European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives (CECOP)

CECOP is the European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives. Our members are national federations of cooperatives, and organisations that promote cooperatives. Present in 15 European countries, we give voice to 40,000 enterprises, employing 1.3 million workers. CECOP affiliates mainly worker cooperatives and social cooperatives. Social cooperatives that form part of our network are essential actors when it comes to the provision of care services, serving the needs of care workers, care beneficiaries, and broader communities. Thousands of cooperatives across the EU provide care to citizens at all stages of life: childcare, specific care for youth, care for vulnerable groups (for instance, people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities), care for the elderly. We can find kindergartens, schools or elderly residences which are entirely managed by cooperatives, or benefit from services provided by cooperatives.