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2017-09-22 12:00

On October 18, CESI will hold the 17th edition of its lunchtime event series “CESI@noon” – this time together with the Representation of the State of Hessen to the EU on “European Defence Union: What next?” Registration is now possible.

2017-09-19 12:00

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held recently a public hearing on ‘The role of civil society in the prevention of radicalization of young people’. The event, which gathered policy makers, practitioners and experts in the field, was organised as a preparatory consultation for an own-initiative opinion on ‘Prevention of radicalisation’, an initiative driven by Mr Christian Moos, active member of CESI and the EESC and Divisional Director for European and International Affairs at the German Civil Servants Association (dbb). As such, both the opinion and the event aimed at addressing how civil society, supported by institutional bodies, could counteract the effects of political and religious radicalisation.

2017-09-18 12:00

Last week Wednesday and Thursday, the Estonian Presidency held its central employment conference on ‘Future of work: Making it e-easy’ in Tallinn – An occasion to outline some priorities to shape the future of employment in a sustainable way.

2017-09-13 12:00

In the frame of a his yearly State of the Union address to the European Parliament plenary, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker today stated that “the wind is back in Europe’s sails.” In a first reaction, CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger reiterated CESI’s view that in order to secure Europe’s future it will be decisive to build on its social components.

2017-08-25 12:00

Today, CESI’s Trade Council ‘Post & Telecom’, reinstated by Presidium of CESI following its Congress in December last year, met for its re-constitutive meeting in Vienna. With a full agenda, ranging from the election of the Trade Council’s leadership to the adoption of new resolutions, the meeting was hosted by the Austrian postal services trade union section FCG-Post, an affiliate of CESI’s member organisation Eurofedop.

2017-07-31 12:00

On July 26 the Constitutional Court of Belgium re-affirmed the annulation of the law of 3 August 2016 regarding railway matters, inserting article 114/1 within the law of July 23 1926 concerning the SNCB (Belgian railway) and the Belgians railway men. The initial request for annulation was introduced by the Syndicat indépendant pour Cheminots (SIC) and others, due to a distinction within the law between different trade unions, which resulted in discrimination, harming ‘approved’ trade unions such as SIC, an affiliate of CESI’s Belgian member UNSP.

2017-07-19 12:00

At a conference on the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) last week, CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger called on civil society organisations and trade unions to seize the new European Pillar of Social Rights and hold national governments accountable whenever they fail in delivering on a more social Europe.

2017-07-17 12:00

On Tuesday last week CESI, Eurodiaconia and Social Platform held a high-level meeting with key stakeholders and decision-makers from the European institutions to discuss ways to promote more public social investments in the Member States.

2017-06-30 12:00

On June 23, CESI delivered its responses to the European Commission’s first phase social partner consultations on a possible revision of the Written statement directive and on new measures for a better access to social protection for all. The European Commission had launched these two consultations simultaneously as a consequence of the adoption of the European Pillar of Social Rights earlier this year in April.

2017-06-30 12:00

The re-constitutive meeting of CESI’s Trade Council ‘Central Administration and Finances’ (ACF) following the Congress in December last year took place on June 27 in Rome. With the help of the CESI member organisation CONSFAL-UNSA, the participants were able to focus on some of the most pressing European challenges for central government employees.

2017-06-27 12:00

On the occasion of the latest European Council meeting which took place last week in Brussels, Member States discussed and took a stance on a number of important topics such as security and defence, migration and digital Europe (cybersecurity strategy). In response to the decisions taken in the field of a Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in the European Union, Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Sohst, Chairman of the West Regional Council of German Armed Forces Association, made the following comment.

2017-06-23 12:00

Since the UN resolution 57/277 adopted by the General Assembly, that designated June 23 as Public Services Day, we have seen annual celebrations all over the world. The UN Public Service Day celebrates the value and virtue of public service to the community. It also aims to highlight the contribution of public service in the development process and recognises the work of public servants, and encourages young people to pursue careers in the public sector.

2017-06-22 12:00

On June 21 and 22, CESI’s Presidium and Board met to take decisions to steer CESI’s continued successful evolution as a European trade union umbrella organisation in Brussels.

2017-06-20 12:00

Today, CESI and the Bertelsmann Stiftung jointly held the 16th edition of CESI’s lunchtime debate series ‘CESI@noon’ on the topic of ‘European Pillar of Social Rights: Phrase-mongering of real social progress?’ Held with experts from the European Commission, think tanks, civil society and trade unions, the event made clear the Pillar can help make Europe more social, provided that there is a political will among the European and national-level institutions, policy makers, authorities and social partners to implement and enforce it.

2017-06-12 12:00

On Monday this week, CESI’s Secretary General Klaus Heeger signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Regional Secretary of UNI Europa, Oliver Roethig, on a participation of CESI in the EU sectoral social dialogue committee ‘Postal services’ together with UNI Europa.