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30 Sep 2022

MU.ST.SEE project

News Project

Mutli-stakeholder cooperation to Strengthen skills development for social economy entrepreneurship

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14 Sep 2022

SOTEU 2022 makes important points about support to European businesses – but it lacks on t...

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CECOP’s reaction to the 2022 State of the Union address by the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen

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13 Sep 2022

Open Letter to European Commission President by Social Economy Europe: Social Economy Solu...

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CECOP joins Social Economy Europe in the effort to highlight the role of social economy actors, in particular cooperatives, in answering the multiple crises tha...

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01 Aug 2022

CECOP calls for an increase of the de minimis threshold for state aid, special conditions...

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CECOP's response to the recent call for evidence published by the European Commission on “State aid – exemptions for small amounts of aid (de minimis aid) (upda...

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19 Jul 2022

CECOP Newsletter #2 - 2022

News EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the second edition of our newsletter in the new format. We hope through it, members and readers alike, will stay i...

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14 Jul 2022

Strong European Parliament’s report on the Social Economy Action Plan puts spotlight on co...

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On 6 July 2022, European Parliament in its plenary session adopted the report on the EU action plan for the social economy, calling on the EU member states to c...

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11 Jul 2022

CECOP welcomes new member MCF

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CECOP has welcomed a new organization into its membership: The Malta Co-op Federation from Malta.

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30 Jun 2022

Kooperationen celebrates its 100th anniversary

News

On occasion of their 100th anniversary, CECOP had the chance to sit down with Susanne Westhausen, Director of Kooperationen.

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22 Jun 2022

Report of Activity 2021

News Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

In our Report of Activity from 2021, we invite our members, readers, and general public to take a look at our main achievements from last year.

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17 Jun 2022

Cooperatives Care! The campaign

News Video EaSI / ESF+ programme

Take a look at all the actions done by CECOP in the year 2022 related to the campaign "Cooperatives Care!" - #carecoops

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19 May 2022

CECOP in the Conference “Social Economy, the Future of Europe”: financing for cooperatives...

News Event

CECOP participated in the conference “Social Economy, the Future of Europe” in Strasbourg on May 5-6.

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16 May 2022

CECOP’s reaction to the CoFoE final report: widespread support for values and principles w...

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The 9th of May 2022 marked the end of the Conference on the Future of Europe. CECOP is pleased that there is widespread support for values and principles which...

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12 May 2022

ZOOM IN on our French member - CGSCOP 

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CECOP had the chance to sit down with member CGSCOP, and discuss their network, and the French presidency.

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29 Mar 2022

No to war, yes to cooperation

News Press release

CECOP - CICOPA joint statement on Ukraine situation.

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15 Mar 2022

Manifesto for a Green, Just and Democratic European Economy

News

CECOP is one of the 270+ organizations and academics that have signed the Manifesto for a Green, Just and Democratic European Economy addressed to the participa...

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28 Feb 2022

Transition Pathway for Tourism acknowledges the role of cooperatives; Commission welcomes...

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On February 4, the European Commission published the Transition Pathway for Tourism, acknowledging the role of cooperatives in line with CECOP’s suggestions. Re...

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22 Feb 2022

New publication “Lasting Impact. Measuring the social impact of worker and social cooperat...

News Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

“Lasting Impact” highlights the positive impact that social and worker cooperatives are providing to the communities they are rooted in and to the people involv...

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23 Nov 2021

CECOP publications are now available for free!

News Publication

Looking to add new titles to your digital library on worker and social cooperatives? Three of our books are now available for free to download.

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09 Sep 2021

CECOP Bulletin on EU Social Affairs #7

News EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the seventh edition of our biannual bulletin on EU-related social affairs and legislative monitoring to keep infor...

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23 Jun 2021

ZOOM IN on our Slovenian member - CAAP 

News

CECOP had the chance to sit down with member CAAP, and discuss their recent affiliation to our network, the upcoming Slovenian presidency, and much more.

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22 Jun 2021

CECOP Annual Congress: highlights

News Publication

During their annual congress, the CECOP members casted their votes for their new Board Members, re-elected their President, and approved the strategic plan for...

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14 Jun 2021

Together: The documentary on coop resilience

Video

The documentary released by CECOP in 2012, has found a new home in the CECOP website.

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10 Jun 2021

EU Industrial Strategy Update: CECOP’s reaction & lessons from COVID crisis

News Position paper EaSI / ESF+ programme

On 5 May 2021, the European Commission published an update of the 2020 Industrial Strategy, which focuses on what needs to be done on and what lessons need to b...

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09 Jun 2021

Report of Activity 2020

News Publication

In our Report of Activity for 2020, you can read about the main activities that CECOP undertook last year.

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10 May 2021

CECOP to be present at European Social Economy Summit

News Event

The European Social Economy Summit (EUSES) will take place at the end of May, in which CECOP will host a session, and multiple members will be present as well.

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