1. CICOPA Rainer SCHLÜTER President of CICOPA
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF INDUSTRIAL, ARTISAN
AND SERVICE PRODUCERS’ COOPERATIVES
a sectoral organisation of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
Rainer SCHLÜTER
President of CICOPA
ICA AMERICAS XIII Regional Conference
“Integración Cooperativa Igualdad, Riqueza Social y Trabajo”
Buenos Aires November 2004

2. WHO ARE WE
CICOPA is the only organisation in the world uniting worker cooperatives CICOPA groups 57 cooperative organisations in 39 countries
OUR MISSION
Promotion and representation of workers’ and producers’ cooperatives at the world level

3. Worker cooperatives have been gradually expanding over the last 150 years First registered worker cooperative: 1831, Paris Worker cooperatives multiply during the 20th Century, first in France and Italy, then in China during the war (Gung Ho movement), then in many European countries and in India
At the end of the 20th Century, they multiply all over the world, with sometimes growth rates of 2 figures.

4. In the Mercosur region (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay),
they are estimated to be at least 5,000 enterprises and 500,000 workers
In China and India, they are tens of thousands and employ several million workers
In Europe, they are 85,000 enterprises with a total of 1.5 million workers

5. EUROPE REGION KEY FIGURES CICOPA-EUROPE (CECOP)
SOCIAL ECONOMY
8,9 millions jobs
9 % jobs
CO-OPERATIVES
300,000 enterprises
4.2 million jobs
CECOP members
58,248 enterprises
1,262,002 million jobs
10,5% annual growth

6. EVOLUTION OF CICOPA-EUROPE (CECOP) ENTERPRISES

7. COOPERATIVE DISTRIBUTION BY SECTORES

8. REASONS FOR SUCESS Employment - Exclusion
Economic Crisis – WBO - Sucession Problems
New Welfare mix social cooperatives
CSR
Increasing importance of social & human capital
Economic democracy
Fair trade & production

9. A KEY DIFFERENCE CO-OPERATIVE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AIM MEANS ACTIVITY
BENEFIT
MEANS
AIM

10. Social Enterprises & Social Cooperatives
The concept of social enterprises & Social Coops as a bridge between 2 traditions
Co-operatives
Non-profit organisations
Social Enterprises & Social Cooperatives

11. POLITICAL ACQUIS OF CECOP & COOPERATIVES IN EUROPE 2000-2004
ECS – Statute of the European Cooperative Society (06/2003)
Communication from the Commission “Promotion of the Cooperative Societies in Europe” (02/2004)
Social Cooperatives
Transmission WBO – The cooperative solution
New Social co-operative legislation in 10 EU countries
References to Co-operatives & Market Social Economy & Participative democracy within the new European Union Constitution (2004)

12. CECOP – EUROPEAN Cases of Excellence
ENTERPRISES: Mondragon – MCC, CGM, ECG
ENTERPRISE CREATION: Coopérer pour entreprendre, WBO
INCLUSION: 42 forms of WISE (work integration social enterprises)
EMPLOYMENT: village co-operatives, community coops
SOCIAL INNOVATION: social audit, social fund raising
SOCIAL FINANCE; OASIS,
NETWORKS: REVES, EMES, UCE.