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'Cooperatives in development' online platform is live
On 15 th May, ‘Cooperatives in development’ online platform was launched. The new website showcases the international development projects that European cooperative organisations are carrying out all over the world. The online platform allows...Thursday, 15 May 2014 - 1:00pm -
Cooperatives provide decent jobs, sustainable livelihoods and inclusive solutions to social problems
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Cooperatives provide decent jobs, sustainable livelihoods and inclusive solutions to social problems
A new communication on the private sector in development was released by the European Commission on 13 th May: “A stronger role of the private sector in achieving inclusive and sustainable growth in developing countries”. The communication, which...Tuesday, 13 May 2014 - 1:00pm -
Slightly improved guidelines on environmental & energy aid still hamper local efforts towards the energy transition
Joint press statement by Cooperatives Europe, Energy Cities and Climate Alliance. -
Slightly improved guidelines on environmental & energy aid still hamper local efforts towards the energy transition
On 9th April 2014 the European Commission adopted in principle the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 . Although the newly published Commission’s proposal for environmental and energy aid presents a slight...Friday, 11 April 2014 - 10:00am -
The time has come for a cooperative Europe
Dirk J. Lehnhoff, President of Cooperatives Europe, participated on Tuesday 8th April in a roundtable organised by the Emilia Romagna regional federation of the Alliance of Italian Cooperatives, where he met several Italian candidates to the next...Thursday, 10 April 2014 - 5:00pm -
Cooperatives Europe expects to reinforce cooperatives identity through its contribution to EU Commission’s consultation
On 14 th March, Cooperatives Europe released its contribution to the consultation of the EU Commission on a draft notice on the notion of state aid pursuant to Article 107 (1) TFEU. The objective of the draft notice is to provide guidance for...Monday, 17 March 2014 - 11:00am -
Emerging decentralized renewable energy producers and suppliers discriminated by current EU draft Energy aid guidelines
On February 14th, Cooperatives Europe released a position paper on DG Competition consultation on the draft guidelines on Environmental and Energy Aid for 2014-2020. The draft guidelines set out the conditions under which state aid measures may be...Friday, 14 February 2014 - 3:00pm -
Emerging decentralized renewable energy producers and suppliers discriminated by current EU draft Energy aid guidelines
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Towards the EU cooperative roadmap: Third meeting of the working group on cooperatives
On 31 st January, the third meeting of the permanent working group on cooperatives set up by EU Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani took place in Brussels. The topic of this session was financing of cooperatives & business development...Monday, 3 February 2014 - 6:00pm -
EU set to lose leadership in energy transition via heavily biased 2030 framework for climate and energy policies
On January 22 nd , the DG Energy of the EU Commission released the EU 2030 framework for climate and energy policies, waiting to be approved by the European leaders at the next European Council on March 20 th and 21 st . The 2030 climate package...Wednesday, 22 January 2014 - 4:00pm -
EU set to lose leadership in energy transition via heavily biased 2030 framework for climate and energy policies