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20 May '13

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Rodrigo Gouveia (Right) speaking at the official European launch of the International Year of Co-operatives .

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EuropeRodrigo Gouveia advocates single market for consumer co-operatives

The Secretary General of EuroCoop told Co-op News he advocates for a ‘Single Market’ for consumer co-operatives.

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Global News16 November: Celebrate Global Worker Co-op Day

More than 1,000 co-operators, academics and experts will share their experiences and exchange ideas, at the Global Worker Co-operative Day on 16 November.

Paloma Arroyo, General Secretary of Coceta

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FranceWomen in worker co-ops receive equal pay, while private sector has wage imbalance

Although inequality in pay between men and women remains high in Europe, a new survey shows that salaries in worker co-operatives tend to foster gender equality.

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ItalyWorld Farmers' Organisation joins COPAC

At its 72nd Board meeting (21-22 January 2013 - Rome, Italy), the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) welcomed the membership of the World ...

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Social care co-ops can make a real difference

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United KingdomSocial care co-ops can make a real difference

Co-operative activists David and Hilda Smith of the Wales Progressive Co-operators are trying to persuade the Welsh Assembly to embrace the Movement’s values and principles ...

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PortugalEuropean cooperative organizations develop a project to encourage partnerships, internationalization and innovation

Cooperative organizations and institutions from Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Greece are involved in a European project that aims to establish a common strategy that enhances transnational consortia, internationalization and innovation of cooperative enterprises and other employee-owned enterprises in the Mediterranean. They are identifying best practices through improving public policies to encourage innovation in cooperative entrepreneurship, defining transnational coordination between ...

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Italy36,000 new jobs were created in Italian cooperatives in 2012

Despite the current crisis, it is estimated that between 2007 and 2011, employment in cooperatives has increased by 8%, compared with a decrease of 2.3% in all types of enterprises in Italy. In 2012, the employment in Italian cooperatives has grown by 2.8% creating 36,000 new jobs compared to 2011 and increasing up to a total of 1,341,000 employees. - News / Europa, Portada

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Paul Singer speaking at the event in Marseille

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Global News1,000 co-operators celebrate Global Worker Co-op Day

More than 1,000 participants came together to debate the role of worker co-ops for Global Worker Co-operative Day in Marseille on 16 November.

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Roberto Cardinale talking to ICA President, Dame Pauline Green

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ItalyCo-op meetings too boring to get young people involved?

With youth involvement being a key topic at the UN’s Closing Ceremony of the International Year of Co-operatives, Co-operative News spoke with young co-operator Roberto ...

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PolandWatch 'Together' the documentary about worker co-operatives

Poland Olivier Biron | CICOPA | (0) , Democracy, Mutuals, Producer or Worker, Social Enterprise

Watch the full version of the documentary TOGETHER here.