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Cooperatives: Characteristics, activities, status, challenges
BRIEFING EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Author: Cemal Karakas Members' Research Service PE February 2019 EN Cooperatives: Characteristics, activities, status, challenges SUMMARY Cooperatives are autonomous associations of people aspiring to achieve their objectives through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise. International organisations, such as the United Nations and the European Union (EU), value the role cooperatives play for society, the economy and (international) development. There are 3 million cooperatives worldwide; together, they provide employment for 280 million people, equating to 10 % of the world's employed population.
abroad. Recent EU initiatives, such as those focused on the collaborative economy or on unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the -supply chain, have triggered a public debate about food cooperatives, in which they themselves also take part. Characteristics and identity . According to the Commission, cooperatives have several . defining ...
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