Main News

2019-09-11 12:00

On Tuesday, the names and portfolios of the designated three Executive Vice-Presidents, five Vice-Presidents and 18 Commissioners have been unveiled by the President-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. The European Parliament must now give its consent to the entire College of Commissioners, and we expect interesting hearings in the different committees.

2019-08-28 12:00

On September 19-20, CESI’s Europe Academy will hold a symposium on ”Precarious work: Empowering trade unions to address new challenges” in Palermo, Italy. The conference, which is co-funded by the European Commission as part of a larger project on the topic, is only open to CESI members and affiliates.

2019-08-21 12:00

On November 6, CESI Youth will hold the next edition of the CESI lunchtime event series “CESI@noon” on “Apprenticeships in the EU: How to ensure a better transition from education to work?”. The event is held in cooperation with the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the German Goethe Institut and Eurochambers. Save the date already now.

2019-07-05 12:00

Now that the top EU posts seem to have been attributed, time to take stock of this week’s ‘Summer deals’:

Firstly, it becomes apparent that it will be increasingly difficult to steer the European Union. Having seen the Summit camping close to our offices for so long with endless police escorts and sirens, delegations being shuttled around, one can only imagine what this has meant for politicians and their Sherpas. To sort out the Gordian Knot has never been as difficult.

2019-07-04 12:00

On June 25 the CESI Youth Board met in Brussels to discuss some of the most important challenges which youth interest representation faces in the EU. As such, two topics at centre of the debate were (1) the role of interest representation for young people and (2) the future of work and how youth is impacted by the lack of sufficient transitions from education to work opportunities and sufficient recognition of skills, qualifications and certification.

2019-07-04 12:00

The technologies that change work and our lives. The digital that transforms our habits. Future of work, social protection and representation. This was the theme of the Summer Days held on June 26 and 27 in Brussels organised by CESI in collaboration with the Bertelsmann Stiftung.

2019-07-03 12:00

In June, the CESI Europe Academy concluded its capacity-building project, financed by the European Union, on ‘Education professionals and trade unions in Europe: Horizon 2025’ with the release and publication of a manifesto on the future of the teaching profession in Europe.

2019-07-01 12:00

On June 21 the CESI Europe Academy held a members’ seminar on ‘Violence at Work: Protecting our members as workers and victims’ in Madrid.

2019-06-27 12:00

At its meeting on June 26, the Board of CESI unanimously elected Javier Jordán de Urries Sagarna as a Vice-President of CESI.

2019-06-26 12:00

At its Board meeting on June 26, CESI welcomed ANFOS, the Italian Association of Health and Safety Instructors, as a new full member organisation.

2019-06-14 02:00

CESI welcomes the final adoption of a EU regulation on a new European Labour Authority and new EU directives on work-life balance and transparent and predictable working conditions on June 19.

2019-06-12 12:00

On June 26-27 CESI will host in Brussels its first Summer Days on the topic ‘Future of work, social protection and interest representation’. The event, which comprises a series of plenary meetings and topical parallel breakout sessions, is held in cooperation with the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Individual breakout sessions will be moderated and facilitated by DG EMPL of the European Commission, Eurofound, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the European Policy Centre (EPC) and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Registration to the event is welcome but only possible on request.

2019-06-07 12:00

On June 4, CESI’s trade councils on Central administration and finances and on Local and regional administrations held a joint meeting in Brussels. Under the presidency of Willi Gloss and Hans Freiler, the meeting focused on a range of matters of concern for administration personnel, most notably: the taxation of the digital economy, the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion, re-municipalisations of services, the societal importance of well-equipped public services, recruitment and retention strategies in public administrations, and the fight against third party violence in the public sector.

2019-05-31 12:00

On May 23, CESI leadership met with the Presidium of the Union of Finance Personnel in Europe (UFE) in Brussels to renew their cooperation agreement between the two organisations.

2019-05-27 12:00

On Sunday, May 26, the European elections came to a close. There is good news, but also many uncertainties. A commentary by Klaus Heeger and Hendrik Meerkamp from the CESI General Secretariat.