The National Union Cooperatives of Handicraft art, production and services of Senegal (UNCAAPSS) CICOPA's member, has launched a project to strengthen the influence of the handcraft sector, through the implementation of public policy. One hundred handicraft cooperatives are involved in this project. - News / Africa, Portada

In 2009, the Aron Cinema in Campbellford in Canada was like hundreds of other small-town cinemas: ready to close its doors, faced with overwhelming competition from digital home entertainment and big-box complexes. Today, back from the brink of closure, The Aron is a popular cultural hub and an instructive model of economic renewal for other towns facing the loss of traditional institutions. - News / América, Portada

When Budelpack International, a Dutch owned packaging company, closed down in 2005, 19 staff members decided to invest their redundancy payment into setting up a worker cooperative, PrimePac Solutions. With manufacturing jobs on the decline in Wales, the employees were keen to preserve their livelihoods and keep jobs in the local area. The Wales Co-operative Centre provided legal and business planning advice and has helped the newly established enterprise access funding from Co-operative ...

The original enterprise located in Sainte-Hermine, active in landscape planning and management, had been established as a limited liability company in 1980 by a married couple. In 2006, as the couple was reaching retirement age, they started looking for an acquirer. At that moment, the enterprise had 11 employees and they were informed about the handover plan. The employees agreed with the idea and all of them decided to take part in the adventure and become worker-members of the new ...