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📌Yesterday, the CICOPA General Assembly took place online! Members from around the world gathered to reflect on the achievements of 2024 and set our shared ambitions for the year ahead. 🤝 It’s always a pleasure to connect with our global network, especially meaningful this year, as we celebrate the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives 2025. This milestone is a unique opportunity to highlight the vital role cooperatives play worldwide. #IYC2025

🌍 International Day of Cooperatives 2025🤝 On the occasion of tomorrow’s #CoopsDay, CICOPA President Iñigo Albizuri Landazabal, calls on the world to recognize and reinforce the cooperative model as a vital engine of inclusion, sustainability, and shared prosperity. 💬 “Cooperatives offer more than a vision. We offer proven, democratic, and people-centred solutions that are already transforming lives every day,” says Albizuri. This year’s CoopsDay holds even greater significance, taking place during the UN International Year of Cooperatives 2025 under the theme: “Cooperatives Build a Better World.” 🔗 Read more https://lnkd.in/d8vVtq5c

📢 We're hiring: Policy Assistant – Brussels Are you passionate about social economy, EU policy, and building a fairer, more inclusive world of work? Join CECOP – CICOPA Europe, the voice of cooperatives in industry and services across Europe and beyond. We’re looking for a Policy Assistant to support our advocacy and research efforts at the EU and global levels. This is a full-time role based in Brussels, working closely with an international, mission-driven team that represents over 43,000 cooperative enterprises and 1.3 million workers. 🛠️ What you’ll do: • Monitor EU/international policy developments • Contribute to policy writing and research • Support advocacy strategies • Assist in organizing events, drafting communication materials, and implementing projects 🔗 Apply by 31 July 2025 https://lnkd.in/d_c7__UE Cooperatives Europe Social Economy Europe Social Platform Social Services Europe International Cooperative Alliance REVES - EUROPEAN NETWORK OF CITIES AND REGIONS FOR THE SOCIAL ECONOMY

The International Labour Conference has moved closer to a new ILO standard on platform work. Delegates highlighted the value of the #coops model in driving decent work and helping to formalise employment in the online economy - and set out ways policy makers can support the model #coops #socialeconomy #platformcoops https://lnkd.in/eBZHq3mW

🏵️ During yesterday's International Labour Organization's 113 International Labour Conference in Geneva, Susan T. (SEWA Cooperative Federation) took the floor in a session tackling work informality, on behalf of the International Cooperative Alliance. She emphasized the importance of recognizing cooperatives as key actors in addressing informality and supporting the transition to formal employment for decent work. 🚨 Read the full statement ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d4qEHp72 #ILC2025 #IYC2025

🛎️ Yesterday CICOPA's Secretary General, Diana Dovgan, took the floor during the International Labour Organization's 113th International Labour Conference, in a session discussing platform work. On behalf of the International Cooperative Alliance, she urged: ✔️ the establishment of a strong legal framework for regulating platform work through an ILO Convention accompanied by a Recommendation; ✔️ the recognition of cooperatives as drivers of decent work in the platform economy. 🚨 Read the full statement ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d7z8EfaX #ILC2025 #IYC2025

#Cooperatives are at the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organization represented by Diana Dovgan CICOPA & Susan T. SEWA Cooperative Federation! Today, the ICA and CICOPA released two important joint statements focused on creating fair, safe, and decent work for everyone: 🔴 For innovative approaches to addressing informality and promoting the transition to formality for decent work: https://lnkd.in/ehT9KzzF 🔴 For decent work in the platform economy: https://lnkd.in/ecMEbAqF #ILC2025 #IYC2025 #coops4dev 🌍

📣 Today, CICOPA General Secretary Diana Dovgan is in Geneva attending the International Labour Organization's 113th International Labour Conference on behalf of the International Cooperative Alliance. Today, the ICA and CICOPA released two important joint statements focused on creating fair, safe, and decent work for everyone: 🔹 For innovative approaches to addressing informality and promoting the transition to formality for decent work: https://lnkd.in/d4qEHp72 🔹 For decent work in the platform economy: https://lnkd.in/d7z8EfaX #IYC2025

🌍 Happy International Workers’ Day 🌍 Today, we celebrate the workers who drive progress, build resilience, and keep our communities strong.   At CICOPA, we stand with millions of cooperative workers around the world who prove that democratic, inclusive, and sustainable work is not only possible, it’s essential.   👷🏽♀️ From industry to services, cooperative enterprises show that people come before profit. They empower workers with shared ownership, dignity, and voice, at a time when the world needs solidarity more than ever.   💬 2025 as the International Year of Cooperatives, we say it loud and clear, “Cooperatives Build a Better World” Let’s keep building a fairer economy together!

💜 On tomorrow's International Day of Women's Rights we want to emphasise that efforts from all sides need to be made to achieve gender equality. Cooperatives are a great tool for women’s economic empowerment ✊ #IWD2025