Cooperatives Europe
Budget
€100 — €0
EP Access
2
accredited persons
Staff
3
1.5 FTE
EU Grants
€138,976
Mission & Goals
Cooperatives Europe is the voice of cooperative enterprises in Europe. On behalf of its 80 member organisations from 33 European countries across all business sectors it promotes the cooperative business model in Europe. Its members represent 141 million individual member cooperators owning 176.000 co-operative enterprises and providing jobs to 4.7 million European citizens - a force for economic growth and social change. Cooperatives Europe works to promote the cooperative business model at European level. Cooperatives Europe advocates granting the plurality of business forms in Europe. It is about increasing knowledge and recognition of the cooperative business model among EU authorities, designing and implementing policies and tools to support the development of the cooperative enterprises and anticipating the impact of new EU or national legislation. Cooperatives Europe fosters communication amongst and about cooperative enterprises. We focus our efforts on creating tools (...)
EU Legislative Interests
- SDG's - Entrepreneurship policy (ex: SME strategy , SME access to finance, Youth entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and education..) - Development policy (private sector in development, CSO's in development) - Education/ Research - Social economy, GECES (expert group on social entrepreneurship) - Regulatory framework: Company Law, taxation when impact on coops.. - Gender equality - Twin transition (green digital) - Industrial strategy
Communication Activities
- Cooperatives and peace 2019 - Call for the inclusion of coops in European education initiatives 2024 - Campaing for the coops in the framework of the EP election 2024 - Various position papers - Monday talks ' webinar series' on coop ( 2025)
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Cooperatives Europe represents the European region of the International Cooperatives Alliance. Founded in 1895, ICA is an independant non governmental association which represents and serves cooperatives worlwide.
Organisation Members
https://coopseurope.coop/our-members/
Additional Information
Point C broadly covers salary cost (both person in Belgium, travel, meetings costs and some IT)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.