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17 Oct 2011

New websites launched for cooperatives

Position paper

The platform Global News Hub is publishing cooperative news, features and comments from across the world on one single website. All articles are listed on ww...

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14 Oct 2011

Getting out of the crisis

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On 23rd of September, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) organised the conference in Brussels called “Getting out of the Crisis Together”....

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13 Sep 2011

Cooperatives, a response to a sustainable economy

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CECOP –CICOPA Europe, the organisation which represents cooperatives active in industry and services in Europe presented 2 new publications on 7th Sept...

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08 Sep 2011

Press coverage: CECOP–CICOPA Europe presentation of two new books

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CECOP-CICOPA Europe presented this 7th of September two new books about how cooperatives contribute to the sustainability of Europe in presence of several EU...

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07 Sep 2011

Sustainable European Economy? Cooperatives do it better!

Position paper

CECOP-CICOPA Europe has released 2 books on the contribution of cooperatives active in industry and services to a European sustainable economy. Those publica...

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30 Aug 2011

New website on the road for cooperatives

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From September the 2nd a new platform called Global News Hub will showcase cooperative news, features and comment from across the world on one single website...

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29 Jul 2011

Cooperatives still more resilient to the crisis

Position paper

Every year since 2009, CICOPA has been consulting its members made up of national organisations representing cooperatives in industry and services in 33 coun...

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25 Jul 2011

The impact of the crisis on worker and social cooperatives 2011 report

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22 Jul 2011

Promoting cooperatives and the Social Economy in Greece

Position paper

The report "Promoting cooperatives and the Social Economy in Greece - How to promote the social economy in Greece through social cooperatives, worker co...

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22 Jul 2011

1. Resilience of cooperatives to the crisis

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21 Jul 2011

Cooperatives as builders of sustainable development

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As part of the answer to the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda, CICOPA is publishing the results of the study “Cooperatives as builders of sustainable de...

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30 Jun 2011

International Day of Cooperatives: “Youth, the future of cooperative enterprise”

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The 2nd of July is the 89th International Day of Cooperatives of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). This year, it highlights how cooperatives can...

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24 Jun 2011

Cooperatives are key to the transition from the informal to the formal economy

Position paper

The document “Cooperatives are key to the transition from the informal to the formal economy” by CICOPA argues that the cooperative entrepreneuri...

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23 Jun 2011

The resilience of the cooperative model

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The study “The resilience of the cooperative model”, produced by CECOP - CICOPA Europe identifies the mechanisms which reinforce the resilience o...

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22 Jun 2011

Business Transfers to Employees under the Form of a Cooperative in Europe

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CECOP-CICOPA Europe’s presents in this document the opportunities and challenges for successful business transfers in Europe under the cooperative form...

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16 Jun 2011

EU co-financed Project encourages collaboration between Brazil and Uruguay cooperatives

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Red del Sur (Southern Network) has launched in 2010 an EU co-financed project, where processes focused in cross-border cooperation are reinforced. Organizati...

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07 Jun 2011

Sustainable employment: a key for the future of Europe

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CECOP - CICOPA Europe launched a campaign on sustainable employment highlighting the fact that worker cooperatives, social cooperatives and other types of en...

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03 Jun 2011

The new law of ‘Sociedades laborales’ is envisaged to be adopted before the summer

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The Spanish Government has stated that the drafting reform of the law for the ‘Sociedades laborales’ (SAL), a specific form of worker-owned busin...

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31 May 2011

The Romanian Minister of Culture and National Heritage denounces counterfeiting

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In an interview with the newspaper ‘Viata C’ published by UCECOM, the organisation Romanian worker cooperatives, Irina Cajal Marin, the deputy Se...

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27 May 2011

Building gender equality through cooperatives

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In 8th March 2011 it was the centenary of International Women's Day. To mark this occasion, Work Together is coming back to the crucial role of women in...

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26 May 2011

CECOP – CICOPA Europe raises awareness of European Union representatives with its campaign...

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CECOP – CICOPA Europe has sent a letter to several high-level EU decision makers to raise their awareness with its European campaign on sustainable emp...

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24 May 2011

Entries on the ‘Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence’

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The Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence have been created by DotCoop, the sponsor of the ‘.coop’ domain, to recognize the application of coo...

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24 May 2011

Isabelle Durant : “Employment sustainability is also reflected in the management of the...

Position paper

Isabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament and MEP (EFA / The Greens), has agreed to answer the questions of "Work Together" on the...

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19 May 2011

Issue 4 - May 2011

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19 May 2011

Save employment : Italtac shows the way

Position paper

The Italian Italtac company is a cooperative recently created and specialized in the production of self-adhesive material. It has a high level of technical e...

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