First Greek law covering both social cooperatives and worker cooperatives to be discussed soon at the national parliament
05 Aug 2016 The Greek government has prepared a draft law on Social and Solidarity Economy and the development of
Read More05 Aug 2016 The Greek government has prepared a draft law on Social and Solidarity Economy and the development of
Read More13 June 2016 The International Labour Organization (ILO) published at the end of 2015 the “Story of the Promotion of
Read More05 Dec 2016 Ten EU Member States have signed the Bratislava Declaration, calling for an increased recognition of the importance
Read More26 April 2017 Hosted in Hanoi from 18-21 April, the 10th Asia Pacific Cooperative Ministers’ Conference, ‘Visioning Ahead to 2030’,
Read More6 April 2017 The Confederación de Cooperativas de Colombia – Confecoop (the Colombian Federation of Cooperatives, in English) asks the
Read More5 October 2022 With a focus on the Asia-Pacific region, the webinar organised by CICOPA in collaboration with CICOPA AP
Read More29 March 2022 CICOPA – CECOP joint statement on Ukraine situation. In these sad days, we are witnessing a war
Read More26 January 2021 Italian cooperative federations Agci, Confcooperative and Legacoop have signed an agreement with Italy’s largest trade union organizations
Read More27 July 2020 More than a 100 young cooperators and practitioners from around the world gathered in Kuching, Malaysia from
Read More13 November 2019 A wave of solidarity with Chilean people and demonstrators is spreading across the federations of worker cooperatives
Read MoreAs in many other countries, Canada’s print media are in the midst of challenging times. One of the few alternative publishers still operating is Saskatchewan’s Hullabaloo Publishing Workers Co-operative, which prints Regina’s prairie dog and Saskatoon’s Planet S Magazine, two papers that come out every other week.
Read MoreCICOPA was in Teheran in November 2018 for the ICA Asia Pacific Regional Assembly as well as the 10th Co-operative Forum. On that occasion, CICOPA co-organised a development meeting and workshop on industrial and service cooperatives in Asia Pacific region.
Read MoreUnder the slogan “Cooperativism at the hour of global challenges”, the 1,500 participants of the “V Cooperative Summit of the Americas”have been building agreements for three days, gathered in a final document called the “Declaration of Buenos Aires”.
Read MoreCo-operatives of the Americas and The Co-operative Confederation of the Argentine Republic (Cooperar), together with the member organizations of the International Co-operative Alliance in Argentina, invite you to take part in the V Co-operative Summit of the Americas, “Co-operatives at a time of global challenges”, which will take place in the city of Buenos Aires between October 23 and 26, 2018.
Read MoreThe Boards of the two organisations have appointed Diana Dovgan, CECOP – CICOPA Europe’s and CICOPA’s Senior Policy Officer, as Secretary General as of 1st of March, following the departure of the previous Secretary General, Bruno Roelants.
Read MoreA cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.
Read MoreMain founding documents on CICOPA and cooperatives’ identity.
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