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04 Dec 2020

CECOP flagship conference and campaign on cooperative responses to non-standard and platform work

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

Read now the “ALL FOR ONE" campaign and conference report. Take a look at the highlights of our communication campaign, and online event on December 3rd, 2020, both dedicated to the worker-owned cooperatives' response to non-stand...

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02 Dec 2020

Polish NAUWC and CECOP reiterate the role of education in the European Action Plan for the Social Economy

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

Together with our Polish member NAUWC, CECOP co-hosted a national workshop on the role of education in the European Action Plan for the Social Economy.

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10 Nov 2020

Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship: the role of social economy enterprises in supporting migrant entrepreneurs

News Project

CECOP, Diesis Network, and REVES have published a chapter in the framework of the EMEN project final publication.

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05 Nov 2020

Worker and Social Cooperatives Reinforce Social Europe through Democratic Quality Work and Social Inclusion

Position paper

CECOP reacts to a European Commission consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, highlighting the crucial role worker and social cooperatives take to ensure the protection of social rights of their members b...

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29 Oct 2020

Guerini: Worker and social coops will contribute to European Minimum Wage debate

News

CECOP President welcomes the proposal of a European Minimum Wage and comments on it in the light of a new directive by the European Commission.

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20 Oct 2020

Common Statement: Sustainable future with coops - EU Green Week

Press release

CECOP together with Cooperatives Europe and its sectorial organisations (cooperatives in retail, banking, housing, farming, energy) have released a common statement on cooperatives' contribution to sustainability on the occasion o...

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12 Oct 2020

ALL FOR ONE - Online Conference

News Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

Conference on the response of worker-owned cooperatives to non-standard employment on December 3, 2020. Programme and registration link can be found at the bottom of the page.

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12 Oct 2020

Worker Cooperatives are shaping the digital transition of the social economy

News

A new study by the European Commission provides an in-depth analysis on the opportunities and challenges digital technologies provide for the Social Economy. Highlighting several case studies of CECOP members’ cooperatives, the re...

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16 Sep 2020

CECOP reacts to EU Commission’s President State of the Union address

News Press release

On September 16th, 2020 Commission President von der Leyen gave her first state of the European Union address in the European Parliament. CECOP welcomes the ambitions of the Commission to tackle the dual green and digital transiti...

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15 Sep 2020

Cooperatives are developers of the Digital Economy in Europe

News

Two new studies by CIRIEC International Research Center and Legacoop (Italy) highlight the importance of cooperatives to build an inclusive digital economy in Europe.

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15 Jul 2020

CECOP Bulletin on EU Social Affairs #4

Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the fourth edition of our biannual bulletin on EU-related social affairs and legislative monitoring to keep informed its members as well as other interested actors and stakeholders.

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15 Jul 2020

CECOP’s policy paper on non standard and platform workers impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. A worker-owned cooperatives' perspective

Position paper EaSI / ESF+ programme

Through its working group on platforms and non-standard work, CECOP has written a policy paper on the situation of non-standard and platform workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. With input from member organizations from all acros...

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10 Jul 2020

Updates on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework

News

The New Multiannual Financial Framework will introduce the European Solidarity Fund Plus and provide funding for recovery efforts.

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10 Jul 2020

Next Generation EU's opportunities need to be coop-friendly

News

European Commission presents its “Next Generation EU” response programme to the COVID-19 crisis, focusing on the digital and green transitions.

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07 Jul 2020

Cooperatives fit to contribute in the new European skills agenda

News Position paper

New Commission communication lays out the European strategy to develop skills and ensure lifelong learning for European workers.

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19 Jun 2020

Social coops in new Commission’s guide on socially responsible public procurement

News

New commission report recognises CECOP affiliated social cooperatives as good practice examples and strategic partners in socially responsible public procurement.

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03 Jun 2020

Industrial coops at Social Economy Intergroup Meeting

News

During the first public hearing of the European Parliament’s Social Economy Intergroup, CECOP presented proposals for the Social Economy Action Plan and highlighted the importance of industrial cooperatives and worker buyouts in t...

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06 Apr 2020

++Postponed++ ALL FOR ONE Conference - 10th of June, Brussels

Event EaSI / ESF+ programme

Because of the novel Coronavirus outbreak and the related restrictions to access public spaces, CECOP decided to postpone our Conference “ALL FOR ONE” – Response of worker-owned cooperatives to non-standard work, foreseen on the 1...

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31 Mar 2020

Message of solidarity with members affected by COVID-19

News Press release

Joint solidarity message by Iñigo Albizuri, Giuseppe Guerini and Luis Alvez, respectively Presidents of CICOPA, CECOP and CICOPA Americas to cooperatives and members affected by the COVID-19

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30 Mar 2020

Hope for cooperative SMEs: EU Adopts Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative to combat COVID-19

News

On the 30th of March, the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative has been adopted to ease Member States’ economic effort in the fight against COVID-19 outbreak. Cohesion funds can help SMEs, including industrial and service co...

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12 Mar 2020

EU Industrial and SME Strategies. Europe needs sustainable and human-centred enterprises such as industrial cooperatives

Position paper

The European Commission’s Industrial and SME Strategies put forward some satisfactory proposals especially on SMEs digital and green transition, but it’s still a long way to go for actual entrepreneurial diversity to be recognised...

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10 Mar 2020

New Publication: Buying for Social Impact. Good Practices from around the EU

News

Buying for Social Impact project looked at how the social aspects of the 2014 EU Public Procurement Directive were transposed at national level, identified good practices on socially-responsible public procurement (SRPP), and mapp...

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16 Jan 2020

EC Communication on just transitions: important challenges, big expectations

Press release

On the 14th of January, the European Commission issued the Communication “A Strong Social Europe for Just Transitions”[1]. The document sets out the road towards an Action Plan for the implementation of the European Pillar of Soci...

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16 Dec 2019

CECOP report: ALL FOR ONE - Reponse of worker-owned cooperatives to non-standard employment

Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

“All for One - Response of worker-owned cooperatives to non-standard employment”, a new report produced by CECOP sets out to show the contributions made by cooperatives to the issues related to non-standard employment, such as pre...

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12 Dec 2019

CECOP Bulletin on EU Social Affairs #3

Publication EaSI / ESF+ programme

CECOP is happy to announce the publication of the third edition of our biannual bulletin on EU-related social affairs and legislative monitoring to keep informed its members as well as other interested actors and stakeholders.

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