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 28 members in 17 European countries. We give voice to 43.000 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.
CECOP welcomes the European Commission’s consultation on the Commission’s proposal for an EU Inc, or 28th regime.
In April, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted its opinion on the “Culture Compass for Europe”.
Together with more than 250 organisations across Europe, we call on the European Council to safeguard the EU's social and territorial investment architecture in the next Multiannual Financial Framework.
CECOP has welcomed a new organization into its membership: Genç İşi Kooperatif from Türkiye
On 30 March, the European Commission published the mid-term review of the Social Economy Action Plan (SEAP).
CECOP held its hybrid annual General Assembly (GA) on 9 June 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal, hosted by CONFECOOP, the Portuguese Cooperative Confederation.
In our 2025 Report of Activity, we invite our members, readers, and the general public to take a look at our main achievements from last year.
Moving production back to Europe is important, but location alone is not enough. As the EU policy agenda focuses on enhancing EU competitiveness and strategic autonomy, we are launching a joint campaign between CECOP and Cooperatives Europe with the support of Euro Coop, REScoop.eu.
CECOP publishes its report “Quality Jobs – the Cooperative Way” ahead of the release of the EU Quality Jobs Roadmap.
CECOP's 2022-2023 data collection shows the size and variety of its cooperative network, highlighting membership, workforce, and economic trends across different industries
