What is CECOP?
CECOP is the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives. Our aim is to bring democracy and solidarity to the workplace, sustainable economic growth, and social cohesion.
CECOP is the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives. Our aim is to bring democracy and solidarity to the workplace, sustainable economic growth, and social cohesion.
Our members are national federations of cooperatives and organisations that promote cooperatives. We represent 27 members in 16 European countries. We give voice to 40.000 enterprises and 1.3 million workers.
Giving voice to those women and men that every day put in practice what we defend and advocate for in CECOP, #COOPTALES shows a different way of doing economy where democratic and social values are drivers of a common project.
On 28 May, key representatives of cooperatives from Poland and other EU Member States, Polish social economy actors and business associations, gathered in Kraków to discuss sustainability reporting in the cooperative movement.
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.
During their annual Congress, the CECOP members casted their votes for their new Board Members, re-elected Giuseppe Guerini as President, and approved other main orientations for the organisation.
Registrations are now open for the seminar organised by CECOP and Polish members NAUWC and OZRSS
CECOP joins over 200 European and national organisations supporting a joint letter put forward by Social Economy Europe.
Worker Buyouts emerged as a transformative force for saving jobs and communities at a high-level EU event on social finance and cooperative ownership.
On 25 March 2025, Social Platform hosted an event at the European Parliament to discuss the future of the European Social agenda.
Seven European organisations urge the EU to put business transfers high on the EU agenda.
20 European organisations are calling for the EU to live up to its ambitions for reforms in long-term care.
Cooperatives, by their very nature, strive to empower all members equitably, making gender equality both a goal and a measure of their success. However, embracing these values requires deliberate effort and ongoing commitment.
CECOP's 2022-2023 data collection shows the size and variety of its cooperative network, highlighting membership, workforce, and economic trends across different industries
Industrial and service cooperatives’ priorities for European elections 2024
