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2022-04-07 06:20

Earlier this week, on April 5, the Council adopted conclusions on enhancing teachers’ and trainers’ mobility. Representing teacher unions from across Europe, CESI welcomes the conclusions and calls for measures to implement them.

2022-04-07 06:19

Today, the Council adopted a Recommendation for an improved mobility of young volunteers across the EU. CESI Youth welcomes the Recommendation in the post-pandemic context, following a long period of a lack of possibilities for young people to travel, gain volunteer experiences abroad, and contribute and enrich their European know-how.

2022-04-07 03:46

April 7 is World Health Day. On this occasion, our attention goes to health systems and health services which need additional support.

2022-04-05 02:27

On April 5, CESI met WZZ F-O as part of the DiWork project.

2022-04-01 10:35

As the European Commission draws up a new EU initiative on minimum income schemes, CESI published trade union priorities on what it should contain for workers in Europe.

2022-03-29 05:13

It its meeting on March 17, the Presidium of CESI adopted a resolution calling for more solidarity as a response to the Ukraine war. The resolution follows a previous statement of the Presidium of February 24, issued shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

2022-03-29 11:52

As the European Commission drafts a long-awaited new EU Care Strategy, including proposals for Council Recommendations on long-term care and on early childhood education and care, CESI published a new position with priorities on what the Care Strategy should contain for workers and employees in the sector, which it represents at the EU level.

2022-03-23 02:24

On March 23, CESI met RJPS as part of the DiWork project.

2022-03-22 01:01

At its meeting on March 22, CESI’s statutory Expert Commission adopted a resolution in thesis points on ‘EU security & defence following the Russian invasion of Ukraine: A public sector union perspective’.

2022-03-21 04:34

On March 15, CESI Youth, the European Youth Forum and StartNet joined forces to host an online event on ‘Preventing a lost generation 2.0. – How to enhance young people’s transition to the labour market?’ and took the opportunity to make a case for investments in youth policies also beyond the current European Year of Youth (EYY2022).

2022-03-21 12:17

Today, as the Council adopted the EU’s first Strategic Compass, a blueprint and an action plan for the further development of a European Defence Union, CESI’s statutory Expert Commission ‘Defence’ met online to discuss the Compass in combination with CESI trade union priorities in the area of defence and public services for 2022 and hosted the 4th edition of CESI’s event series EDRT.

2022-03-17 09:45

In an own-initaitive report, the European Parliament calls for fairer taxation systems to support the pandemic and crisis recovery. CESI agrees with the need for improved coordination and cooperation among tax administrations of Member States to this end, but regrets the absence of a clear conclusion that this necessitates also more investments in tax administrations and its staff.

2022-03-15 04:51

On March 10, the European Parliament plenary adopted an own-iniative report on the EU’s new strategic framework on health and safety at work post 2020. CESI welcomes the report, which emphasises in particular the need for decisive measures against third-party violence at work.

2022-03-15 10:50

On March 10, the European Parliament adopted a resolution which politically supports recent judgments of the Court of Justice of the EU on the validity of EU Regulation 2020/2092 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget. CESI welcomes the resolution.

2022-03-15 10:49

On March 11, CESI held an online event on active labour market policies and the new roles for trade unions to support workers.