ACTIVITIES HEADLINES – BRUSSELS 2010

SPECIAL EDITION ON THE OCCASION OF THE

REGIONAL ASSEMBLY 31TH MAY 2010

The rescheduled REGIONAL ASSEMBLY took place in Brussels

on 31 May 2010. 120 delegates from 20 countries attended

ELECTIONS

CO-PRESIDENTS
By acclamation, ETIENNE PFLIMLIN from CRÉDIT MUTUEL (FR) and FELICE SCALVINI from CONFCOOPERATIVE (IT)
were elected co-Presidents for the term 2010-14.

DIRECTORS
Directors were also elected from France, Italy, Poland, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom,
Finland, Spain, Bulgaria, Denmark, Czech Republic and Russia.

Giorgio BERTINELI – Legacoop (IT)

Jean-Claude DETILLEUX – Groupement National de la Coopération (FR)
Alfred DOMAGALSKI – Krajowa Rada Spółdzielcza (PL)
Jean-François HOFFELT – Fédération belge de l'economie sociale et coopérative (BE)
Dirk LEHNHOFF – Deutscher Genossenschafts-und Raiffeisenverband (DE)
Mårten LILJA – Riksbyggen (SE)
Edward MAYO – Co-operatives UK (UK)
Salme NÄSI – Pellervo Confederation of Finnish Co-operatives (FI)
Juan Antonio PEDRENO – Confederación Española de Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado (ES)
Petar STEFANOV – Centralen kooperativen sjuz (BG)
Susanne WESTHAUSEN – Kooperationen (DK)
Jan WIESNER – Družstevní Asociace České republiky/Svazu českých a moravských výrobních družstev
(CZ)
Liudmila ZAYTSEVA – Central Union of Consumer Societies (RU)

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REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SECTORAL ORGANISATIONS ratified by the Regional

Assembly are:
Aldo SOLDI – EUROCOOP
Etienne PFLIMLIN - EACB
Luciano CAFFINI – COOPERATIVES EUROPE HOUSING
Felice SCALVINI - CECOP

EUROPEAN AUDIT AND CONTROL COMMITTEE (EACC)

The European Audit and Control Committee (EACC) now has members from Malta, France, Belgium
and Sweden.
Rolan Micallef ATTARD - Koperattivi Malta (Malta)
Marc SPYKER - Coop de France (France)
Matthieu VANHOVE - CERA (Belgium)
Niklas WIDEBECK - HSB (Sweden)

The Assembly applauded the contributions of Dame Pauline Green, former co-President and Rainer
Schlüter, former Director and also to the outgoing directors and EACC members.

PUBLICATIONS
The statutory reporting of the 2009 ’Annual Report and Activity Focus’; the2006-10 Activity
Review and the 2010 Key Statistics were well received and approved. Copies of the reports can be
Downloaded at: http://s.coop/ct

In 2010 COOPERATIVES EUROPE with its members represents a force for economic growth and social
change of
123 million member co-operators owning
160,000 co-operative enterprises and giving jobs to
5.4 million European citizens

Pictures of the key players in the Regional Assembly can be found at: http://s.coop/sg

UN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF CO-OPERATIVES - 2012

The debate on the UN 2012 International Year of Co-operatives called for a European region
working group to be established to liaise with and monitor the activities in member countries that are
being planned to promote and highlight the ‘sustainable business model’ that co-operative enterprises
offer individuals and communities.

Members were invited to send their ideas for a ‘logo’ and ‘slogan’ for the year and to communicate the
national activities once they are agreed at the local/national levels.

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PROJECTS
In a lunchtime fringe meeting the ACT! Project presented new opportunities for co-operatives to unite
to tackle the climate threat and announced the formation of an Advisory Steering Group. Read
more on the ACT! website http://s.coop/sf

Many cooperatives around the world have recognised that .coop

is an essential --‐ and highly cost--‐effective element of their marketing strategy. And for
all cooperatives that have yet to register a .coop domain, they are available totally free of
charge for the first 12 months. Apply for yours now at: http://s.coop/sj and we will work
with you to get it activated and pointing to your existing website immediately.

Read More of a ‘Cooperative Opportunity Despite Economic Gloom’ at: http://s.coop/si

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