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Twenty years of representing and promoting cooperatives across Europe. 🧡
That has to be celebrated! 🎂
Registrations are now open for our 20th anniversary event. Join us 15-16 October in Brussels.
Register here👇
🔗 coopseurope.coop/events/coop…
#CoopsEurope20
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Yesterday in Dublin, our President @GiuseppeGuerin1 delivered the keynote at Irish Co-operative Futures, introduced by our board member Vivian Woodell, placing Ireland’s #coops debate in the European context. Focus: housing, work, energy 🇮🇪
#EUSMEWeek
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Our @GiuseppeGuerin1 noted 6 recommendations: 1. put the coop identity into law, 2. make public procurement reward value & not just price, 3. build coop finance, 4. turn business succession into coop ownership, 5. teach coops in schools, & 6. act across borders. #EUSMEWeek
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Cooperatives Europe retweeted
A More Co-operative Economy:
Europe’s Pragmatic Answer to an Age of Turmoil. This is the title of my presentation this afternoon in Dublin. Cooperatives can play a significant role in shaping economic and social change. Lead a cooperative is lead also a policy ecosystem.
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Yesterday & today we are representing #coops in Dublin🇮🇪, at the Network of SME Envoys & the #SMECAssembly2026!
We discussed simplification, Ireland’s SME policy and #EUInc, the 28th regime.
EU Inc must be open to every type of enterprise, and using it must remain a choice. 💪
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Day 2 in Dublin: the #SMECAssembly2026 opens! 🇮🇪
Minister of Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke: competitiveness should not remain just a word, but be translated into pragmatic reforms for all enterprises.
#EUSMEWeek
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⏰ 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 TO EXPRESS INTEREST in our 3rd Gender & Diversity Focus Group “Towards a Gender-Inclusive Circular Economy: the cooperative take”!
👉 DEADLINE Thursday, 5 November: forms.gle/tpYXubQy6wCP6nR9A
#coops4dev🌍
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🗣️ GENDER & DIVERSITY EXPERTS WANTED!
♻️ APPLY to our 3rd Gender & Diversity Focus Group “Towards a Gender-Inclusive Circular Economy: the cooperative take”
DEADLINE: 5 November ❗
Express interest here: forms.gle/tpYXubQy6wCP6nR9A
#coops4dev🌍
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Press release & pictures out! Relive the highlights of our 🧡20th Anniversary and the future of economic democracy in Europe #Coopseurope20 @CSOGroupEESC
coopseurope.coop/news_articl…
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Our last #Coopseurope20 panel on Resilient and Democratic Territories reflected on the importance of inclusive public and cooperative financing that ensures locally anchored investments, aligned with green and digital transitions
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The first #Coopseurope20 panel on Making Resilient and Democratic Territories, ft. the agri and energy cooperative voices of our members, and precious inputs from the European Commission (DG REGIO) and the UN FAO on fostering an enabling environment for cooperative development.
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“How do we create conditions so that different forms of ownership can become viable, competitive & can grow?” Valère Moutarlier (@EU_Growth) on simpler rules, value chains, procurement & access to finance for coops. Economic democracy is also about resilience & local anchoring.
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Prof A.Cumbers reflects on the definition of economic democracy, bringing together collective bargaining, cooperativism and social workplace at #Coopseurope20🧡🤝 @CSOGroupEESC @EU_EESC
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“Coops and social economy actors are bridges, helping maintain essential services and economic participation through their long term commitment” ML Marquez de la Calleja @CSOGroupEESC social economy spokesperson
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An expert panel, committed cooperators and a reflection on the role of #coops as promoters of #economic #democracy, social cohesion and #competitiveness - perfect recipe for successful forward looking discussions to celebrate #Coopseurope20 anniversary and its future 🤝🧡
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At the @EU_EESC kicking off Day 2 of #Coopseurope20 looking at the future of the movement! 🧡🌍 @GiuseppeGuerin1 @CSOGroupEESC
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And the winners are... 🏆
The first #CoopAnniversaryAwards, voted live at the EESC in Brussels:
🥇 Cooperative Stewardship: Ecopower 🇧🇪
🥇 People & Community Impact: Genç İşi Kooperatif 🇹🇷
Congrats to all six finalists! 👉 lnkd.in/eQ4u5K7a #CoopAnniversaryAwards
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And we're off! 🚀 Day one of our 20th Anniversary is well underway at @EU_EESC in Brussels, and what a start it has been.
We opened with speeches by @RaffaeleFitto, @GiuseppeGuerin1 & Antje Gerstein
More on their interventions later; stay tuned!
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"Coops form a key part of the backbone of the European economy and competitiveness, and ensure an inclusive territorial and social cohesion. They allow people to strengthen their community, where they have the Right to Stay"- R. Fitto, Vice-President, European Commission
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“Our new strategy going forward should be based on Mission, Action, Proximity, Partnership, Expertise” - G. Guerini opening our #Coopseurope20
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