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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The first Christian-inspired co-operatives
started in Italy around 1870. From the beginning they distinguished
themselves as powerful instruments of economic and social emancipation
for their individual members and for the local communities that
expressed a desire for civil development.
Historically, the first "Christian"
co-operatives to gain ground, as early as 1880, as bodies capable of
influencing the growth of Italian society, were those concerned with
credit (rural and artisans' banks, mutual aid banks).
The
Confederazione Cooperative Italiane was first established in 1919. After
its dissolution carried out by the Fascist Government, it was
re-established on a new basis in 1945 by representatives of the Catholic
world. In 1947, co-operation and its social function received the
official acknoledgement by the Italian State in
art. 45 of the Italian Constitution and Confcooperative itself was
acknowleged as a primary national association representing, assisting,
protecting and auditing the co-operative movement.
Over the years
Confcooperative has implemented a policy sensitive to the needs and
changes of the social, civil and economic world.
This has permitted
constant increase in membership so that today the Confederation is the
largest part of the Italian co-operative movement.
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