Konfekoop –Basque Cooperatives Confederation– is an organisation comprising the Basque Cooperatives Sectoral Federations. It was set up in 1996 in response to the need to bolster the Basque Cooperative Movement because the movement’s economic as well as social importance. Konfekoop will hold and exercise the maximum representation of the Basque Cooperatives and their organisations as required by Law. Represents more than 1.000 Cooperatives in the Basque Country; these employ over 52.000 workers, of whom 34.000 are worker-members. * Represent the Basque Cooperatives and promote their institutional presence at the Public Institutions. * Foster cooperative promotion and training by putting into practice appropriate actions. * Encourage whatever organisations, institutions or activities are deemed beneficial for the Basque Cooperatives. * Organise services of common interest for its affiliates. * Raise the economic resources needed in the Basque Movement and distribute them in accordance with the parameters specified. * Encourage intercooperation, in all its forms, both of an institutional and corporate nature. * Promote the spreading of the Cooperative Movement and, in particular, its principles as guidelines for putting into practice the values on which the Cooperatives are built. * Intervene through mediation and conciliation procedures in whatever conflicts that may arise among the affiliated Federations. * Promote actions that will contribute towards greater defence of the interests of the Basque Cooperatives and of its members. * Produce reports, resolutions, official opinions or proposals on subjects affecting the Cooperatives. * Participate in whatever organisations and bodies it deems appropriate. * Any other function attributed to it by the legal provisions or agreements of the General Meeting.