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01 Oct 2015

Toward a better support of enterprises integrating long term unemployed into the labour market?

Position paper

CECOP, the European Confederation of Cooperatives active in industry and services, welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a Council recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour ma...

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28 Sep 2015

The young European cooperators network meets in Italy

News

On September 22nd and 23rd was held the second meeting of the Young European Cooperators network (YECN) in Italy, only 5 months after the first one hosted in Paris during which it was created and launched. The delegations, from...

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25 Sep 2015

Our new image and website launched today!

News

Today, CECOP has launched its new image and website. Our new, more modern and dynamic, logo alongside the slogan “Working Together”, embodying the Cooperative Marque -the global identity of the cooperative movement...

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21 Sep 2015

The European Parliament adopts a resolution on social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment

Position paper

On 10 September the European Parliament has adopted the resolution on “Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combating unemployment”, an initiative of the MEP Veronica Lope Fontagné (PPE). “(...

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14 Sep 2015

Worker and social cooperatives urge EU ministers to be guided by EU foundational values when discussing the humanitarian refugee crisis

Press release

3,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean since January, mostly people who are fleeing armed conflicts in Siria, Eritrea, Sudan or Irak where they risk their lives. The European Commission has already identified 120,000 peo...

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11 Sep 2015

The first edition of Social Cooperatives and Social Enterprises International School will take place in Milan in October

News

Federsolidarietà – Confcooperative, the largest Italian organisation of social cooperatives, is organising the first Social Cooperatives and Social Enterprises International School from 11 to 13 October 2015 in Mil...

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10 Aug 2015

Summer edition: last issue of Work Together is out now!

News

The summer edition of the E-magazine Work Together containing the latest news on cooperatives active in Industry and Services worldwide is available in English, French and Spanish.

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29 Jul 2015

World Declaration on Worker Cooperatives

Press release

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28 Jul 2015

2012 International Year of Cooperatives

News

The United Nations declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives. It is a crucial opportunity for the cooperative movement to raise awareness of our business model and CECOP - CICOPA Europe is conscious of that.

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16 Jul 2015

Democratic enterprises promoting intergenerational and gender equality

News

Worker and social cooperatives provide youth and women a more equal access to employment and management positions. Although they might face specific discriminatory situations, for young persons and for women employment is often...

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15 Jul 2015

CICOPA statement at the International Labour Conference, 29 May 2014

Press release

On behalf of the International Cooperative Alliance, the Secretary General of CICOPA,Bruno Roelants is representing the cooperative movement at the International Labour Conference hold from 28 May to 12 June.

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15 Jul 2015

Social Entrepreneurs Have your Say! 16 - 17 January 2014, Strasbourg (France)

Video

Watch here the full debate on EU-Level Policies and Concrete Examples of Social Entrepreneurship, in the framework of the European Commission conference "Social Entrepreneurs : Have your say ! ". Giuseppe Guerini, Pre...

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15 Jul 2015

Highlights of the conference "Cooperatives and Work Integration of Disadvantaged Persons" 25/11/2013

Video

The conference Cooperatives and Work Integration of Disadvantaged Persons was co-organized by the European Confederation of Cooperatives in Industry and Services (CECOP-CICOPA Europe) and Confcooperative-Federsolidarietà...

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15 Jul 2015

László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Event

Keynote speech of László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, at the Conference "Cooperatives and Work Integration of Disadvantaged Persons". It was co-organized by...

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15 Jul 2015

SUSTAINABILITY. How cooperatives foster local environmental development

Video

This video is part of the series "Social needs, cooperative answers. How cooperatives provide sustainable community services across the world".

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15 Jul 2015

SUSTAINABILITY. The power of inter-cooperation

Video

This video mainly focus in how groups and consortia provide community services is part of the series "Social needs, cooperative answers. How cooperatives provide sustainable community services across the world".

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15 Jul 2015

IDENTITY. How cooperatives reintegrate vulnerable groups into society

Video

This video is part of the series "Social needs, cooperative answers. How cooperatives provide sustainable community services across the world".

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15 Jul 2015

PARTICIPATION. How multistakeholder cooperatives forter quality services

Video

This video is part of the series "Social needs, cooperative answers. How cooperatives provide sustainable community services across the world".

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15 Jul 2015

Social Needs, Cooperative Answers. Introductory video

Video

The video "Social Needs, Cooperative Answers. How cooperatives provide community services across the world" paints a picture of the main global trends regarding cooperatives engaged in community services (health, educ...

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15 Jul 2015

Turkish version of TOGETHER

Video

The documentary TOGETHER. How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis can be fully watched now in Turkish. It was produced in 2012 by CECOP, the European Confederation of cooperatives active in Industry and Services.

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15 Jul 2015

Razem, the Polish version of "Together. How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis"

Position paper

Razem is the Polish version of the documentary Together, produced by the European Confederation of Cooperatives in Industries and Services, CECOP - CICOPA Europe.

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15 Jul 2015

Μαζί (the Greek version of the documentary Together)

Video

Μαζί is the Greek version of the documentary Together, produced by CECOP - CICOPA Europe and translated by the Greek NGO for the development of cooperatives "KAPA Network".

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15 Jul 2015

TOGETHER. How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis in Korean

Video

The Korean version of the documentary TOGETHER. A film presented by the European confederation of cooperatives and other employee-owned enterprises that are active in industry, services and crafts produced by the Spanish Worker...

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15 Jul 2015

TOGETHER. How Cooperatives show resilience to the crisis in Japanese

Video

The Japanese verion of the documentary TOGETHER. How cooperatives show resilience to the cirsis. A film of the European confederation of cooperatives and other employee-owned enterprises that are active in industry, services an...

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15 Jul 2015

TOGETHER . How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis

Video

The documentary TOGETHER - How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis is the new documentary by CECOP - CICOPA Europe! It shows the resilience of the cooperatives and participative enterprises in industry and services to th...

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