20.05.2016
With the current generation of young Europeans facing the same issues of unemployment and social exclusion across the whole continent, the newly established Cooperatives Europe Youth Network looks to the cooperative model to seek solutions for the challenges of today’s youth.
On 20 and 21 May, Cooperatives Europe and its Network of Young Cooperators held two workshops in the framework of the European Youth Event 2016 (EYE2016), organised by the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
The workshops clearly demonstrated the relevance of the cooperative model in addressing the interests of the youth. The first, titled “Sharing is caring”, promoted sharing economy but also stimulated a debate on the reality of what it is, what it should be and on improving the social benefits of sharing economy, as well as exploring the potential of the cooperative approach.
“Business beyond profit” workshop focused on finding solutions to local challenges of youth unemployment, brain drain, bridging the gap between youth and seniors, as well as lack of economic and social security through the cooperative model.
The involvement of Young Cooperators in the 7000-participant event and the success of their workshops shows the importance of youth in creating a more cooperative future in Europe.
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 familiar...
05.05.2022
A participatory workshop with testimonials and discussions hosted by ConcertES, UNIPSO, Cooperatives Europe, Social Good Accelerator at the conference on the social economy and the future of Europe.
This conference, organised French Presidency of the Council of the EU, took place in Strasbourg. It was an opportunity to...
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 was...