Main EPSU Documents 2000 - 2008
Inventory of main EPSU Documents 2000 - 2008
1. Policy Statements and Resolutions
3. Documents related to the Social Dialogue, Collective Bargaining
1. Policy Statements and Resolutions
2007
EPSU ACTION PLAN on working and living conditions in prison services, 12 December 2006, Adopted by the Executive Committee meeting of 4 June 2007 (EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/SV)
EPSU Position on the Communication towards a European Charter of the Rights of Energy Consumers COM(2007) 386, 5 July 2007,
Executive summary (EN/FR/DE/IT/SV)
2006
EU Green Paper: A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy COM(2006) 105 final 8 March 2006 , EPSU position (EN/FR/DE/IT/SV)
2005
Public Services - Europe’s Strength - revised outline of EPSU priorities 2004 - 2009
Five reasons why action is needed now to promote quality public services in Europe
Declaration of the EPSU Executive Committee on a social European Union
CEMR Employers’Platform and EPSU joint statement on the EU employment policy
EPSU Contribution to the Progress Report on the Internal Market for Electricity and Gas
2004
Statement on the White Paper of the European Commission on Services of General Interest, COM(2004)374
Resolution R.1. Public Services - Europe’s Strength, 7th Congress, Stockholm 2004 (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
Resolution R.2. Collective Bargaining, 7th Congress, Stockholm 2004 (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
Resolution R.3. Pensions, 7th Congress, Stockholm 2004 (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
Resolution R.4. Gender Equality, 7th Congress, Stockholm 2004 (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
Resolution R.5. Public Services in an Enlarged European Union, 7th Congress, Stockholm 2004 (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
Emergency resolution: The Directive on Services in the Internal Market, 7th Congress, Stockholm 2004 (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE/IT)
Emergency resolution: The Draft EU Constitutional Treaty, 7th Congress, Stockholm 2004 (EN/IT)
2003
Position on Green Paper on Services of General Interest COM (2003) 270 final, 2003
Public Services: a core feature of the European social model, 2003
2002
Position Paper on the EU Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (23.10.2001 - COM (2001) 581 final), 2002
Opinion of the Standing Committee on Public Utilities regarding the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and the Council on the promotion of combined heat and power (CPH) based upon the demand for useful heat in the internal energy market COM(2002) 415 final, 2002
Declaration on Services of General Interest and the European Convention - “A joint appeal to the President, the Presidium and the members of the European Convention, EPSU, ETF, ETUCE, UNI Europa, the CEEP, the European Platform on NGO’s, the European Liaison Committee for Services of General Interest, 2002
2001
European Works Council Co-ordinators Network, 2001
EPSU Priorities 2001 - 2004
Gender Equality Action Plan 2001 - 2004, 2001
Position on the European Commission Communication on “Services of General Interest in Europe - COM (2000) 580 final, 2001
Comments on the report of the European Parliament on the Commission Communication on “Services of General Interest in Europe”, rapporteur W. Langen, Final, A5-000/2001
Draft Directive “Information and Consultation at national level”, 2001
WTO, GATS Negotiations, endorsement of PSI resolution on Trade in Services
2000
Public services for people in Europe, GA 2000, Lisbon (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
Public service trade unions and collective bargaining in a European environment, GA 2000, Lisbon (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
An active working time policy: for employment, time sovereignty and equal opportunities, GA 2000, Lisbon (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
Gender equality, GA 2000, Lisbon (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
Enlargement of the European Union : meeting the challenges, GA 2000, Lisbon (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
European Tax Charter, GA 2000, Lisbon (EN/FR/GE/SP/SWE)
Position on EU Green Paper: Towards a European Strategy For Security of Energy Supply - COM (2000) 769, 2000
Position on the European Commission Communication on “Recent Progress with building the Internal Electricity Market” - COM (2000) 297 final, 16/05/2000
2007
’Self-assessment or public debate? evaluating the liberalisation of network services in the EU and USA’, by D. Hall, PSIRU, September 2007 (EN only)
The EPSU Firefighters’ Charter, 2007 (EN/FR/IT)
The impact of the opening of electricity and gas markets on employment in the EU-27, and of key EU directives in the field of energy, ECOTEC, March 2007 (EN only)
2006
TRACE final handbook: Decentralisation and public services: a case of public sector restructuring, November 2006
Gazprom: Profile, by Steve Thomas, PSIRU, May 2006
Evaluating network services in Europe, a critique of the EC Evaluation of the Performance of Network Industries, by David Hall, PSIRU, April 2006
Recent evidence on the impact of electricity liberalisation on consumer prices, by Steve Thomas, PSIRU, April 2006
EU Neighbourhood policy: implications for public services and trade unions, by David Hall, PSIRU, February 2006
2005
Evaluating the impact of liberalisation on public services, a critique of the European Commission 2004 report “Horizontal Evaluation of The Performance of Network Industries Providing Services of General Economic Interest” EC SEC(2004) 866, by David Hall, Director, PSIRU, March 2005
Taking stock of the liberalization of public utilities: can structural reforms bring the Lisbon strategy back on track, Niklas Noaksson (ETUI-REHS), November 2005
The European Union Gas and Electricity Directives, by Steve Thomas, PSIRU, University of Greenwich, September 2005
Evaluating the impact of liberalisation on public services, a critique of the European Commission 2004 report “Horizontal Evaluation of The Performance of Network Industries Providing Services of General Economic Interest” EC SEC(2004) 866->art1049], by David Hall, Director, PSIRU, March 2005
European Works Council Merger & Acquisitions check list, 2005 (EN/FR/GE/BG/CZ/RO/HU/PL)
EPSU-ETUCO Toolkit for the Eurotrainers’s, 2005
PPPs: a critique of the Green Paper, by David Hall, PSIRU, 2004
EPSU initial response to the Green Paper on PPPs and Community law on public contracts and concessions, 2004
Public Services in Europe: Trends and Developments, 10 years of EPSU commissioned research from PSIRU: overview and selected works, 1994-2004, by J. Lethbridge & R. de la Motte
Developments and prospects of the pension systems for public employees in Europe, by C. Leal, CSE-développement, 2004
EPSU Public Private Partnerships survey, PSIRU, 2004
European Works Councils and the electricity sector, Steve Thomas, 2004
European Works Councils and the healthcare sector, Jane Lethbridge, 2004
2003
EPSU response to the Commission Communication concerning the re-examination of Directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time, COM(2003)843 final
Water and DG Competition, David Hall, 2003
The European Commission’s guide to successful public-private partnerships - a critique, Robin de la Motte and David Hall, 2003
EC Internal Market Strategy - implication for water and other public services, David Hall, 2003
Public health sector unions and deregulation in Europe, Jane Lethbridge, 2003
Presenting the case for social dialogue in the Hospital Sector at EU level, Jane Lethbridge, 2003
Critique of Council for European Energy Regulators Paper on regulation of energy infrastructure - analysis and comments prepared for the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), 2003
Blackouts: Do liberalisation and privatisation increase the risk?, Steve Thomas and David Hall, 2003
European waste management: background to a discussion on European Works Councils, Steve Davies, 2003
European Water Industry: A background to a discussion on European Works Councils, Robin de la Motte, David Hall and Emanuele Lobina, 2003
A critique of the EC Green Paper on Services of General Interest - David Hall, PSIRU, University of Greenwich, 2003
2002
Gas Industry liberalisation, restructuring and employment in the EU, Steve Thomas, David Hall and Vladimir Popov, 2002
Are health systems national? Jane Lethbridge, 2002
Critique of the EC paper on horizontal evaluation of Services of General Interest, David Hall (PSIRU), University of Greenwich and Dexter Whitfield, Centre for Public Services, 2002
2001
Mergers and acquisitions, in the European waste management industry, 2000 - 2001 report for waste meeting of EPSU trade union representatives, Steve Davies, 2001
2000
Multinational subsidiaries, by country, local government support services, 2000
Public service concessions held by private companies: subsidies, monopolies and anti-competitive effects, PSIRU, 2000
The private sector and waste management in Central and Eastern Europe, 2000
Changing Power, exchanging power: handbook ‘decision making power to women in the Mediterranean trade unions’, 2000
Working Time in Europe: a European Working Time Policy in the Public Services, Jane Pillinger, ETUI report 63, 2000
3. Documents related to the Social Dialogue, Collective Bargaining
2008
EPSU-HOSPEEM code of conduct and follow up on Ethical Cross-Border - Recruitment and Retention in the Hospital Sector, April 2008, EN/FR/DE/ES/SV
CEMR-EP/EPSU Joint Statement on the Active Inclusion of those furthest from the Labour Market, February 2008 (EN/FR)
[Social dialogue Committee for Local and Regional Government work programme 2008-2010 (EN/FR)
EURELECTRIC / EPSU / EMCEF JOINT STATEMENT The Social Aspects of the European Energy Community (South East Europe) and the Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding, December 2007, EN/RU
2007
CEMR/EPSU Guidelines to drawing up gender equality action plans in Local and Regional Government, 14 December 2007, (EN/FR/DE/ES/SV)
EPSU HOSPEEM Joint Declaration on health services, Signed 7 December 2007 (EN only)
Joint CEMR/EPSU response to the European Commission’s
Green Paper COM (2006) 708 Modernising Labour Law to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century, May 2007 (EN/FR)
2006
Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue in the Public Services, tackling low pay, EPSU Policy Document, June 2006 (EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/SV/BG/CZ/HU/RO/RU)
Promoting realistic active ageing policies in the hospital sector, Final report to EPSU and HOSPEEM, C3169 / May 2006, ECOTEC Research & Consulting, Anne-Mari Nevala
Identifying Successful Training Initiatives in the Hospital Sector, Final report to EPSU and HOSPEEM, C3183 / May 2006, ECOTEC Research & Consulting
Cross-border recruitment of hospital professionals, Final report to EPSU and HOSPEEM, C3182 / May 2006
Work Programme of the European Social Dialogue Committee in the Local and Regional Government Sector (2006/2007), January 2006 (EN/FR/DE/ES/SV)
2005
EPSU’s Collective Bargaining Policies, Co-ordinating Collective Bargaining: an outline of current EPSU collective bargaining policy and proposals for future developments, December 2005 (EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/SV/BG/CZ/HU/RO)
Joint statement of the EU Public Administration Directors General and trade union delegation on equality and diversity, December 2005 (EN/FR)
Strengthening social dialogue in the local and regional government sector in the ’new’ Member States and candidate countries, REPORT prepared for CEMR and EPSU by ECOTEC with the financial support of the European Commission, 2005
EPSU / CEMR-EP Joint statement on employment, June 2005 (EN/FR/DE)
2004
Representativeness of Public Sector Trade Unions in Europe, state administration and local government sectors, by J. Kirton-Darling, ETUI, 2004
CEMR-EP and EPSU joint statement on telework, 2004, (EN/FR/DE/ES/DA)
Work Programme of the European Social Dialogue Committee in the Local and Regional Government Sector (2004/2005), 2004
Transnational solidarity for an integrated industry, 2004
2002
Achieving Equal Pay, 2002
Declaration from the 2nd Conference on the Social Dialogue in the Hospital Sector in Europe, 2002
Conclusions of the seminar for Social Dialogue by the Social Partners for the Gas Supply Sector, 2002
Policy Paper on Life-long learning, 2002
EPSU/EMCEF/EURELECTRIC Joint Statement on Telework, 2002
2001
Procedures and Mandates for the Social Dialogue, 2001
Enlargement of the European Union - Social Dialogue in the Applicant Countries, 2001
Information and Communication Technology and Competence Development, 2001
Position on the report of the Mobility Group to the Directors-General for Public Administration, 2001
2000
EPSU / CEMR Employers Platform joint statement on the EU employment policy, 2000
Eurelectric/EMCEF/EPSU joint statement on social implications on the internal market for electricity, 2000
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