Happy International Women’s Day 🌸
Our President Giuseppe Guerini & colleagues Annalisa Vallone & Mathilde Delabie, share a message on the role of women in cooperatives and why advancing women’s leadership matters.
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #Coops #GenderEquality 💜
In this interview, we sit down with Hilde Vernaillen, CEO of P&V Group, as part of the Cooperatives and Mutuals Leadership Circle #CM50 interview series.
Read: cm50.coop/news/a-conve...
Learn more: cm50.coop
#Beyond2025 #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld
Today is the last day of #CivSocWeek 2026!
We kicked off with a lively session diving into the opportunities and challenges for civil space across Europe.
If you could not join in person, watch us LIVE here
👉 link.europa.eu/T9CJg7
What a week! We wrapped up #CivSocWeek 2026 at the @eesc.bsky.social with two workshops on people, democracy & resilience.
We discussed how the next MFF can secure fair rules & funding for civil society, coops & the social economy.
Video recap below👇
#coops4dev🌍
Yesterday, at our co-hosted workshop during #CivSocWeek, president @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social highlighted the need for a specific taxation approach for SEOs.🤝
Major priority: how #coops manage taxation on surplus & reserves to stay resilient & democratic.
Let's build a stronger economy!
Join us for the Civil Society Week at the @eesccivsocrel.bsky.social today & tomorrow.
👉 Today: "Building an enabling environment for Democratic resilience"
16:30-18:00.
Our President @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social will take the floor to discuss #taxation & #coops.
🔗Stream: t.co/Tcg59s9M1i
📢 Join us on 12 March for the first #Gender & Diversity Focus Group of 2026!
🔹 Topic: "Cultivating Innovation: The Role of Women-Led Cooperatives"
🔹 10:00–11:30 CET
❗Deadline for sign up: 6 March❗
🔗 Apply here!
https://bit.ly/4cqBjc4
Cooperatives are powering progress toward #SDG7! 🌍⚡
From Ecopower in Belgium to Enercoop in France, community-owned energy is driving the energy transition!
📖 Read the full brief here: https://bit.ly/4l3kZQs
#Coops4Dev🌍
✨ Opportunity: On 3 March (online), we’re hosting 2 focus groups to test research findings and co-design practical digital training .👥
Educators, practitioners, tech actors, students
🇵🇱 Priority list for fully funded Krakow mobility
Join us: coopseurope.coop/events/focus...
#DigiSE5
Last chance ⏰
Deadline tomorrow for our Junior Events Officer – International Development role.
Based in Brussels, working on international partnerships and events across the cooperative movement.
Apply now 👇
coopseurope.coop/news_article...
⏳ Only 2 days to go!
Join the official launch of Phase II of the Cooperative Legal Framework Analysis.
📅 25 Feb 2026
⏰ 14:00–15:30 CET
💻 Online
How do laws shape cooperatives worldwide?
Register 👉 https://zoom.us/meeting/register/pGxuf5qzQNK_un_sE20nYQ#/registration
#coops4dev🌍
🚨 1 hour before we kick off!
Join our webinar on the role of cooperatives in crisis adaptation. 🗓️
Today 14:00–15:30.
Hear experts from ILO, We Effect, ALDA & more. Q&A included!
Register & info: coopseurope.coop/events/webin...
#socialjustice #coops4dev🌍
Deadline soon ⏰
Cooperatives Europe is hiring a (Junior) Events Officer – International Development in Brussels.
If you enjoy organising events and working in international cooperation, take a look 👇
Apply by 27 Feb (23:59 CET)
lnkd.in/epEU92pb
#coops4dev🌍
Only 2 days to go!⏳
Join our webinar “Crisis adaptation and response: Cooperating for social rights” as the second of our five-part dialogue series.
🗓️Thursday, 19 Feb, 14:00–15:30.
Register & info: coopseurope.coop/news_article...
Agenda:
coopseurope.coop/wp-content/u...
#coops4dev🌍
Planning your agenda for the coming weeks?
Join our upcoming events:
🗓️Webinar on social rights and crisis response under #coops4dev🌍
🗓️Workshop on democratic resilience
🗓️Workshop on funding civic space
More info and registration 👉 coopseurope.coop/events
New SDG Policy Brief! 📢
Discover how #coops drive progress on #SDG2: Zero Hunger.
From shortening supply chains in Germany to policy reform in Poland, coops are building resilient food systems across Europe and the globe.
Read the full brief here: lnkd.in/e646qsgt 📄
📣 New webinar | Dialogue series – Episode 2
'Crisis adaptation and response: cooperating for social rights'
🗓️ 19 Feb | 14-15:30h CET
💻 Online
Explore how #coops support recovery, rebuild livelihoods in times of crisis.
More info: coopseurope.coop/events/webin...
#coops4dev🌍
Digital change is here.
Education is the key.
Through #DigiSE5, we support digital education for the social economy sharing open research, real examples, and practical tools for cooperatives and educators.
📩 Subscribe to the DigiSE5 newsletter:
eepurl.com/jgRhWo
Strong exchange at the @ec.europa.eu with Commissioner @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social 🇪🇺
President @giuseppeguerini.bsky.social & colleague Mathilde Delabie discussed the #SEAP, skills, social impact investment, the care economy, and the role of #coops.
We look forward to working together 🤝
Impressive panels at the #IYC2025 closing event in France organised by Coop FR.
A strong showing of how coops deliver both values and performance across finance, health, and crafts.
Our board member Priscille Szeradzki takes part in the conversation.💬
📢Vacancy Alert!
We’re recruiting a (Junior) Events Officer in Brussels.
You’ll work on events & communication under the #coops4dev🌍 development partnership, as part of a small, international team.
Are you our new colleague? 👉👈
🗓 Deadline: 27 Feb
coopseurope.coop/news_article...
What this looks like in practice 👇
✅ representing cooperative voices in EU policy spaces
✅ building European coalitions for funding and advocacy
✅ peer-to-peer learning and cooperation across borders
#coops4dev🌍
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How can Ukrainian cooperatives connect to the wider European cooperative system?
In Kyiv 🇺🇦, Annalisa Vallone spoke at the Power of Cooperatives 2026 Conference on cooperatives as bridges of European integration.
#coops4dev🌍
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Our colleague Annalisa Vallone is now live online at the "Power of Cooperatives 2026" event in Kyiv 🇺🇦.
She joins the panel on #cooperatives as bridges of European integration to speak about our activities to support #coops.
Livestream:🎥https://www.youtube.com/live/N7L7IN8Xb_c
#coops4dev🌍
Warning over fate of #coops and #socialeconomy sector in Portugal as government pulls out of sector body Cases
@coopseurope.bsky.social and Social Economy Europe are among those calling for a rethink
Save CASES. Protect Portuguese coops. ⚠️
The Portuguese government plans to leave CASES. This move will end the national entity that promotes and accredits the cooperative movement.
Read more about this and how to help: coopseurope.coop/news_article...
Cooperatives took the spotlight in 2025.
Our president Giuseppe Guerini reflects in the @csogroupeesc.bsky.social newsletter.
Read more via @CSOGroupEESC 👇
🔗 www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-medi...
#CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #Beyond2025 #CoopsYear #IYC2025
📘 New study out!
As part of the DigiSE5.0 project, we supported research on how digital tools & creative spaces help students gain the skills needed for cooperatives & the #SocialEconomy.
🧩 23 real examples, key challenges & what works👇
🔗https://bit.ly/4jveJjW
#DigiSE5
📚 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.
