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Social farming in Italy: how the social cooperative “Un Fiore per la vita” is showing the way forward

The “Fuori di Zucca” social farm was created in 2005 in Aversa, between Caserta and Naples, as a result of the vocation and the aspirations of the members of the “Un fiore per la vita” Cooperative to continue the historic rural tradition of Campania Felix. The idea was to introduce modern farming methods and new productive activities to restore dignity and value to people through the creation of a social economy, to promote respect for the environment and to develop people’s awareness and consumption of local products.

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Great success of the SCIS2016: 4 days of international exchange of Social Cooperatives

Social cooperatives are among the most vital actors of the economy in today’s world, showing the capacity to understand the challenges our societies face today. 30 Cooperative managers from Italy, Japan, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Slovenia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Turkey actively attended the Social Cooperatives International School held from 20 to 23 October in Naples (Italy).

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Declaration on migrants and refugees

CICOPA presents its “Declaration on Migrants and Refugees”. Through this text, the organization reiterates the fact that cooperatives of this type “contribute to a decent and dignified life and to the social and economic integration of refugees and migrants in various parts of the world”.

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Industrial and Service Cooperatives: Global Report 2013-2014

The first global biannual report on industrial and service cooperatives (2013-2014) provides a picture of this worldwide movement. The close to 65,000 enterprises affiliated to CICOPA member organizations, 95% of them being SMEs, employ over 3 million people.

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Worker, social and producers’ cooperatives will keep contributing to the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda

In September 2015, at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, world leaders have adopted the 2030 Agenda aiming at achieving targeted Sustainable Development Goals over the next 15 years. To end poverty, promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth together with inclusive and sustainable industrialization and ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns are some of the goals. Employing 16 million people worldwide, worker, social and producers’ cooperatives express their commitment to keep contributing to the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda. As enterprises based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity, they have been working to achieve those goals for years now.

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Cooperatives are key to the transition from the informal to the formal economy

The document “Cooperatives are key to the transition from the informal to the formal economy” by CICOPA argues that the cooperative entrepreneurial model is particularly adapted to lifting people out of poverty and carrying out the transition to the formal economy.

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First Global Report on “Cooperatives and Employment”

The first study “Cooperatives and Employment: a global report” discusses the significance of cooperative employment in the global landscape, both quantitatively and qualitatively.

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Cooperatives as Builders of Sustainable Development

As part of the answer to the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda, CICOPA is publishing the results of the study “Cooperatives as builders of sustainable development”, showing the state-of-the-art of worker, social and artisans’ cooperatives in contributing to sustainable development.

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Promoting Cooperatives and the Social Economy in Greece

The report “Promoting cooperatives and the Social Economy in Greece – How to promote the social economy in Greece through social cooperatives, worker cooperatives, and cooperatives of artisans and of SMEs” was undertaken by CICOPA at International Labour Irganisation (ILO) request.