World Cooperative Monitor 2018

The World Cooperative Monitor is a project designed to collect robust economic, organizational, and social data about co-operatives, mutual organisations and non- co-operative organisations controlled by co-operatives worldwide. It is the only report of its kind collecting annual quantitative data on the global co-operative movement. 2018 marks the seventh… Read More

World Cooperative Monitor 2017

The World Co-operative Monitor is a project designed to collect robust economic, organizational, and social data about co-operatives, mutual organisations and non- co-operative organisations controlled by co-operatives worldwide. It is the only report of its kind collecting annual quantitative data on the global co-operative movement. 2017 marks the sixth… Read More

Social and Solidarity Economy and the Future of Work

This publication presents the main theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on the features and role of social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations, specifically on its potential to create and preserve decent work. The publication also underlines the SSE’s capacity to create jobs in emerging sectors, for example in the silver economy, and to contribute to the formalization of the informal economy. Read More

Italy’s Worker Buyouts in Times of Crisis

This report focuses on Italy’s experiences with worker-recuperated enterprises as worker buyouts (WBOs). They have been facilitated by Italy’s extensive cooperative, business, and labour legislation and enabling environment, spearheaded by its Legge Marcora (Marcora Law) policy and funding framework - a unique collaboration for business rescues and saving jobs between workers, the state, and the cooperative movement. Read More

World Cooperative Monitor 2016

This report provides a quantitative analysis and economic weight of the cooperative movement worldwide. It is produced annually by the International Cooperative Alliance with scientific support from Euricse. This year's edition also includes a special section focusing on consumer cooperatives in the wholesale and retail sectors. Read More

Policy Brief on Scaling the Impact of Social Enterprises

This paper is another result of Euricse's collaboration with OECD-LEED on various research activities concerning the monitoring and comparison of approaches to policies and programs and the collection and dissemination of good practices in European countries. Read More