfers to employees
In an opinion adopted on 12th April called “Cooperatives and Restructuring”, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) highlighted how cooperatives develop new entrepreneurial initiatives in times of crisis, displaying a stronger resilience than conventional enterprises. The texts highlights that this capacity applies in particular to cooperative banks but also to worker cooperatives, social cooperatives, and cooperatives formed by SMEs. The EESC also points out the need to facilitate the transfer of business to employees by inviting Member States to develop new legal frameworks. Read more.
7/05/2012
Eroski integrates more than 4,000 employees as new cooperative members
The cooperative Eroski has integrated more 4,142 new employees in several Spanish regions as new cooperative members, within a business procedure approved recently in the last General Assembly. Thus, the cooperative of hypermarkets and supermarkets and the member of the Mondragon Corporation, has increased its number of cooperative members to 12,000. Read more.
29/03/2012
Laszlo Andor opened the first European Fair of Social Enterprises and Cooperatives for People with Disabilities
Laszlo Andor, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, opened the first European Fair of Social Enterprises and Cooperatives for People with Disabilities in Plovdiv, co-organised by CECOP - CICOPA Europe and the National Union of Worker and Production Cooperatives of Bulgaria. Read more.
27/03/2012
Through their eyes: cooperators facing the crisis
In times of crisis, not all business models work in the same way. Some enterprises face new challenges and base their hopes on strong values and principles. Participation, freedom and solidarity are the cornerstones that enable them to overcome economic problems and make a sustainable future possible. They are the worker cooperatives, social cooperatives and participative enterprises. To mark the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives 2012, CECOP - CICOPA Europe is producing a documentary that will reveal how the cooperative model deals in a global economic system in crisis. In the documentary, this economic reality is told by the workers of four European cooperatives. Read more.
26/03/2012
Laszlo Andor will participate in the European Fair of Social Enterprises and Cooperatives for People with Disabilities
The Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Laszlo Andor will participate in the First European Fair of Social Enterprises & Cooperatives for People with Disabilities that will be celebrated in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, from 29th March to 1st April. A European conference will also be held on "Social Entrepreneurship and Europe 2020". Read more.
23/03/2012
A Different Museum
Imagine a museum whose most precious possession is not a painting by Van Gogh or an art installation by Ai Weiwei but a 100-year-old packed lunch wrapped in an old newspaper from 1886. Such a museum actually exists. It is the Danish co-operative Workers’ Museum in Copenhagen, situated in a building which is recognised as the very first listed Workers’ Assembly Hall in the world. Read more.
10/02/2012
First European Fair of Social Enterprises and Cooperatives of Persons with Disabilities
From 29th March to 1st April, the National Union of Worker Producers' Co-operatives of Bulgaria (NUWPC) will organize the First European Fair of Social Enterprises and Cooperatives of persons with disabilities during the International Fair in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. During the Fair, a European conference will also be held on "Social Entrepreneurship and Europe 2020" with participation of Laszlo Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion and representatives of other European institutions. This forum will discuss the new European initiatives aimed at promoting of social entrepreneurship. Read more.
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