Co-operatives of the Americas and The Co-operative Confederation of the Argentine Republic (Cooperar), together with the member organizations of the International Co-operative Alliance in Argentina, invite you to take part in the V Co-operative Summit of the Americas, “Co-operatives at a time of global challenges”, which will take place in the city of Buenos Aires between October 23 and 26, 2018.
Read MoreCICOPA joins its member USFWC – the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives – in celebrating the first employee ownership-focused law in more than twenty years and applauding this “bipartisan effort to improve small business loans and outreach for employee ownership”.
Read MoreDiana Dovgan, CICOPA Secretary General, and Hyungsik Eum, CICOPA’s Data Analyst, took part in the conference “Future of Work and Worker Cooperatives” in South Korea, on July 12 and 13, organized by our member, Korean Federation of Worker Cooperatives (KFWC).
Read MoreOn 7 July 2018, cooperators around the world will celebrate the International Day of Cooperatives with a slogan: “Sustainable societies through cooperation”. But what makes cooperatives a valuable ally towards a green, sustainable and competitive economy?
Read MoreLuc Audebrand is a professor at Laval University (Quebec City). His research focuses on managing tensions in worker coops and, in this paper called “Expanding the scope of paradox scholarship on social enterprise: the case for (re)introducing worker cooperatives”, he describes the main tensions in worker coops and ways to deal with these tensions.
Read MoreCICOPA is pleased to announce it has concluded a contract with the Government of Singapore to conduct an 8-month study entitled “Strategy for developing and promoting worker and social cooperatives in Singapore”.
Read MoreCICOPA is pleased to announce the membership of FEDECABA, the Federation of Self-Managed Cooperatives of Buenos Aires for Another Economy.
Read MoreThe “Global Study on Youth Cooperative Entrepreneurship” is based on a survey involving 64 youth cooperatives in the five continents. It shows how – in a world of work deeply reshaped by demographic changes, globalization, technological innovations and youth unemployment – cooperatives can be a concrete tool in the hands of young people for improving their work and entrepreneurship conditions.
Read MoreOn 7 July 2018, cooperators around the world will celebrate the International Day of Cooperatives. Through the slogan “Sustainable societies through cooperation” we will show how, thanks to our values, principles and governance structures, cooperatives have sustainability and resilience at their core, with concern for community as the seventh of their guiding principles.
Read MoreWith new tools and political policies now in place to support them, there could be a boom in employee-owned business ahead as baby boomers retire and sell their companies to their workers.
Read MoreNotre membre français CGSCOP s’engage dans la formation pratique des jeunes en les accompagnant dans la création de coopératives virtuelles avec un vrai plan d’affaires.
Read MoreCICOPA, on a close collaboration with the ICA Asia-Pacific, will launch in May 2018 a joint research initiative on “Exploring Work & Ownership in Cooperatives”. The research main objective is to better understand the diversity of cooperative models in the industry and service sector for the Asia-Pacific region. The initiative is now launching a call for partners, and CICOPA would like to invite its members from the Asia-Pacific region to participate.
Read MoreThe International Labour Organisation (ILO) published on their website a new summary of the report “Advancing cooperation among women workers in the informal economy: The SEWA way” which aims to provide an understanding of the challenges and opportunities for cooperatives and other SSE enterprises in empowering women workers in the informal economy with a specific focus on the experience of Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA).
Read MoreIHCO, the International Health Cooperative Organisation, published its “Cooperative Health Report 2018” with EURICSE, the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises. The report unveils what is the contribution of cooperatives to the global health and why cooperatives are well-equipped with competitive advantages for the health sector.
Read More“The question of the future of work is above all a question of power and ownership. It is a question the cooperative movement seeks practical answers for, every day, in neighbourhoods, cities and regions”. An Opinion by Sion Whellens, Vice-president of CECOP.
Read MorePlatform cooperatives are online businesses jointly-owned and -managed by their members using a protocol, website or mobile application to facilitate the sale of goods and services. Based on cooperative principles and values, they are emerging as viable alternatives to the standard internet business model.
Read MoreThe Asia-Pacific Co-operative Development Conference (APCDC) was organized on the theme Building Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships on Sustainable Development in Colombo (Sri Lanka) from 27-28 Feb 2018. CICOPA was present at the conference aimed to create structured exchange and development partnerships among cooperatives and stakeholders in the pursuit of Sustainable Development.
Read MoreThe Boards of the two organisations have appointed Diana Dovgan, CECOP – CICOPA Europe’s and CICOPA’s Senior Policy Officer, as Secretary General as of 1st of March, following the departure of the previous Secretary General, Bruno Roelants.
Read MoreThe Parliament of Uganda recognized the importance of cooperatives as a key actor to attain social economic transformation in the country. A budget for “the revival of cooperatives” should be allocated in 2018/2019.
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