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CECOP is the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives.

It is also the European region of CICOPA, the international organisation of industrial and service cooperatives. Most of the enterprises of the CECOP network are SMEs, while some are large enterprises. We also find several strong horizontal cooperative groups: in Italy, we can mention CCC-ACAM in the construction sector, CNS in the service sector, and CGM among social cooperatives; another example

is the well-known Mondragon group in the Basque country (intersectoral but mainly made up of industrial cooperatives), the 7th Spanish entrepreneurial group employing over 100 000 workers. Most of these enterprises are worker cooperatives and are characterised by the fact that the majority of their staff are members-owners. Around 9,000 of them (employing 270,000 workers) are specialised in the provision of social services or in the reintegration, through work, of disadvantaged and marginalised workers (disabled, long-term unemployed, ex-prisoners, addicts etc), and are generally called social cooperatives. A further 1,000 are second degree cooperatives for small enterprises (truck drivers, taxi drivers, mechanics, masons, etc), and are often called artisans’ cooperatives.

29/07/2026

Cooperatives contribute to ‘Well-made in EU’ through quality jobs!

Worker and social cooperatives provide meaningful quality jobs characterised by fair wages, dignified working conditions, long-term and inclusive employment. In addition, worker ownership further strengthens this by enabling active participation in decision-making.

As our recent publication, “Quality Jobs, the Cooperative Way”, demonstrated, worker and social cooperatives stand out in many ways when it comes to providing quality jobs: by focusing on continuous skills development, democracy at work leading to increased job satisfaction, or offering social security coverage to non-standard worker such as freelancers or self-employed.

Find out more about how cooperatives provide quality jobs in our report https://cecop.coop/works/new-cecop-report-quality-jobs-the-cooperative-way

Stay with us to further explore how cooperatives enrich the ‘Made in EU’ concept!

➡️ Check out our position paper here https://cecop.coop/works/cooperatives-ensure-value-created-in-europe-stays-in-europe-we-call-for-stronger-value-retention-in-eu-industrial-policy

27/07/2026

🚨 CECOP 2026 Newsletter is OUT!

Take a look at our activities from January to July 2026 https://cecop.coop/works/cecop-newsletter-january-july-2026

22/07/2026

For cooperatives, ‘Made in EU’ means... environmental sustainability

Cooperatives are key allies in reaching the EU’s environmental and climate objectives as well as ensuring a just transition with their long-term orientation and local anchoring. They are at the forefront of implementing circular economy practices, including the sustainable use of resources and efficient waste management. As the European Commission prepares to publish its proposal for a Circular Economy Act, we urge them to thoroughly acknowledge and support cooperatives’ contributions to circular value chains.

Interested in a success story? LOGIK & GO is a Danish worker cooperative employing over 50 worker-members specialised in the different aspects of the construction and renovation processes. Since 2001, they have been committed to lowering the use of chemicals, limiting waste, and reducing CO2 emissions – starting with the use of locally sourced, natural materials.

Find out more about them on our website: https://www.cecop.coop/stories/logik-co-denmark

Continue following our posts to delve into cooperatives’ perspective on ‘Made in EU’

➡️ Access our position paper here https://cecop.coop/works/cooperatives-ensure-value-created-in-europe-stays-in-europe-we-call-for-stronger-value-retention-in-eu-industrial-policy

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16/07/2026

🌍 A new COOPTALE is out!

What happens when young professionals come together to create a workplace based on equality, solidarity, and collective ownership?

Our latest COOPTALE features CECOP’s newest member, Genç İşi Kooperatif / Youth Deal Cooperative, a worker-owned cooperative from İzmir, Türkiye, that has been championing decent work and social inclusion since 2015.

From supporting youth employment, women, and refugees to advancing the green transition and strengthening the cooperative ecosystem through innovative initiatives, Genç İşi Kooperatif demonstrates how democratic enterprises can drive meaningful social and economic change.

👉 Read their inspiring story https://cecop.coop/stories/genc-isi-kooperatif-young-professionals-building-a-democratic-economy-in-turkiye

15/07/2026

What does ‘Made in EU’ mean for cooperatives? Concern for the local community

Cooperatives retain the value they create within local communities.

By performing production in Europe, cooperatives ensure that members of the local community benefit from their economic activity. Their ‘asset-lock’ mechanisms are meant for supporting long-term territorial development, including in rural and remote areas, thereby preventing relocation.

As the revision of the Public Procurement Directive approaches, we call on the Commission to include cooperatives in the European preference and provide extra points for those enterprises that not only guarantee production in the EU but also retain the value created in the EU.

Continue following our campaign to dive deeper into how cooperatives add value to the ‘Made in the EU’ concept!

➡️ Read our position paper here https://cecop.coop/works/cooperatives-ensure-value-created-in-europe-stays-in-europe-we-call-for-stronger-value-retention-in-eu-industrial-policy

08/07/2026

How can cooperatives help shape a more competitive and inclusive Europe?

That was the central question at our workshop "From European ambition to Portuguese action: Cooperatives and the social economy as drivers of inclusive growth", co-organised by CECOP and Confecoop - Confederação Cooperativa Portuguesa, Ccrl, with the support of CASES - Cooperativa António Sérgio para a Economia Social on 9 June in Lisbon and online.

Bringing together policymakers, cooperative leaders and social economy experts, the event highlighted the vital role that cooperatives and other social economy organisations play in creating quality jobs, fostering social cohesion and contributing to sustainable economic growth.

The discussions also stressed what is needed to unlock the sector's full potential: stronger institutional recognition, supportive legal and financial frameworks, meaningful dialogue with policymakers, and better access to funding and socially responsible public procurement.

As the EU prepares its next policy and funding priorities, these conversations are more important than ever.

📖 Read our article for the key insights and highlights from the workshop: https://cecop.coop/works/insights-from-the-cecop-confecoop-workshop-from-european-ambition-to-portuguese-action-cooperatives-and-the-social-economy-as-drivers-of-inclusive-growth

A big thank you to all our speakers, partners and participants for contributing to such an engaging discussion.

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02/07/2026

📍Between 29 June and 1 July, we spent three days in Budapest, Hungary at the “Youth Voices, Cooperative Choices” event organised by Cooperatives Europe and DiákÉSZ.

🤝The event included panel discussions, workshops, policy labs, and visits to local cooperatives, designed for young cooperators to learn from their peers and policy experts.

During the event, CECOP co-led two sessions:
🔷 on cooperative values and principles, where participants discussed how to put the principles and values into practice and how to better communicate on them,
🔷 on the key considerations involved in establishing a youth cooperative, where the participants shared insights on the challenges and enabling conditions of setting up a youth cooperative.

💡 These three days offered a great opportunity to discuss the power of cooperatives and the role of youth in addressing the challenges Europe is facing.

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01/07/2026

Yesterday we were at the European Parliament to participate in the high-level event “MFF & Social Economy”, organised by the Intergroup on the Social Economy and Services of General Interest and by Social Economy Europe.

As negotiations on the next EU long-term budget become increasingly crucial, it is essential to enrich the debate by emphasising how EU funding instruments are vital for supporting the social economy.

🗣️ In her keynote speech, Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, made it clear: “What are we offering to the next generations? The social economy is a big part of the answer, as it offers a vision for the future based on trust, local rootedness and democratic governance, and largely embodies our European social model.”

During the roundtable, the social economy reiterated its call on the EU legislators to:

🔹 Preserve the European Social Fund (ESF) as a stand-alone fund with a ring-fenced budget
🔹 Increase dedicated earmarking for social inclusion in the National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) from 14% to 25%
🔹 Ensure meaningful participation of civil society and the social partners, as well as local and regional authorities
🔹 Establish a specific strand within the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) with a predictable budget and flexible instruments

Cooperatives, and the social economy as a whole, already offer an innovative and inclusive model that is well-placed to build a cohesive, resilient and competitive Europe. For them to thrive, the time has come to move from recognition to concrete implementation through financing.

30/06/2026

As the EU advances its vision for a stronger and more competitive economy through the emerging "Made in Europe" agenda, it is essential to ensure that this concept extends beyond the location of product manufacturing. "Made in Europe" should also reflect how value is created, owned, and retained in Europe, delivering benefits for workers, communities, and the wider economy.

On this matter, Cooperatives Europe and CECOP, with the support of REScoop.eu, Euro Coop launched a campaign to stress that Cooperatives ensure value created in Europe, stays in Europe.

To make "Made in Europe" a truly sustainable and inclusive strategy, we call for five key actions:

🔹 Recognise the strategic importance and added value of cooperatives within the "Made in EU" concept.

🔹 Use the revision of EU public procurement rules to reward enterprises that not only produce in Europe but also retain economic value in Europe, including cooperatives.

🔹 Ensure that "Choosing European" means investing in production, ownership, and value retention in Europe, supporting quality jobs, social cohesion, democratic participation, and sustainable growth.

🔹 New “Made in Europe” requirements should not create additional burdens for SMEs and cooperatives, and should be accompanied by adequate support measures.

🔹 Avoid creating additional administrative burdens for SMEs and cooperatives, while providing support measures to help manage any increased costs linked to new procurement requirements.

A truly European industrial strategy should not only focus on where products are made, but also on how they are made, who owns the value they create and how that value contributes to Europe's long-term prosperity and resilience.

📄 Read our joint position paper: https://www.cecop.coop/works/cooperatives-ensure-value-created-in-europe-stays-in-europe-we-call-for-stronger-value-retention-in-eu-industrial-policy

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25/06/2026

🚨 What should “Made in Europe” mean for cooperatives?

Moving production back to Europe is important. But location alone is not enough.

As the EU policy agenda focuses on enhancing EU competitiveness and strategic autonomy, we are launching a joint campaign between CECOP and Cooperatives Europe with the support of Euro Coop, REScoop.eu to make a simple point:

𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞.

Cooperatives already make this happen.

Through democratic ownership and long-term commitment to their communities, cooperatives ensure that economic value benefits people and places, not distant shareholders.

So, what should “Made in Europe” mean:

🇪🇺 Concern for local communities
👷 Quality jobs
🤝 Social inclusion
🌱 Environmental sustainability
🛡️ Long-term resilience
💶 Fair distribution of wealth
🔗 Stronger European supply chains
💡 Human-centric innovation

As the revision of the Public Procurement Directive approaches and the Industrial Accelerator Act moves through the legislative process, we call on policymakers to ensure that EU policy rewards not only where things are made, but also how they are made, who owns and retains the value they create.

“Industrial and service cooperatives, represented by CECOP, are frontline actors in fighting deindustrialisation and keeping European manufacturing in the EU, while driving innovation. Through workers’ buyouts, they preserve not only jobs but also critical industrial know-how that would otherwise be lost to relocation, while ensuring quality jobs through worker ownership and long-term commitment to local employment. A value-based “Made in EU” framework is therefore essential to fully recognise and strengthen their role in keeping Europe’s industry and services firmly rooted in the EU.” said Monica Fantini, President of CECOP.

Because choosing European should mean investing in local, sustainable and democratic production.

📄 Read our joint position paper https://cecop.coop/works/cooperatives-ensure-value-created-in-europe-stays-in-europe-we-call-for-stronger-value-retention-in-eu-industrial-policy

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