Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
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
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 11 Mar 2015
Name Start date End Date Mr Mickael BIANCHIN 12 Jul 2023 11 Jul 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
Ms Diana Dovgan (Policy Officer)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Bruno Roelants (Secretary General)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
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
CECOP-CICOPA Europe is also a sectorial member (industry and services) of Cooperatives EuropeMember organisations
There are 19 full members and 7 associate members from 15 european countries in the CECOP-CICOPA Europe network. The list of the member organization is available on our web page: http://www.cecop.coop/Members
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
EU grant income for closed financial year
39,718 € (Source: European Commission, DG ENTER, Call for proposal 44/G/ENT/PPA/12/6460: Cooperation projects to create transnational tourism products based on cultural and industrial heritage)
Other financial info
In 2013, 68% of CECOP-CICOPA Europe budget was covered by membership fees. The rest was mainly composed by european funding and payment for expertise.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
High-level meeting on SMEs (DG GROWTH)
GECES - Expert group on social entrepreneurship; Expert group on Business Transfers (DG GROWTH)ACC
Stakeholders of the European Platform Against Poverty & Social Exclusion (DG Employment and Social Affairs); SBA Follow-Up (DG GROWTH)
Groups (European Parliament)
Social Economy; SME; Common Goods & Public Services
Communication activities
EU projects:
- Cooproute 2013-2015 (under the DG GROWTH call for proposal 44/G/ENT/PPA/12/6460)
- Anticipate 2011 (under the DG EMPL budget line VS/2011/0361
Events:
- 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/films:
- "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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