(6 November 2011) The conclusions address the social action plans, their implementation and monitoring. They also consider the involvement of the social partners in the Social Action Plans, address fuel poverty and consumer protection and the social dimension of change and restructuring. For the conclusions: http://www.energy-community.org/pls/portal/docs/1168178.PDF
(5 October 2011) When Ukraine and Moldova joined the Energy Community for South East Europe, EPSU and its affiliates demanded (...)

(12 September 2011) Most unions reported that they were involved in the development of the social action plans and that progress is made. Strengthening the capacity of the social dialogue remains a challenge. Longer-term developments were considered including the restructuring and the integration of transmission systems. Several speakers attended including from the Ministry of Economy, the Macedonian regulator and the Ministry of Labour.
The group agreed:
To continue work on comparing (...)

The Energy Community (for South East Europe) and the Ukraine signed the Treaty 24 September 2010. EPSU has demanded that the Ukraine also sign the Memorandum of Understanding on the Social Aspects of the Energy Community.
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(13 September 2010) The 10th Energy Round Table was opened by the State Secretary for Energy, Mr Miodrag Canovic. He gave an overview of the developments in the Energy Community for South East Europe and presented the Social Action Plan that was agreed in July in Montenegro. It includes dealing with restructuring, social dialogue and working conditions. Milorad Terciz from EPSU affiliate trade union for energy underlined the importance of protection for low income households in the plans. (...)

(16 June 2010) Speaking at the 3rd Social Forum EPSU’s Jan Willem Goudriaan presented the demands of the trade union side and compared these with the progress that had been achieved. While there has been progress as most countries now had a developed plan of action, it was still uneven. Few countries addressed the impact of restructuring on the workers. That this is important was underlined by the first results of the employment study for the European Commission. This study seeks to give an (...)

(8 February 2010) The European Commission has commissioned a study on the effects of opening the markets for electricity and gas in the Energy Community Countries. It is a study that is similar as the one done for the EU in 2007 (EcoTec).
The study is the result of pressure of EPSU in the European social dialogue electricity and in gas. Together with the employers we have asked the Commission to undertake this study. The study will help us to underline the major issues of concern, such as (...)

Press Communication, 17 December 2009
The 2nd Social Forum of the Energy Community showed that much progress needs to be made by the Members of the Energy Community to integrate the social dimension. In several countries the National Social Actions were not considered sufficient and some countries did not even have one more then 2 years after signing the Memorandum of Understanding on the Social Aspects of the Memorandum. The progress is so slow that questions have been raised in the (...)

(16 December 2009) The Ukrainian Minister Pavlusha has indicated that with the order of The Cabinet of Ministers No 64994/1/1-09 dated November, 24th 2009 up to the request of the trade union leaders No 01-10-293 dated November, 11th 2009 the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine replies its general support of signing the Memorandum on Understanding on Social Issues in frames of Energy Community.
The government has indicated that it will act when a member of the Energy Community. This will (...)

(7 December 2009) Danish MEP Britta Thomsen has asked the European Commission to report on progress regarding the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on the social aspects, the national action plans and the involvement of Ukraine, Moldova and observers such as Georgia and Turkey.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-5594/09
by Britta Thomsen (S&D)
to the Commission
Subject: The social aspects of the Energy Community
The European Union signed the Energy Community Treaty and created (...)

(26 October 2009) Professor for Energy Policy Steve Thomas of the University of Greenwich and PSIRU explained the implications of competition in electricity. He introduced the European Union Directives (...) read the full article