CICOPA

CICOPA is the International organisation of industrial and service cooperatives unifying, representing and serving 68,000 enterprises employing 4 million persons worldwide. Founded in 1947, its 46 members in 30 countries are representative organisations of cooperatives from graphic design, construction, social services, renewable energy production, industrial production, education, etc.. Cooperatives put fairness and equality at the heart of the enterprise, creating meaningful work that allows people to answer to their needs. They are democratically managed by the ‘one member, one vote’ rule: members share equal voting rights regardless of the amount of capital they put into the enterprise.