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Les scop et
Les Scop represents the French cooperative movement, supporting worker-owned cooperatives across France. It emphasizes democratic governance and equitable profit sharing in various sectors.
Overview
What Les scop et does
What Les scop et is
Les Scop represents the French cooperative movement, supporting worker-owned cooperatives across France. It emphasizes democratic governance and equitable profit sharing in various sectors.
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 27, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Les scop et as a community
Community overview
Les Scop, or the Confédération générale des Scop et des Scic, is an organization that represents cooperative businesses in France. It was established to support and promote the cooperative model, which emphasizes collective ownership and democratic governance. The organization is based in France and focuses on fostering the development of cooperatives across various sectors.
Community focus
Les Scop primarily invests in and supports cooperative enterprises, including SCOPs (Sociétés Coopératives et Participatives) and SCICs (Sociétés Coopératives d'Intérêt Collectif). Their focus spans multiple sectors, including construction, communication, and industry, with an emphasis on social and solidarity economy principles. They provide financial tools, resources, and advocacy to promote cooperative business models.
Member value
Members benefit from financial tools, resources, and advocacy to promote cooperative business models, as well as support in starting new cooperatives.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- January 1, 2026
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Builders
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community and other
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- France
Community activity
Events and activity
The organization hosts events to promote cooperatives, including the significant 'Congrès 2026', planned for 2026 to discuss the future of cooperatives.
Common questions
What to know about Les scop et
Upseed classifies Les scop et under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
April 27, 2026
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