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Co-ops recognised at Social Economy Awards

Co-operatives won awards in the categories of education, housing and energy

Europe’s social economy plan at risk, warns midterm review

Emphasis on defence, competitiveness and austerity among EU member states threaten to reverse progress, warns Social…

European Commission: DG Grow scraps social economy unit

The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG Grow) has scrapped the unit responsible for…

European Commission: Roxana Mînzatu assumes social economy portfolio

Co-ops and other social economy actors welcomed the news, which gives Mînzatu responsibility for the EU's…

Co-op sector’s dismay as Europe mandate fails to mention social economy

The list of commissioner nominees fails to include a clear mandate for the social economy, a…

New executive board for Social Economy Europe

Members also re-elected Joan Antonio Pedreño as president

Key takeaways from Romania’s Enterprising for Tomorrow conference

The conference featured 36 Romanian and European speakers

Co-ops included in report on future of the EU single market

The European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives welcomed some of the report's recommendations

Social Economy Europe responds to latest Commission recommendation

'Only by changing the way we produce and consume will we be able to overcome the…

Sarah de Heusch appointed director of Social Economy Europe

Joining the organisation from platform co-op Smart, de Heusch pledges to grow the network and keep…

Nominations open for the European Social Economy Awards

The previous edition of the awards included honours for Spanish renewable co-op Som Energia and Turkish…

Social economy actors assess SEAP implementation at anniversary event

The sector, which includes co-operatives, is estimated to include 2.8 million social economy entities across the…