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3rd Congress of Economic Democracy

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Highlights

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Slovenia’s Employee Ownership Cooperative Act: An Explanatory Guide to the New Cooperative ESOP Framework

In October 2025, Slovenia adopted a new law that places employee ownership - and employee ownership conversions - on a clear legal and tax footing. Read more about the ESOP law in our explanatory guide.
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Owning the future

12. 03. 2026
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We care for a fair, green and democratic future

13. 02. 2026

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Every man has a property in his own labor.
Thomas Paine
The existence of a democratic community therefore requires the existence of a participatory society, a society in which all political systems have been democratized and socialization through participation can take place in all areas. The most important area is industry.
Carole Pateman
An employee-owned business will be less prone to pollution, as the owners are usually also residents of the local community in which the business operates.
Jessica Gordon Nembhart
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Resources

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Old School Meets New: Global Efforts to Promote Cooperative Principles to Modern Employee-Buyout Innovations

25. 02. 2026
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A short introduction to the European Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

20. 08. 2025

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Events

  • 13. 03. 2026

Advancing Worker Ownership: Reclaiming Economic Sovereignty in the 21st Century

  • Pelican House,
    E1 5QJ, London
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