The Conseil de la Coopération de la Saskatchewan (CCS) was created in 1946, during a congress of the Association catholiquefranco-canadienne (ACFC), known today as the Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise (ACF). In1947, the CCS was officially founded and named Conseil canadien de la Coopération, section Saskatchewan. For a long time, its mission was to promote cooperation and cooperatives in Saskatchewan’s francophone communities. Furthermore, the goal of the CCS was to raise awarenessof the importance of economic issues in Francophone development.

In the 1950s, the CCS worked in the field of credit unions. In 1964, there were twenty-nine French credit unions in the province. The CCS also supported cooperative stores, agricultural establishment cooperatives, publishing cooperatives and cooperative daycare centres.

The CCS is also known for promoting and implementing school funds in French and immersion schools in order to instill in the students notions of economics, savings and cooperatives.

The CCS encouraged the use of cooperative-type financial institutions, such as credit unions, and the use of production and consumer cooperatives, such as the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and the Federated Co-op.

In 2015, the CCS was renamed the Conseil économique et coopératif de la Saskatchewan (CÉCS), as it is known today. 

Even today, in keeping with its principles and values, the CÉCS is involved in community economic development, entrepreneurship development and cooperative development in the province’s Francophone communities.

The CÉCS is also exploring new avenues to improve Fransaskois leadership in terms of economic development and cooperation.