WORKERS' CO-OPERATIVES

When contributing to entrepreneurship, employee share ownership shows major similarities with workers' co-operatives, and co-operation is continuously growing between employee share ownership and co-operatives. As EFES, we have a strong co-operation since a long time with CECOP - the European Confederation of Workers' Co-operatives and Participative Enterprises. This is why we open this page of links.

Austria
Osterreichscher Verband Gemeinnüetziger Bauvereinigungen-Revisionsverband www.gbv.at
Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband www.raiffeisenverband.at

Belgium
AVEVE Boerenbond www.boerenbond.be
Febecoop www.febecoop.be

Bulgaria
National Union of Worker Producers' Cooperatives (NUWPC) www.uniontpk.com
Central Cooperative Union (CCU) www.ccu-bg.com

Canada
Canadian Worker Cooperative Federation www.canadianworker.coop
Fédération Québecoise des Coopératives de Travail www.fqct.org

Croatia
Croatian Co-operative Alliance www.hzs.hr

Cyprus
Co-operative Central Bank Ltd www.coopbank.com.cy

Czech Republic
Co-operative Association of the Czech Republic www.dacr.coop
Union Tchèque des coopératives de production www.scmvd.cz
Association of Agricultural Co-operatives and Companies www.nas.cz

Denmark
Co-op Denmark www.fdb.dk
Co-operative Union of Denmark www.dkf.dk/index2.html
Federation of Danish Co-operatives www.danskeandelsselskaber.dk

Europe
CECOP - Confédération Européenne des Coopératives de Production et des Entreprises Participatives  www.cecop.coop
ACI-EUROPE - Alliance Coopérative Internationale – Europe www.ica.coop/europe
ACME - Association des Assureurs Coopératifs et Mutualistes Européens
EUROCOOP - Communauté Européenne des Coopératives de Consommateurs www.eurocoop.org
GEBC - Groupement Européen des Banques Coopératives www.gebc.org
UEPS - Union Européenne des Pharmacies Sociales, Mutualistes et Coopératives www.eurosocialpharma.org
EFC - European Foundations Centre www.efc.be
CEDAG - Comité Européen des Associations d'Intérêt Général www.cedag.org

Finland
Confederation of Finnish Co-operatives  www.pellervo.fi
Cooperative Sataosaajat (+ project Employee Buy Out)

Latvia
Latvian Central Co-operative Union www.csturiba.lv

Luxemburg
Fédération Nationale des Cheminots Entente des Coopératives Luxembourgeoises www.fncttfel.lu

Netherlands
National Co-operative Council for Agriculture and Horticulture www.cooperatie.nl
Netherlands Institute for Cooperative Entrepreneurship www.nyenrode.nl/nice/

Norway
Federation of Norwegian Agricultural Co-operatives www.landbruk.coop
Coop Norway www.coop.no
Norwegian Federation of Co-operative Housing Associations www.boligsamvirket.no
SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS www.sparebank1.no

Poland
National Association of Co-operative Savings and Credit Unions www.skok.coop
National Auditing Union of workers' Co-operatives www.zlsp.org.pl
National Co-operative Council www.krs.com.pl

Portugal
Fenaceri www.fenacerci.pt
Instituto Antonio Sergio do Sector Cooperativo www.inscoop.coop
Federaçao Nacional das Cooperativas de Consumo www.p-coopconsumo.pt

Romania
Romanian National Association of Handicraft & Production Co-operative http://www.digicom.ro/ucecom  

Russia
Central Union of Consumer Societies www.centrosojuz.coop

Slovakia
Co-operative Union of the Slovak Republic www.dusr.sk
Union Slovaque des coopératives de production www.szvd.sk
COOP Jednota Slovakia www.coop.sk

Slovenia
Co-operative Union of Slovenia www.zadruzna-zveza.si

Spain
Confederación de Cooperativas Agrarias de España www.ccae.es
Confederación Empresarial Española de la Economía Social www.cepes.es
Confederació de Cooperatives de Catalunya www.cooperativescatalunya.coop
Confederación Española de Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado www.coceta.coop
Unión Nacional de Co-operativas de Consumidores y Usuarios de España www.asgeco.org
Fundación Espriu www.fundacionespriu.coop
Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa

Sweden
Federation of Swedish Farmers www.lrf.se
Folksam Insurance Group www.folksam.se
Union of Housing Co-operatives www.hsb.se
Consumer Guilds Union www.konsumentgillesforbundet.org.se
Kooperativa Förbundet www.kf.se
Co-operative Housing Union www.riksbyggen.se
Swedcoop www.koopi.se

Turkey
Union of Sugar Beet Growers Co-operatives www.pankobirlik.com.tr
Taris Union of Agricultural Co-operative Societies www.taris.com.tr

United Kingdom
The Union of Co-operative Enterprises www.cooperatives-uk.coop
Co-operative Action www.co-operativeaction.coop
Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd www.cis.coop
Co-operative Union Ltd            www.coopunion.coop
Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd       www.co-op.co.uk
Plunkett Foundation www.plunkett.co.uk
24.03.2004: Scottish Government's Consultation Paper for a Co-operative Dvelopment Agency
The Co-operative College www.co-op.ac.uk
The Co-operative Bank plc www.co-operativebank.coop
The Co-operative Party www.co-op-party.org.uk
ICOF Finance for co-ops and social enterprises www.icof.co.uk

South America
Mercoopsur Argentina www.mercoopsur.com.ar
Neticoop Uruguay www.neticoop.org.uy

Miscellaneous
30.06.2005: The Mondragon Co-operative Research Conference 2005 was held in Mondragon on 28 June. We noticed 3 remarkable papers:
- Entry, exit and the business cycle. Are coops different? by Virginie Perotin, Leeds University Business School.
- The business of co-operative education: Master of Management - Co-operatives and credit unions, by John Chamard, Stephen Dutcher and Tom Webb, Saint Mary's University. Tom Webb took part in the first stages of our EOLE Programme.
- Challenges and opportunities for Mondragon co-operatives in the face of globalization, by Isabel Uribe and Ignazio Iribar, Mondragon University.
01.12.2004: A New Approach to the Problem of the Relation Between the Trade Unions and Cooperatives, by Zvi Galor