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2016-02-23 12:00

Today, CESI together with the European Policy Centre (EPC) held an expert workshop on ‘How to integrate the concept of social investment in the macro-economic and fiscal governance instruments of the EU?’. This was the second meeting of its kind following an initial workshop on ‘Measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of social investment policies and designing the right policy mix’ on October 9 2015.

2016-02-22 12:00

The 28 heads of state and government of the EU Member States have agreed on a new settlement for the UK within the EU. What has been decided unanimously actually puts at risk two of the founding pillars of the EU: the principles of non-discrimination and the free movement of labour, deplores CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger.

2016-02-19 12:00

Yesterday, CESI in cooperation with Eurodiaconia held a breakfast meeting in the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Jean Lambert, on fair labour mobility in the EU. With the participation of MEPs from four parliamentary groups, the European Commission’s Director for labour mobility and a research expert from the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), the meeting saw a full house in a 60-seat European Parliament members’ salon.

2016-02-18 12:00

On March 1, the European Semester Alliance will hold a hearing in the European Parliament on ‘The Annual Growth Survey (AGS) behind, the Semester ahead: What proposals to make Europe 2020 more social, democratic and sustainable?’. As a member of the Semester Alliance, CESI will also speak at the hearing. Registration is still possible until February 23.

2016-02-17 12:00

The synthesis report of the 2015 project of CESI’s Europe Academy on ‘Better anticipate change and restructuring in public administrations in Europe: The role of information and consultation of workers’ is now available on CESI’s website.

2016-02-12 12:00

On 29 January, 2016, CESI’s Italian member organisation CONFSAL held a high level conference in Rome on the importance of a quality education for the cultural, personal and professional development of young people. CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger spoke for CESI at the conference.

2016-02-10 12:00

Today, CESI’s Commissions on Employment and Social Affairs Commission (SOC) and Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) convened for their first meeting of the year in Brussels. As CESI’s most important members’ committees for deliberation and positioning on horizontal aspects of EU employment, gender equality and social policy, the meetings saw orientation debates on the major topics that will be worked on during 2016.

2016-02-05 12:00

On March 3-4, CESI will host a seminar on ‘Youth and the unions: An example of participation in democratic life’.

2016-02-04 12:00

Yesterday, the European Parliament’s plenary adopted its own-initiative report on recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). The report calls to exclude public services from the agreement. CESI welcomes the report and hopes that the Commission will follow the recommendations of the European Parliament.

2016-01-28 12:00

Today, the European Commission released its Anti-Tax Avoidance Package. It is part of the Commission’s ambitious agenda for fairer, simpler and more effective corporate taxation in the EU and follows the final OECD’s 2015 Base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) package for a reform of the international tax system to tackle tax avoidance. According to CESI, the package is a step ion right direction but can also only be a start for more action to come.

2016-01-27 12:00

On February 18, CESI in cooperation with Eurodiaconia will hold a breakfast meeting on fair labour mobility in the European Parliament. Registration for the event, which will be hosted by MEP Jean Lambert (Greens/EFA, UK), is open until February 10.

2016-01-06 12:00

The European Social Dialogue Committee in Central Government Administrations (SDC CGA), comprising CESI and the Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) for the employees and the European Public Administration Employers (EUPAE) for the employers, has opened a tender procedure for a guide and study on psychosocial risks in central government administrations. The deadline for participation in the procedure is February 4.

2016-01-04 12:00

The topic of the project of the CESI Europe Academy (CESI’s internal training and capacity building center) for 2016 has been formally set to “Health and Safety at Work in the Public Sector in Europe: New Challenges”. To inform the project, CESI has opened a call to tender for the production of an accompanying research and study paper. The deadline for participation in the tender procedure is February 5 2016.

2016-01-04 12:00

2015-09-25 12:00

October 19 will see the next edition of CESI’s event series ‘CESI@noon’ with a lunchtime panel debate on a highly topical subject: Public sector workers in Europe facing the challenges of migration. Registration is now possible via the CESI webpage.