Maura Latini (Coop Italia) «Il mondo cooperativo? Ritrovi coerenza e avvii una strategia a lungo termine»

Maura Latini, amministratore delegato di Coop Italia, prima italiana nella classifica dell’ottavo World Cooperative Monitor, sottolinea: «Non ci può essere crescita economica se non garantendo occupazione sostenibile. Ogni giorno Coop si impegna a garantire la legalità del lavoro» Il rapporto World Cooperative Monitor 2019 esplora l’impatto economico e sociale delle più grandi… Read More

Social Economy, Salvatori in the European Commission’s expert group

  Gianluca Salvatori, Euricse Secretary General, has been appointed member of a new expert group on "Social Economy and Social Enterprise” set up by the European Commission's Social Business Initiative (SBI). The purpose of this new group will be to discuss and agree on developing and strengthening activities related to the development of the potential of the social economy and social enterprises, aiming to promote innovation and positive impact on the economy and society at large. The expert group’s actions will focus on 5 pillars: access to finance, access to markets, better framework conditions, new technologies and social innovation, as well as the development of an international dimension. Read More

ECOOPE presents its Co-operative Entrepreneurship Toolkit

Euricse is proud to present the Ecoope Toolkit, an online library of guides and resources on cooperative entrepreneurship teaching developed by Euricse and their 7 partners as part of ECOOPE, a project cofunded by the European Union. The documents will prove useful for teachers and Professors (vocational training and guidance,… Read More

Top 300 co-operatives are worth over 2 trillion

PRESS RELEASE From Co-operative News article released on 05 November 2013 The world’s top 300 co-operatives have continued to grow, achieving an overall turnover of USD $2,097 billion in 2011. The results of the survey confirm an increase from 2010, when the world’s top 300 co-operatives, distributed in 24 countries, had a turnover of USD $1,975 billion. Read More

Success for the online campaign stories.coop

PRESS RELEASE October 10, 2013 A new site for promoting the database, with innovations including journalistic reports, analyses and case studies Offical launch will be at the International conference in Cape Town Read More

European Commissioner Barnier responds to Euricse’s appeal for greater attention toward cooperative banks

PRESS RELEASE Trento, Sepember 26 2012 Good news for European cooperative banking. After the European Banking Authority, now the European Commission, represented by the Commissioner responsible for internal market and services, Michel Barnier, has also responded positively to the appeal launched by Euricse in March, demanding that EU institutions pay more attention to local and cooperative banks. Read More

New responses to the global crisis from the cooperative movement

PRESS RELEASE Trento, March 6, 2012 Cooperatives' potential role in the reform of the dominant economic model to be discussed at a conference in Venice, 15-16 March, 2012 What effects will the financial crisis have? Will Europe be able to move beyond the negative economic trends and radically transform its social and economic development model? And what contribution can cooperative enterprises and the social economy in general bring to the new geopolitical context? Read More