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Time to act to support all type of SMEs and fight youth unemployment
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Citizens seizing the EU’s energy transition
On June 26 th , Cooperatives Europe and Rescoop organised the high level policy conference ‘Big energy: Small Energy? The role of cooperation for the EU’s energy transition’. The event was held at the European Commission as part of the EU...Thursday, 27 June 2013 - 11am -
Citizens seizing the EU’s energy transition
On June 26th, Cooperatives Europe and Rescoop organised the high level policy conference ‘Big energy: Small Energy? The role of cooperation for the EU’s energy transition’. The event was held at the European Commission as part of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW). -
Europe works for SMEs - also for small and medium sized cooperatives?
On June 25 th , Othmar Karas, the vice-president of the European Parliament together with Antonio Tajani, the vice-president of the European Commission, chaired ‘Europe works for SMEs’ conference at the European Parliament, where new measures in...Wednesday, 26 June 2013 - 3pm -
Need for a growth strategy for cooperatives and social economy in Spain
The role of social economy in building Europe was the main focus of the XXI General Assembly of Cepes. The event, which took place on June 20th in Madrid, was attended by high-level representatives such as Benoît Hamon, French Minister of Social and...Monday, 24 June 2013 - 4pm -
Cooperatives and Fair Trade promote people-centred businesses together
On 5th June, Cooperatives Europe and Fair Trade Advocacy Office join forces to underline the role that people-centred businesses should have in the EU development strategy. To this end they organized the high level conference ‘People-centred businesses: making supply chains work for small producers’, hosted by MEP Gay Mitchell. -
Cooperatives and Fair Trade promote people-centred businesses together
On 5th June, Cooperatives Europe and Fair Trade Advocacy Office join forces to underline the role that people-centred businesses should have in the EU development strategy. To this end they organized the high level conference ‘People-centred...Thursday, 6 June 2013 - 3pm -
Lehnhoff, the new president of Cooperatives Europe
Dirk Lehnhoff was elected president of Cooperatives Europe at the 2013 General Assembly in Istanbul. -
Lehnhoff, the new president of Cooperatives Europe
On 6 th May, Dirk Lehnhoff was elected president of Cooperatives Europe. 90% of the members of Cooperatives Europe participated in the elections and two thirds voted in the new president as well as the new Board of Cooperatives Europe at the 2013...Monday, 6 May 2013 - 2pm -
Backlash on EU's key instrument for fighting climate change
On 16th April the EU Parliament rejected the EU Commission's proposal to raise the price of carbon by delaying the auctioning of emission allowances. Prices of allowances will therefore remain low at least until 2020 -unless the Commission will take...Thursday, 25 April 2013 - 4pm -
Cooperatives Europe supports EU Commission's legislative initiative on disclosure of non-financial information
As announced in the Single Market Act communication in April 2011 and the communication ‘A renewed strategy, 2011-2013, for Corporate Social Responsibility’ issued in October 2011, Commissioner Barnier presented this afternoon a proposal enhancing...Tuesday, 16 April 2013 - 5pm -
Cooperatives Europe supports EU Commission’s initiative on disclosure of non-financial information
Cooperatives Europe supports the objective of the proposal as a tool to help enterprises wishing to integrate sustainability into their strategies and activities.