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25 Nov 2009

The International Cooperative Alliance has a new President: Dame Pauline Green

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Dame Pauline Green was elected for a four year term as President of the ICA at the organisation’s general assembly held in Geneva on 19 - 20 November 2009 on the theme “Global crisis – Cooperative opportunity&...

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28 Oct 2009

Business transfer to employees at the agenda of the European conference “From the European Charter for Small Enterprises to the Small Business Act” in Stockholm

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The annual conference “From the European Charter for Small Enterprises to the Small Business Act” was held in Stockholm on the 5th and 6th October. This event was organized by the Swedish Presidency of the EU and th...

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09 Sep 2009

The shining history of the Busy Bee

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This is a real history, with real people, with a great idea of change! Many solutions have been proposed to face the global economic downturn but just few of them are really concrete and effective. The best answers did not come...

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08 Sep 2009

Passed away of Antoine Antoni, former secretary general of CG Scop and one of CECOP’s founders

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CECOP is in mourning. Antoine Antoni iconic figure of the French cooperative movement died on 4 July, – international day of cooperatives – at the age of 92.

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31 Aug 2009

Issue 2 - August 2009

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10 Aug 2009

Creation of Nova SCE, the third European cooperative society

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The third European cooperative society has been created in Italy on 29 June 2009. Nova SCE has had a long period of constitution which was necessary in order to meet with the harmonisation of the European rules (Reg CE 1435/200...

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05 Jun 2009

A little less of profits but a little more of jobs

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Confcooperative, one of the main Italian cooperative organisations, celebrated its ninetieth birthday during the general assembly that was held in Rome on May 26. More than 1000 people took part to this event including importan...

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27 May 2009

Results of the CECOP consultation “Is the crisis affecting your enterprises?”

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Concerned by the current economic crisis and its serious challenges for employment, sustainability of the enterprises and social cohesion, CECOP has submitted to its members a consultation (see CECOP Link 2009/08) in order to h...

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18 May 2009

Ivano Barberini has died, the President of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)

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The death of the ICA's President Ivano Barberini on the 6 of May represents the loss of one of the most significant actors whom the Italian and international movement have ever known. During his presidency, the ICA underwen...

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17 May 2009

European Conference on Social Economy

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The European conference on social economy organized by SCMVD, the Czech Union of production cooperatives, which is a CECOP member, in collaboration with the Confederation of Employers and Entrepreneurs' Associations and wit...

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08 May 2009

Effects of the crisis on cooperatives: Survey among CICOPA members

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Concerned by the current economic crisis and its serious challenges for employment, sustainability of the enterprises and social cohesion, CICOPA (directly and through its regional organisation CECOP-CICOPA Europe as far as Eur...

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05 May 2009

Spain: Worker Cooperatives facing the economic crisis

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There had been less worker cooperatives created in 2008 in comparison to the previous years. Economic crisis has touched the growth of cooperative movement, which created 1,7% less enterprises than in 2007. These data have been...

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30 Apr 2009

Issue 1 - April 2009

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30 Mar 2009

"International Conference on Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship" Prague, 16-18 April

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The International European Conference on Social Economy and Social Enterprise will take place from 16 to 18 April 2009 in Prague as part of the official programme of events under the Czech Republic's Presidency of the EU Co...

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30 Oct 2008

CECOP presentation document: criteria for the presentation sheets of each member organisation

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Deadline: 1st. october 2008

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28 Oct 2008

MERCOSUR cooperative delegation to Brussels attends CECOP seminar and signs protocol with CICOPA

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The delegation was from RECM (Reunion Especializada de Cooperativas de Mercosur), the MERCOSUR official agency for cooperatives, which comprises the national administration of control and promotion of cooperatives and the natio...

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27 Oct 2008

European Commission's renewed social agenda mention cooperatives

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The EU's renewed social agenda, presented on 2nd of July, features proposals on strengthening the fight against discrimination and improving workers' rights and cross-border healthcare. It is one of the Commission's...

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23 Oct 2008

Working Day on Public Procurements (Brussels, Wednesday 17th December 2008)

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With over 16% of the EU's GDP (1500 billion euros in 2002), public procurement represents a considerable stake for all European enterprises, and thus also for the development of the cooperative and participative enterprises...

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22 Oct 2008

Public procurements

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Deadline: 27 october 2008

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20 Oct 2008

CECOP seminar on public procurements

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Wednesday 17 December 2008

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09 Oct 2008

Thematic Dossier: 2007 - 2013 Cohesion Policy - The structural funds

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09 Oct 2008

PowerPoint Presentations

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09 Oct 2008

Thematic dossier: The financial orgsanisations of the CECOP network

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09 Oct 2008

PowerPoint Presentations

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09 Oct 2008

Thematic dossier: The services of general interest

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