The EU social model has been deteriorating gradually since the beginning of the crisis, with increasing levels of inequality, unemployment and a partial retu...
After one year from the approval of the Italian law on social agriculture, the first Italian network of social agriculture "AgriCo.Re – Agricoltur...
CECOP, the European Confederation of industrial and service cooperatives, welcomes the recently launched Communication from the European Commission “Eu...
The president of CECOP, Giuseppe Guerini has received the medal for the 200th anniversary of the Polish cooperative movement under the patronage of the Presi...
The experience of industrial and service cooperatives was shared during the European Economic and Social Committee – International Labour Organisation...
Social cooperatives are among the most vital actors of the economy in today’s world, showing the capacity to understand the challenges our societies fa...
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Today, the plenary session of the European Parliament has approved the report entitled 'How best to harness the job creation potential of SMEs?', whi...
Social entrepreneurship in Italy may well be about to experience a new period of developments. The reform of the third sector, which was approved by the Parl...
The Greek government has prepared a draft law on Social and Solidarity Economy and the development of its agencies, which will soon be discussed by the Greek...
The second edition of the Social Cooperatives International School (SCIS2016) will be held in Naples (Italy) from 20 to 23 October 2016. The School, with a h...
Tomorrow is the International Day of Cooperatives. To celebrate it, the international cooperative movement is showing how those enterprises promote the Unite...
Since 31 July 2014, the law on the SSE (Social and Solidarity Economy) has authorised the creation of groupings of Scops in order to improve the model’...
The General Assembly of CECOP, gathered in Brussels on 23 June, has elected Giuseppe Guerini as the new President of CECOP. With this election, he will also...
“The lives of cultural workers are complex and contradictory; insecurity, low pay, long hours, pressure and anxiety are often the prize to pay for some...
Just like the previous years, 2015 was a good year for worker cooperatives. In fact, 8,533 first jobs were created in new cooperatives. To put this into pers...
Cooperatives can be part of the solution for the younger generations in Europe, as they are facing the highest levels of unemployment and precarious jobs. This...
When speaking about cooperatives and gender, Spain is no different from other parts of the world. Spanish women can obtain better jobs and feel better workin...
The gravest migration and humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II and other serious challenges migrants are facing all over the world have urged coo...
Italian cooperatives accord priority to the integration of women in the labour market. Not only are 61% of their employees women, 23.6% of them hold top leve...
“Welcommon” stands for “Welcome in common”. This is the name that four well-established organisations, the social cooperative Wind of...
The on-going conflicts in Africa and the Middle East have led to an increasing number of individuals leaving their home countries and seeking asylum in Europ...
