Cooperatives Europe

The voice of cooperative enterprises in Europe representing 140 million members · We promote #peoplecentred businesses · We believe #CoopsInspireChange

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

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👇
🔗 https://t.co/395W8m42NR
#CoopsEurope20

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

Yesterday, we joined #EmployeeOwnershipDays2026 to discuss the future of employee ownership in Europe.

#WorkersBuyouts are not a last resort. They are a legitimate option to save businesses, secure jobs and strengthen #EconomicDemocracy.

Europe must give them greater support.

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

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

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

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

[Giuseppe Guerini @GiuseppeGuerin1]

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.

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

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

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

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. 💪

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

⏰ 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: https://t.co/XcUkFFOX8w

#coops4dev🌍

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

🗣️ 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: https://t.co/XcUkFFOX8w

#coops4dev🌍

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

Press release & pictures out! Relive the highlights of our 🧡20th Anniversary and the future of economic democracy in Europe #Coopseurope20 @CSOGroupEESC

https://t.co/8aCo5cjAu8

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

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

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

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.

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

“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.

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

@FAO DDG M.Martina reaffirms FAO’s complementary work to CoopsEurope in fostering an enabling environment for #coop development 🤝
#Coopseurope20 in partnership with @CSOGroupEESC

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

Prof A.Cumbers reflects on the definition of economic democracy, bringing together collective bargaining, cooperativism and social workplace at #Coopseurope20🧡🤝 @CSOGroupEESC @EU_EESC

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

“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

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

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 🤝🧡

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

At the @EU_EESC kicking off Day 2 of #Coopseurope20 looking at the future of the movement! 🧡🌍 @GiuseppeGuerin1 @CSOGroupEESC

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

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! 👉 https://t.co/HV1cGnzLbV #CoopAnniversaryAwards

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

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!

#coopseurope20

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

"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