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On behalf of its 84 member organisations from 33 European countries across all business sectors it promotes the cooperative business model in Europe.
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24.09.2021
2021 is an Election year. On 24 September we held the 2021 General Assembly in Paris to elect the new President and Board members. As cooperators, it is in our nature to thrive off meeting, collaborating and building up people-centred communities, together. This edition took place partly virtual and partly physical...
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23.07.2021
Cooperatives Europe endorsed the SDG Watch Europe input to the planned Council Recommendation on Education for environmental sustainability. The report comes as a response to the Commission’s public consultation and its planned commitments to mainstream environmental sustainability perspectives in education and training. Download the publication here.
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23.07.2021
At the end of last week, Cooperatives Europe endorsed the SDG Watch Europe input to the planned Council Recommendation on Education for environmental sustainability. The report comes as a response to the Commission’s public consultation and its planned commitments to mainstream environmental sustainability perspectives in education and training. As an SDG...
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03.07.2021
Next 3 July, the International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay) will be celebrated as Rebuild better together. Cooperatives around the world will showcase how they are meeting the COVID-19 pandemic crisis with solidarity and resilience and offering communities a people-centred and environmentally just recovery. #CoopsDay will be the occasion to spread the...
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10.06.2021
New EU budget on international development recognises the added value of cooperatives On the 9th of June, the European Parliament approved the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe, concluding the tripartite negotiations between the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament This instrument will...
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16.06.2021
Post-Covid Europe, Cooperatives and Gender Equality to Rebuild Back Better First public meeting of the Cooperatives Europe Gender Equality Working Group Implementing its gender equality charter, Cooperatives Europe’s Gender Equality Working Group organized its first webinar on 16th of June on the topic of rebuilding back better post-covid...
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15.06.2021
EDD21: Looking to a green and inclusive transition cooperatively driven by youth On 15 and 16 June , Cooperatives Europe participated, under the ICA-EU Partnership on international cooperative development (#coops4dev), in the 2021 European Development Days (#EDD21), the EU paramount event on international development. This year, EDD21 – which...
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08.06.2021
Sharing, Collaboration, Cooperation (SCC) Erasmus+ project will host a webinar on the 8th of June at 15.30 (CEST) to explore the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on co-working spaces, and their subsequent transformation into inclusive collaborative spaces. The distinctive advantage of collaborative spaces are the communities and opportunities that...
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10.05.2021
In view of the upcoming action plan for social economy to be adopted by the Commission at the end of this year, Cooperatives Europe provided input to the roadmap through its European Union Coordination Committee. Our position highlights the following priorities which should be addressed in the upcoming action...
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05.05.2021
Download the 2021 Cooperatives Europe Annual Report
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05.05.2021
Today, the European Commission published its updated new industrial strategy for Europe. Cooperatives Europe welcomes the update of the previous Communication (COM (2020) 102 final) adopted on 10 March 2020, taking into account the latest developments related to the pandemic. This 2021 industrial strategy for Europe proposes new measures...
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20.04.2021
Next 3 July, the International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay) will be celebrated as “Rebuild better together”. Cooperatives around the world will showcase how they are meeting the COVID-19 pandemic crisis with solidarity and resilience and offering communities a people-centred and environmentally just recovery. In the fields of health, agriculture, production, retail,...
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31.03.2022
Following the publication of the Commission’s Action Plan for Social Economy (SEAP) Cooperatives Europe provides comments through its European Union Coordination Committee. Our position highlights the following priorities which should be addressed: The Commission must work on better defining social economy in order to build a common understanding across...
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16.03.2022
From 15 to 17 March, we co-hosted workshop 5 “Building a democratic economy for a just transition” with Social Economy Europe, SOLIDAR, the European Environmental Bureau, and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) at the Civil Society Days on March 2022. The yearly event organized by the EESC...
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25.05.2022
The location of the 2022 General Assembly took place in Brussels, Belgium hosted by Copa-Cogeca on Wednesday 25 of May. AGENDA: Morning – Board meeting Afternoon – GA with strategy talks, statutory business and by-elections – 14:00 (CEST) In this GA we moved back to the more...
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Cooperatives Europe engages in numerous partnerships with different stakeholders all over Europe.