OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Membership

Consolidate and increase membership in the European region

Influence

Promote and strengthen co-operative representation and institutional recognition

Enhance co-operative identity, visibility & image

Develop a strong co-operative enterprise system

Finance/Operations/People

Maintain good governance and sustainability

MAIN CHALLENGES

Defend the plurality of enterprises at EU level

Act against the EU complaints threatening co-operatives (Italy, France, Spain); campaigning for the co-operative difference and added value

Adapt the European legislative framework, create guidelines for interpretation of the co-operative difference in EU legislation and competition rules; concerning mutuality: democracy, co-operative dividend, indivisible reserves, co-operation

Discuss co-operative growth strategy : use the European Co-operative Society Statute (SCE) for inter-co-operation; oppose demutualisation

Enter co-operative satellite accounts into national and European statistical systems; act to be counted

Realise the Social Partner Program Project objective to be recognized as an European Social Partner and starting the process to be integrated into the European Inter-professional Social Dialogue

Develop a European think tank for research & education on the co-operative future

Map co-operative development projects and capacities at the European and international levels; to build co-ordination and synergy

Develop the .COOP web domain name on the internet for better visibility of the different business nature of co-operatives