News
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 representatives of the European Commission and other European institutions. This forum will discuss the new European initiatives aimed at promoting of social entrepreneurship. Read more..
8/02/2012
Employment increases by 7.2% in cooperatives during the last quarter in Spain
The latest figures from the cooperative movement demonstrate, once again, that worker cooperatives offer a future way out for enterprises in a time of crisis, such as the one which we are experiencing today. Read more..
24/01/2012
The Debt Trap
Capital and the Debt Trap opens up new ways of thinking in the view of the recent financial crisis which has had a devastating impact around the globe. Thousands of businesses have closed, millions of jobs have been cut and many people have lost their homes. Read more..
19/01/2012
CECOP will produce a documentary about the resilience of cooperatives to the crisis
CECOP is working on a documentary on the resilience of the cooperatives and participative enterprises in industry and services to the crisis. The film will bring forward emblematic examples of restructuring measures by cooperatives in four European countries: the Foundry de l’Aisne, an enterprise in crisis transformed into a cooperative in France, the MONDRAGON Corporation, the 7th largest industrial group in Spain, Muszynianka, a producer of mineral water in Poland and Consorzio SIS, a social cooperative consortium in Italy. Read more..
