The Social Economy Action Plan mid-term review confirms progress since 2021, but also a clear test ahead: delivery by Member States.
👉 Read our full response to the mid-term review: :https://bit.ly/4sIIocw
#SEAP
New EU Inc proposal aims to make it easier to start and grow a business across the EU 🇪🇺
We welcome the step, but stress it must reflect coops’ unique governance, ownership, and cross-border challenges.
Read more: coopseurope.coop/news_article...
Cooperatives Europe has welcomed plans for a EU Inc, a new legal business structure which would operate across the European Union.
www.thenews.coop/cooperatives...
"If Europe does not focus its next MFF on the social dimension of the economy, it will not be able to increase competitiveness without losing ground in its path towards the long-term European Project."
MEP Helder Sousa Silva, speaking now at our joint seminar in Brussels.
💬"Geopolitical shifts mean Europe must include the Social Economy in investment policies. We need a plan for common financing that takes a systemic approach to current funds and fiscal rules."
says President Gardini of Confcooperative.
We are at the @eesc.bsky.social in Brussels today for the seminar "Advancing the Social Economy: a Framework for a Resilient and Competitive Europe".
Co-organised by Confcooperative, & Federcasse, & us, we're exploring how to strengthen the social dimension of the 🇪🇺 project.
#memoria #fosseardeatine #eccidionazifascista #Mattarella
Le ragazze, i ragazzi. E i nonni.
Oggi per @mm-repubblica-bot.bsky.social
Join us for the Civil Society Week at the @eesccivsocrel.bsky.social today & tomorrow.
👉 Today: "Building an enabling environment for Democratic resilience"
16:30-18:00.
Our President @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social will take the floor to discuss #taxation & #coops.
🔗Stream: t.co/Tcg59s9M1i
Strong exchange at the @ec.europa.eu with Commissioner @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social 🇪🇺
President @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social & colleague Mathilde Delabie discussed the #SEAP, skills, social impact investment, the care economy, and the role of #coops.
We look forward to working together 🤝
Giuseppe Guerini, president of Cooperatives Europe, speaks to Co-op News about the state of the #coops movement and its place in the world
www.thenews.coop/meet-giusepp...
Le Cooperative sono imprese che mettono al centro le persone e le loro competenze, tra queste, sono indispensabili quelle “digitali” perché anche i più evoluti sistemi di Intelligenza Artificiale, non possono prescindere dalle competenze delle persone www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2db...
🆕 Our Director, Sarah de Heusch, is now Delegate of the @ccmi-eesc.bsky.social
🙋♀️ As a delegate, she took part in the CCMI meeting held this week.
🤝 It's essential as we work towards a fair, forward-looking, competitive & socially & environmentally sustainable industrial transition.
Cooperatives took the spotlight in 2025.
Our president Giuseppe Guerini reflects in the @csogroupeesc.bsky.social newsletter.
Read more via @CSOGroupEESC 👇
🔗 www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-medi...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Beyond2025 #CoopsYear #IYC2025
Save CASES. Protect Portuguese coops. ⚠️
The Portuguese government plans to leave CASES. This move will end the national entity that promotes and accredits the cooperative movement.
Read more about this and how to help: coopseurope.coop/news_article...
@giuseppeguerini.bsky.social @cecop.bsky.social @coopseurope.bsky.social @eesc.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
A great chance to see #coops front & centre at EU level📣
Tomorrow, our president @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social & @icacoop.bsky.social director Jeroen Douglas will join the @eesc.bsky.social plenary to discuss its contributions to coops & the #IYC2025
📅3 Dec, 14:30 CET
📺Stream: link.europa.eu/Vcqtrx
“Considering their social and economic importance, social economy enterprises - including all cooperatives - must be at the table of social dialogue.”💬
Our president @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social just now at the Global Social Economy Forum 2025.
#BordeauxGSEF2025
“#Coops show that competitiveness can mean acting together, not against each other - turning the market into a space for collaboration and peace.”💬
@giuseppeguerini.bsky.social yesterday at the #ICSSE Roundtable, #BordeauxGSEF2025.🌍
“Cooperatives prove we can do business without destroying, create wealth without exploiting, and grow without leaving anyone behind. 🌍
Today at the #GICS2025, our President @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social reminded: true innovation is built on trust, balance, evolution, scale and mutuality.🤝
On Friday our President @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social joined the Coop Law Symposium at Galatasaray University 🇹🇷, organised by the Ministry of Trade & Pharmacist Coops.
He called for stronger legal & policy support for cooperatives across Europe. 🌍🤝
Full speech💬 www.linkedin.com/pulse/intern...
🩵 We would like to express our deepest gratitude to @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social, as he concludes 9 years of dedicated presidency of CECOP.
Thank you Giuseppe, for your vision, perseverance and commitment to CECOP. We wish you all the best in your journey ahead!
Eco-friendly housing co-op near Stirling, Scotland, gains funding from Co-operative and Community Finance and Co-op Loan Fund
#coops #sustainability #housing
🔴 Today CECOP GA (CICOPA's European organization) elected Monica Fantini (IT) as new President.
Fantini is President of Conscoop, and Vice-President of Legacoop Produzione e Servizi.
She succeeds Giuseppe Guerini, who has led CECOP with dedication since 2016.
www.cicopa.coop/news/monica-...
🔴 Today CECOP GA elected Monica Fantini (IT) as new President.
Fantini is President of Conscoop, and Vice-President of Legacoop Produzione e Servizi.
She succeeds @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social, who has led CECOP with dedication since 2016.
cecop.coop/works/monica...
Our President @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social closed today’s online event “Social Economy & Coops: The Backbone of an Inclusive Answer to the Housing Crisis” with MEP Abadía Jover.
He called on the EU to recognise housing as a right & empower #coops to deliver fair, affordable homes for all.
The webinar concluded with 3 testimonies of coops that found ethical approaches in using technological tools.
@giuseppeguerini.bsky.social 🗣️Coops should keep technology and algorithms accountable to people - using it to improve workers conditions and create new value for people.
