Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Confederation of Workers' Cooperatives, Social Cooperatives and Social and Participative Enterprises (CECOP-CICOPA Europe)
EU Transparency Register
774917716472-20 First registered on 11 Mar 2015
Goals / Remit
- representation: represent the network in front of the EU institutions, as well as other EU organizations, and towards other components of the cooperative movement
- network: definition of common positions with members, contribution to entrepreneurial development, training, data collection and processing, etc
- development and capacity building: support creation and development of national representing organizations of industrial and service cooperatives and other employee owned enterprises in countries where these do not existMain EU files targeted
CECOP-CICOPA Europe covers mainly the following EU policies: enterprise and SME policies, employment, social inclusion, internal market and competition, regional development, taxation etc.
Address
Head Office
Avenue Milcamps 105
Brussels 1030
BELGIUMEU Office
AVENUE MILCAMPS 105
BRUXELLES 1030 - 1030
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 18 Jan 2023
Name Start date End Date Mickael BIANCHIN 12 Jul 2023 11 Jul 2024 Mr Mickael BIANCHIN 12 Jul 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Diana POTJOMKINA 18 Mar 2023 12 Jul 2023 Ms Diana DOVGAN 18 Mar 2023 16 Mar 2024 Ms Diana DOVGAN 26 Mar 2022 18 Mar 2023 Ms Diana POTJOMKINA 24 Mar 2022 18 Mar 2023 Ms Mila Shamku 11 Dec 2019 11 Nov 2020 Ms Diana DOVGAN 07 Dec 2019 01 Dec 2020 Ms Diana DOVGAN 05 Oct 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ms Mila Shamku 29 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
CECOP-CICOPA Europe is a member of:
- the Social Platform
- REVES - European Network of Cities and Regions for the Social Economy
- Social Economy Europe
CECOP-CICOPA Europe is also a sectoral member (industry and services) of Cooperatives EuropeMember organisations
There are 18 full members and 6 associate members and 1 network associate from 15 European countries and 1 UK member organisation in the CECOP-CICOPA Europe network. The list of the member organization is available on our web page: https://cecop.coop/members
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission 119,365€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission 174,311€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission expert group on social economy and social enterprises #E03576#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3576 #Member #C#Employees/workers, Other#Network of SME Envoys#E02666#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2666 #Observer #C#Other#Commission expert group "Industrial Forum"#E03743#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3743 #Member #C#Industry, Employees/workers, SMEs, Other
Groups (European Parliament)
Social Economy; SME; Common Goods & Public Services
Communication activities
Main EU projects:
- CECOP ESF 2023 agreement n° 101101882
- CECOP ESF 2022 agreement n° 101059345
- CECOP ESF 2022 - 2025 agreement n° 101059055
- EU PROGRAMME FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION ( Operating grants for 2021 - under DG EMPL, call for proposal VP/2017/015)
- EU PROGRAMME FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION ( Operating grants for 2020 - under DG EMPL, call for proposal VP/2017/015)
- EU PROGRAMME FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION ( Operating grants for 2019 - under DG EMPL, call for proposal VP/2017/015)
- EU PROGRAMME FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION ( Operating grants for 2018 - under DG EMPL, call for proposal VP/2017/015)
- EU PROGRAMME FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION 4-years framework partnership agreements to support EU-level NGO networks active in the areas of social inclusion and poverty reduction or microfinance and social enterprise finance (under DG EMPL, call for proposal VP/2017/015)
- COOPROUTE 2013 - 2015 (under DG ENTR, call for proposal 44G/ENT/PPA/12/6460)
- COOPERATE 2011 - 2012 (under DG EMPL, call for proposal VP/2011/008)
Events:
- Conference "Cooperatives as frontrunners of innovation in the care sector" (hybrid, 2022)
- Conference on cooperatives’ contribution to the transition from informal to formal economy and employment (online, November 2021)
- Workshop on the future of the European Disability Strategy (online, april 2021)
- Conference and campaign on non-standard and platform work ‘ALL FOR ONE’, Online, November/December 2020
- Workshop on the role of education in the European Pillar of Social Rights, Poland (online, 2020)
- CECOP at the 2019 EU Industry Days – "Industrial cooperatives are drivers of the circular economy", Brussels, February 2019
- Workshop "Delivering on the European Pillar of Social Rights: The role of the European Semester and the new MFF", Madrid, December 2018
- conference "What Future for you at risk of exclusion? How worker and social cooperatives contribute to social inclusion of young people", Brussels, November 2018
- conference “How to promote sustainable tourist experiences through the European Route of Cooperative Culture”, Brussels, February 2015
- conference "Cooperatives and work integration of disadvantaged persons", Brussels (European Economic and Social Committee - EESC), November 2013
- conference "Sustainable business transfers in Europe. With specific focus on business transfers to employees, Brussels (EESC), June 2013
- conference "Social cooperatives in Europe and the Social Business Initiative", Brussels (EESC), April 2012
- première of the documentary film "Together" produces by CECOP-CICOPA Europe, Brussels (EESC), June 2012
- photo exhibition "Through their eyes", Brussels (European Parliament), September 2012
Publications:
- Cooperatives care! Advantages of the cooperative model for meeting multiple care-related needs and challenges in the EU, 2022
- LIGHTS ON! Publication on cooperatives’ contribution to the transition from informal to formal economy and employment , 2021
- Lasting Impact. Measuring the social impact of worker and social cooperatives in Europe: focus on Italy and Spain. Publication of statistics on cooperatives contributing to social inclusion, 2021
- "All for One - Response of worker-owned cooperatives to non-standard employment", 2019
- "Business transfers to employees under a form of a cooperative in Europe", June 2013
- documentary film "Together. How cooperatives show resilience to the crisis", 2012
- study "The resilience of the cooperative model", June 2012
- book "Cooperatives, territories and jobs: twenty experiences of cooperatives active in industry and services across Europe", 2011
- book "Beyond the crisis: cooperatives, work, finance. Generating wealth for the long-term", 2011
More information about our activities, as well as all the positions and answers to European Commission consultations can be found on our web site: www.cecop.coopOther activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 29 Nov 2023 Location Online Subject Social Economy/ Workers Buyouts Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Attending - Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Intervention in a roundtable event “Stand up for the Social Pillar” on the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and the road to the Porto Social Summit. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Santina Bertulessi (Cabinet member)
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