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Co-operative development funding increases under US 2020 spending bills

There will be support for international co-op development programmes, energy-efficiency schemes at electric co-ops and rural…

European Parliament renews Social Economy Intergroup

Sector body Cooperatives Europe welcomed the decision

2020 vision: Leading co-operators enter a new year

Q&As from the co-op movement around the world, sharing their thoughts on 2019 and the coming…

After Labour’s defeat, does the co-op council model show a route to renewal?

'Giving power back to localities would make all the difference ... We need people to have…

A new decade: Can co-operation overcome division?

Co-ops look to a new year, a new decade, a new government, a new political landscape…

Europe: Commissioner tasked with developing an action plan for the social economy

Cecop hopes the new Commission will translate the plan into concrete measures in favour of worker…

European green deal aims for climate neutrality by 2050

Co-ops have a key role to play, says Cooperatives Europe

Australian government allocates funding to develop agri co-ops

The government plans to grow the agriculture sector to a $100bn sector by 2030

Election 2019: Co-op Party loses six seats; movement looks to influence government

Party chair Anna Turley was among the unseated candidates

Mauritius ministry hosts workshop on innovation in the co-operative sector

The event brought together over 100 members and practitioners from co-ops across the country

Media co-op Bristol Cable wins award for modern slavery investigation

The title won Press Gazette’s Local Journalism award for its five-year campaign to expose abuses at…

Cooperatives Europe responds to the appointment of new European Commission

The sector body is 'ready to involve itself in an active policy making, to build European…