Programme

Permanent watch of new potential items of concern in the EU agenda
General lobby on worker ownership (on the basis of World Declaration on Worker Cooperatives, approved by the ICA)
General lobby on cooperatives of artisans and small producers
Watch and communication on the items in national legislations that are clearly detrimental to the development of worker cooperatives, social cooperatives, participative enterprises and cooperative SMEs in general and in contradiction with the Communication on Cooperatives
SME , enterprise policy , labour policy etc
Development policies and structural funds

Engage in talks on worker ownership with ETUC, in connection with work in progress on this issue with ICFTU at the CICOPA level, and on the basis of the World Declaration on Cooperative Worker Ownership
Survey on sectoral social dialogue across Europe

Establish a news system on website, with collaboration of members
Pursue and deepen data collection and handling (database) on member organisations and their enterprise
Legislation analysis: Collect relevant legislation (on worker cooperative, social cooperatives, social enterprises, SALs) and do comparative analysis, and collaborate on SCE work by Cooperatives in Europe on the aspects linked to worker and social cooperatives - participation in ongoing projects on SCE
Deepen work on social enterprise
Deepen work on public procurement
Promotion of the World Declaration on Worker Cooperatives in the CECOP network
Identify and disseminate best practices from most experienced members
Open sectoral spaces on website, and news about trade fairs, in view of members’ promotion of activities between cooperatives
Promote worker ownership in partnership with universities

Contact groups and organisations in view of CECOP membership, e.g., Portugal, Ireland, Hungary, West Balkan region, Russia, Turkey etc
Contact federations of artisans’ cooperatives and cooperatives of SMEs in view of possible membership

Intervene in strategic projects as project leader
Intervene in projects as secondary partner or service provider
Survey projects in preparation within the CECOP membership, to check coherence with CECOP representative role