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01.06.2023

Dive into the ‘Cooperatives Europe Annual Report 2023’, a comprehensive document that provides an in-depth review of Cooperatives Europe’s actions across Europe in 2023. The report underscores the resilience and strength of cooperatives in the face of complex economic and political challenges, including the ongoing war and climate crisis....

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28.02.2023

Cooperatives Europe submitted on February 28 2023 a pledge for the co-implementation of the EU Transition Pathways. Cooperatives Europe has committed to work on several action areas, including on addressing on the skills gap and boosting green and digital skills (Action Area 7 and 14) while also working on...

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25.10.2022

Cooperatives Europe’s response to a European Commission consultation for a proposal for a Council Recommendation “Social economy – developing framework conditions”, which aims to help Member States better adapt their policies and laws to the specific needs of the social economy, in all relevant fields. It was announced in the...

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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...
Cooperatives Europe amplifies SDG Watch Europe’s input on education & sustainability

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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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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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03.03.2021

The ICA-EU Partnership (#coops4dev) releases its latest global thematic research report, co-produced by all ICA regional offices with the support of the Co-operative College and input from the ICA Youth Network. This thematic research publication titled “Young people and cooperatives: a perfect match?” presents research and analysis based upon...
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01.12.2020

On 1 December, Cooperatives Europe, Fair Trade Advocacy Office and CONCORD launched their joint report “Mind our business: Amplify the transformative power of sustainable and inclusive business models through EU external action”. Read the full press release here.   
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23.07.2020

Considering that the EU leaders made a decision on the EU recovery package on July 21st, Cooperatives Europe is releasing a position paper and recommendations for policy makers on the next phase of the budget negotiations surrounding international development and the COVID-19 crisis. This paper entitled ‘Building back better: cooperatives as key...
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21.04.2020

Cooperatives Europe welcomed the measures taken by the European Commission at the political level through the coordinating response team. This position paper gives an overview of the cooperative needs and response regarding the COVID19 virus as well as a call for the European institutions to support two kinds of...