📚 Discover how coops drive climate action and tackle inequality with examples from across Europe in the latest two SDG Policy Briefs! 🌱 Climate Action (#SDG13): copac.coop/wp-content/u... ⚖️ Reducing Inequalities (#SDG10): copac.coop/wp-content/u... #coops4dev🌍

🎄 Wishing you a calm Christmas and a good end to the year. Our team is on a short holiday break and will be back on 5 January 2026. All the best for the weeks ahead and for 2026.

We are proud to announce our new guide: “From Aid to Ownership: The Cooperative Approach to International Development.” A short teaser is now available with: • key ideas • early visuals • a preview of the tools 👉 View here: coopseurope.coop/publication/... #coops4dev🌍 #IYC2025

🏘️ Housing is simply becoming unaffordable across Europe... To tackle this, the European Commission has unveiled its first European Affordable Housing Plan, recognising housing cooperatives as key actors. Read our reaction🔗 https://bit.ly/3L38Yx0

📘 New bi-regional report! Together with Cooperatives of the Americas we released a new #coops4dev🌍 report highlighting best practices and recommendations building on our recent Caring Cooperatively Webinar Series. 🌍 🌎 🔗 Read it here: coopseurope.coop/publication/...

Housing Europe sees the EU Affordable Housing Plan as a 1st step to build a framework allowing Europe to join forces. Success will depend on local capacity to meet diverse housing needs, and public, cooperative, and social housing should remain central. housingeurope.eu/new-era-for-...

🇪🇺🇺🇦 Today we join the 18th EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform in Brussels at the @eesc.bsky.social. With cooperatives back in the Platform, we will highlight their role in Ukraine’s recovery and call for a reference to cooperatives in the joint declaration. (1/2) #csp

The Commission has released the Quality Jobs Roadmap. A good step that must stay ambitious. Because #coops create quality work but still face barriers. Europe needs a fair environment for all.⚖️ Read our reaction: https://coopseurope.coop/news_article/commission-unveils-its-new-quality-job-roadmap/

🎙️We’re live! Today’s webinar kicks off our Dialogue series “The Power of Cooperation in Advancing a Human Rights Economy in Crises.” 🕊️ 📣 Join now: lnkd.in/eqpDFBb2 #coops4dev🌍

As the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence draws to a close, we stand with those affected and firmly reject all forms of violence, offline and online. 🟠 👉 Learn more about our Gender & Diversity work: lnkd.in/gSRCMhpV #coops4dev🌍 #NoExcuse

#OrangeTheWorld 🟠 | Coops in Action In March, WeEffect 🇸🇪 released a report on advancing gender-inclusive leadership in coops, drawing from the experiences of female cooperative leaders and current research. 🔗 weeffect.org/news/new-rep... #coops4dev🌍

A new episode of the SDG Policy Brief Series is out! This edition filled with examples of European coops tackling poverty through local action. Czechia 🇨🇿, Sweden 🇸🇪 and Spain 🇪🇸 showing the impact of shared ownership. #SDG1 👇 https://tinyurl.com/59xuc2uw #coops4dev🌍

💻 Join us online! On Wednesday, we are hosting the 1st episode of the dialogue series "The Power of Cooperation in Advancing a Human Rights Economy in Crises." 🗓️ Dec 10, 14:00-15:30 CET 📝 Register here: lnkd.in/eqpDFBb2 📖 View Agenda: lnkd.in/epVgGF7n

#OrangeTheWorld 🟠 | Coops in Action FENACERCI, the Federation of Cooperatives and Social Solidarity in Portugal, is part of the DIS-CONNECTED Project, a European initiative improving protection for women and children with disabilities. 🔗 fenacerci.pt/2023/07/11/p... #coops4dev🌍

#OrangeTheWorld 🟠 | Coops in Action On the Road Società Cooperativa Sociale 🇮🇹 supports women, men & transgender people facing violence and discrimination, offering anti-violence support and safe shelters for women and their children. 🔗 www.ontheroad.coop/en/intervent... #coops4dev🌍

At the #EESC Plenary debate on '#Cooperatives building a better world: the contribution of the #EESC to the International Year of #Cooperatives' we discussed: 🗨️Coops driving green & digital transitions 🗨️More training & financial incentives 🗨️The rise of data-driven coops #Coops

The #EESCPlenary just adopted its opinion on #industrialcooperatives - Congrats the team! 👏 It recommends promoting them through education and financial incentives at 🇪🇺, national and regional levels, due to their distinct social and economic value #EUstrategicautonomy ➡️http://bit.ly/4cx1z2l

With this opinion, the @eesc.bsky.social supports #IYC2025 by showing that industrial cooperatives are competitive businesses with strong local roots. "These strengths make them key contributors to EU strategic autonomy." 💬@giuseppeguerini.bsky.social Find the opinion👉http://link.europa.eu/3TxK6r

Today at 15:00 CET we go live at the @EU_EESC plenary📣 with our president @GiuseppeGuerin1 & @icacoop director Jeroen Douglas. They'll discuss EESC contributions to coops & the #IYC2025! Will you join us?📺 Stream via this link: link.europa.eu/Vcqtrx #IYC2025 #CoopYear

Register for Episode 1 of our new series! Join us on Human Rights Day to explore how cooperatives support human rights and help rebuild communities during crises. 🌍🕊️ 📅 10 Dec, 14:00–15:30 CEST 💻 Online 🔗 Registration & info: coopseurope.coop/events/coope... #coops4dev🌍

A great chance to see #coops front & centre at EU level📣 Tomorrow, our president @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social & @icacoop.bsky.social director Jeroen Douglas will join the @eesc.bsky.social plenary to discuss its contributions to coops & the #IYC2025 📅3 Dec, 14:30 CET 📺Stream: link.europa.eu/Vcqtrx

Today we're at the EP for an event by Banca Etica & @febeaethicalfin.bsky.social on the occasion of their new Ethical Finance Report. “We need patient, mission-driven capital in Europe & new public-private models that involve actors focused on social impact, not profit.” 💬said MEP Tinagli

📣 Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the start of UN Women’s #OrangeTheWorld campaign. 🟧✊ Over the next 16 days, we’ll share how cooperatives across Europe are contributing to change. 🤝 #ForAllWomenAndGirls #ACTtoEndViolence

📌 Live from the Women's Entrepreneurship EXPO Our colleague Annalisa Vallone is hosting a workshop on the 'Power of Cooperation,' showcasing how cooperatives can support & uplift women's entrepreneurship. 👉 Join the event now: lnkd.in/d7uS95Gz #EXPO2025 #coops4dev🌍

Last week in Istanbul🇹🇷 at the coop AI conference, President Giuseppe Guerini spoke about how #coops can shape ethical AI and held a conversation with Trebor Scholz on digital mutuality. He stressed that AI is not neutral & that staying outside this shift risks marginalisation.

Just me hanging out with the President of @coopseurope.bsky.social, Giuseppe Guerini, who I had the pleasure of explaining to that @transkribus.bsky.social is Europe's first AI cooperative, and is doing well! On the right, Tobias Schweitzer, who is setting up an AI supported carbon-capture coop.

Our colleague Mathilde Delabie attends the #SMEAssembly2025 in Copenhagen. 🇩🇰 Minister for Industry & Business Morten Bødskov stresses the need to facilitate SMEs operations & reduce admin burdens. ➡️We need rules & investments that work for coops 🇪🇺 #EUSMEWeek

Yesterday we kicked off the #SMEAssembly2025 in 🇩🇰 with the SME Envoy meeting! Let's talk how #coops can make the most out of the Single Market. Web stream: app.swapcard.com/login/event/... #EUSMEWeek

“#Coops show that competitiveness can mean acting together, not against each other - turning the market into a space for collaboration and peace.”💬 @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social yesterday at the #ICSSE Roundtable, #BordeauxGSEF2025.🌍

“Considering their social and economic importance, social economy enterprises - including all cooperatives - must be at the table of social dialogue.”💬 Our president @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social just now at the Global Social Economy Forum 2025. #BordeauxGSEF2025

📍 We are at #BordeauxGSEF2025 🇫🇷 🌍 With 5500+ participants from nearly 70 different countries, the global forum is one of the largest SSE gatherings! 👉 Here are the sessions we are hosting and participating in: lnkd.in/eWmxhZWx 👀 Stay tuned! #coops4dev🌍 #YECN

📢 Join us and CONCORD at #BordeauxGSEF2025 tomorrow! ➡️ Profit with purpose: unlocking value through people-centred businesses in the EU's international partnerships. 📅 Thu 30 Oct 2025, 10:15–11:15 📌 Salle C2 – Abdou Salam Fall 🔍 Full info: lnkd.in/eYh8HTam

🏘 Who stands strong when times get tough? #CoopVsCorp When companies cut and move on, coops stay. Research shows they kept jobs & local economies going through the 2008 and COVID crises. Real strength isn’t about size, it’s about staying power. 🌱 #IYC2025

“Cooperatives prove we can do business without destroying, create wealth without exploiting, and grow without leaving anyone behind. 🌍 Today at the #GICS2025, our President @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social reminded: true innovation is built on trust, balance, evolution, scale and mutuality.🤝

📣 We’ll be there for GSEF 2025! | 29–31 Oct The global forum is one of the largest social economy gatherings, and we will be there to amplify the cooperative and youth voice! 🔊 Check out our events in the thread 👇 #coops4dev🌍 #YECN #IYC2025 #BordeauxGSEF2025

We’re joining #GICS2025 in Torres Vedras 🇵🇹 next week! 🌍 💬 President Giuseppe Guerini will give opening remarks + join key sessions on inter-cooperation & digital collaboration. 🗣️ Director Agnès Mathis will moderate the closing plenary on sustainable futures. 🔗 globalinnovation.coop

😊 Where are workers the happiest? #CoopVsCorp In #coops, people have a voice in decisions & a share in success. Shared ownership and fairer pay build trust, purpose, and motivation. Studies show higher job satisfaction and wellbeing than in traditional firms. 💚 #IYC2025

On Friday our President @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social joined the Coop Law Symposium at Galatasaray University 🇹🇷, organised by the Ministry of Trade & Pharmacist Coops. He called for stronger legal & policy support for cooperatives across Europe. 🌍🤝 Full speech💬 www.linkedin.com/pulse/intern...

#NewVideo📹 How do cooperatives shape our daily lives? On #EndPoverty Day, watch "A Day in the Life with Coops" & see how #coops empower people across continents to build better futures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSFp... #IDEP2025 #CoopsBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025

Today we’re at @CECOP_coops’ “Quality Jobs, the Cooperative Way” event. DG EMPL’s Joël Le Deroff confirmed the Quality Jobs Roadmap will be published on 3 Dec, with #coops’ input included. 🔹Working conditions 🔹Digital transition 🔹More quality jobs

⏰ Last chance to register! The #YECN is hosting its General Assembly 2025 in Porto 🇵🇹 on 5–7 Nov. A big step for the cooperative youth movement, the YECN is becoming an official network! 🗓️ Register by 17 Oct: coopseurope.coop/news_article... #CoopYouth

⏰ Last chance to register! The #YECN is hosting its General Assembly 2025 in Porto 🇵🇹 on 5–7 Nov. A big step for the cooperative youth movement, the YECN is becoming an official network! 🗓️ Register by 17 Oct: coopseurope.coop/news_article... #CoopYouth

👏 Congratulations to Monica Fantini, newly elected President of CECOP A warm thank you to Giuseppe Guerini for his many years of leadership — and for continuing to serve the movement as President of Cooperatives Europe

⏰ Don’t forget to register! The Caring Cooperatively series continues with its new Euro-American dialogue. 🌍🌎 📅 Thursday, 16 October, 15:00–16:30 CEST 💻 Register here: lnkd.in/eyBwSPiu 📖 Agenda: lnkd.in/e3MGt-vz #coops4dev🌍 #careeconomy #IYC25

🔑Inspiring discussions today at our webinar on the housing crisis. The EU needs new public-private partnerships that unite authorities & citizens through social economy models. The cooperative & SE models prove that housing can be affordable, sustainable, and community-led. It’s ⌛ to scale them up!

Our President @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social closed today’s online event “Social Economy & Coops: The Backbone of an Inclusive Answer to the Housing Crisis” with MEP Abadía Jover. He called on the EU to recognise housing as a right & empower #coops to deliver fair, affordable homes for all.

⏰HAPPENING TOMORROW 🔑Join our webinar to explore how cooperatives and social economy actors can bring solutions to Europe’s housing crisis! 🔗Register: shorturl.at/Wsxz5 📑More: shorturl.at/eg2zV @rescoop.eu @housingeurope.bsky.social @coopseurope.bsky.social

📚Reading tip before the weekend: Check out our latest SDG policy brief on how #coops build a better future through quality education. 👉 Read the brief with European case studies: https://coopseurope.coop/news_article/cooperatives-build-a-better-future-through-quality-education/#coops #SDG4 #IYC2025

🌱#CoopVsCorp what’s more future proof? Short-term profit may win the quarter but rarely builds the future. #Coops invest in renewables, local food systems & circular production, creating value that lasts. Studies show they're long-term & more resilient in crises.💚 #IYC2025

We're at the final #YEPA conference in Brussels, led by EU Commission & OECD. Over 2 years, we shared youth cooperators' voices on #YouthEntrepreneurship. Today, our colleague Mathilde, YECN member & 🇵🇹CASES' Edna join forces to mark its legacy! 👏 (1/2)