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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...
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13.12.2017

An answer to the communication of the European Commission “A European Agenda for the Collaborative Economy”, the vision paper analyses the current climate, elaborates on prospects and barriers and proposes a new definition for collaborative economy. The document envisions the collaborative economy as an opportunity to strengthen the European Single Market through...

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10.04.2015

Cooperatives Europe, together with Business Europe, European Small Business Alliance, Eurochambers, Eurocommerce, European Familiy Business and UEAPME have addressed a letter to Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission calling on the Commission to propose and initiative in 2015 dealing with the revision and the strengthening of the Small...

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12.12.2014

Cooperatives Europe’s contribution to the public consultation on the review of the Small Businss Act review by the European Commission.
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05.11.2014

The Europe 2020 strategy was launched in March 2010 as the EU’s strategy for promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. It aims to achieve a knowledge-based, competitive European economy while preserving the EU’s social market economy model and improving resource efficiency. It was thus conceived as a partnership between...

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22.09.2014

The Italian Presidency of the EU has organised an open public consultation, in preparation of the EU conference Unlocking the potential of the social economy for EU growth”, which will be held in Rome on 17-18 November 2014. You can download here the contribution by Cooperatives Europe to this...

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20.12.2013

This is the final contribution from Cooperatives Europe to the International Accounting Standards Board consultation on “Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting”.