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New position papers on migration management and the fight against radicalisation and terrorism 2016-04-13 12:00 At its meeting in Amsterdam, the Presidium today adopted two new detailed position papers on migration management and the integration of migrants as well as on the fight against radicalisation and terrorism. |
European Commission CBCR proposal: Long awaited but insufficient to end tax avoidance practices 2016-04-12 12:00 Today, European Commissioner Jonathan Hill (picture) presented the Commission’s long awaited proposal on corporate tax transparency, suggesting public reporting obligations for certain companies in the EU. |
Trade Council ‘Education’ annual meeting: What role for teachers in the prevention of radicalisation? 2016-04-12 12:00 Today, CESI’s Trade council ‘Education, Training and Research’ convened for its annual meeting in Brussels. The Trade council, CESI’s main members’ forum to discuss EU level education policies, deliberated on a key challenge that teachers and educators face at work: How to implement the Paris Declaration of March 17 2015 on the promotion of citizenship and common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education? |
CESI partner of 2016-17 EU-OSHA ‘Healthy workplaces’ campaign 2016-04-08 12:00 In 2016-17, CESI will again be a partner of EU-OSHA’s ‘Healthy workplaces’ awareness raising campaign. Having been involved in the 2012-13 and 2014-15 ‘Healthy workplaces’ campaigns on ‘Working together for risk prevention’ and ‘Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress’, CESI will now participate for the third time in Europe’s biggest awareness raising campaign on occupational health and safety. The 2016-17 edition is themed ‘Healthy workplaces for all ages’. |
Disclosure of income tax information by multinational corporations: Joint letter sent to Commission President Juncker 2016-04-05 12:00 Today, a group of 46 trade unions and civil society organisations, including CESI, sent a joint letter to Commission President Juncker, asking for action on an effective disclosure of income tax information by multinational corporations. |
Panama Papers: New evidence on the shocking scale of dodgy tax practices 2016-04-04 12:00 |
Brussels, Istanbul, Ankara, …: CESI condemns brutal and coward attacks on civilians 2016-03-22 12:00 In the light of the today’s terrorist attacks in Brussels and the recent bombings in Ankara and Istanbul, CESI’s Secretary General Klaus Heeger reiterates his dismay about the increasing occurrence of violent attacks on civilians in Europe and beyond. |
CESI Trade council ‘Security’ deliberates on needs of workers in the security sector 2016-03-18 12:00 On Wednesday this week, CESI’s Trade council ‘Security’ convened for its annual meeting in Brussels. The Trade council, CESI’s main members’ forum to discuss challenges in EU internal security policy, deliberated on several challenges related to the needs of employees in the security sector. |
CESI Trade council ‘Justice’ addresses working conditions & labour rights in the justice sector 2016-03-16 12:00 Yesterday, CESI’s Trade council ‘Justice’ held its annual meeting. This year, CESI’s principal members’ forum to discuss developments in EU justice policy addressed several important challenges related to working conditions and labour rights in the justice sector. |
Social rights pillar communication: Good objectives – but open questions on the implementation side 2016-03-08 12:00 Today, the European Commission published a communication on a preliminary outline of the European pillar of social rights. CESI’s Secretary General Klaus Heeger welcomes many of the objectives laid out in the communication but stresses that many questions remain open on how they will be implemented effectively . |
CESI holds Erasmus+ seminar on youth participation in trade unions 2016-03-07 12:00 On March 3-4, CESI held a members’ seminar on ‘Youth and the unions: an example of participation in democratic life’. The meeting, which brought together 35 young trade unionists from CESI member organisations in Brussels, concluded in the European Parliament with a presentation of recommendations for an enhanced participation of young people in civic processes and trade unionism, hosted by MEP Monika Vana (Greens/EFA). |
CESI participates in social partner hearing on work-life balance legislation 2016-02-24 12:00 Yesterday, the European Commission held a dedicated hearing with social partners on forthcoming measures in matters of its recently published Roadmap on work-life balance. CESI also participated in this hearing. |
CESI and EPC hold expert workshop on social investments 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. |
New settlement for the UK: A bad day for the EU 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. |
Full house at CESI-Eurodiaconia parliamentary breakfast on fair labour mobility 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. |
