CONFEDERACIÓN URUGUAYA DE ENTIDADES COOPERATIVAS (CUDECOOP)

The Confederación Uruguaya de Entidades Cooperativas (CUDECOOP), formally established in 1988, is the apex representative body of the Uruguayan cooperative movement, with its predecessor being the National Inter-Cooperative Coordination Board (Mesa Nacional Intercooperativa), founded in 1984. Through its member organisations, CUDECOOP represents thousands of grassroots cooperatives across all sectors nationwide, involving over a million members; since 2011, under the General Cooperatives Law (Law No. 18.407), it has operated as a third-tier cooperative, playing a central role in the Uruguayan cooperative movement and in public-policy consultation with the state.