Co-operatives UK is supporting lobbying efforts by CECOP - The European Confederation of Worker Cooperatives, Social Cooperatives and Social and Participative Enterprises to recognise the importance of co-operatives in the EU’s Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan being discussed at the Competitiveness Council today.
Throughout the last five years, Co-operatives have continued to grow in the UK and Europe despite the general economic slowdown and have proved to be a very resilient model.
At the start of Co-operatives Week in Brussels, Rodrigo Gouveia, Secretary General of Euro Coop, explains to Co-operatives UK why co-operatives are resilient during times of crisis and how they can help rebuild the European economy.
Agustín Markaide, CEO of the Eroski Group Mondragón Corporation, tells the National Retail Consumer Conference 2012 about the experience of co-operative buying groups in Europe.
Listen to the second Co-operative Debate at Co-operatives 2010, proposed by The Co-operative Group Wales/Cymru Region, and read the original debate proposal.
Outcomes of the Social Partner Program (SPP) - December 2007.
A report from Co-operatives Europe evaluating its representativeness and the role of its member organizations in the social dialogue in the different EU countries. This fed into its strategic objectives for 2007-2010.
A summary of recommendations for governments, policymakers and social entrepreneurs in Brazil, Germany, India, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States, presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 2006.
Linklaters - with the assistance of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship (“Schwab”) and various Schwab “fellows” around the world - prepared this Report which analyses (and makes recommendations in respect of) various legal, regulatory and taxation issues relating to social entrepreneurship in six selected countries across a broad geographical and economic spectrum.
A compilation of case studies gathered as an international project between four federations of worker co-operatives (ICOM in the UK, Federlavoro e Servizi of Italy and FCTAC and FVECTA of Spain. Published in 1992.
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