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Anders Hammarbäck of VISION, Sweden, is the President of the EPSU Standing Committee for local and regional government. Christine Jakob is the EPSU policy officer for the sector.

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What are the main issues for EPSU?

Local public services are, by definition, at the front line of public services. Users have direct experience of those who provide those services, be they fire-fighters, waste workers, community liaison personnel, or local administrators issuing documents and providing guidance. EPSU is committed to ensuring that quality services are provided to all users. We are committed to high quality and efficient public services based on a well-educated and skilled work force. Working conditions for local and regional government employees is a main plank of this commitment but only a part. EPSU is also pledged to the promotion of open, transparent public procurement that puts the aim of the vital services first. EPSU is convinced that assessing public procurement regimes, means assessing their environmental and social impact, as well as the cost.

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40th meeting of the Standing Committee on Local and Regional Government

Statutory Standing Committee Meeting Local and Regional Government 14 March 2013 (not on 12 March as announced!) Venue: ITUH, Room B 1000 Brussels >Minutes We would like to invite you to participate in the Statutory Standing Committee Meeting on Local and Regional Government, which will be organized right after the Joint HSS/LRG Social Services Working Group meeting on 14 March. We will follow-up and pursue our discussions in principle on the following issues: on funding of the (...)

Commitment to strengthening European sectoral social dialogue in Prague

Joint press release – 15 October 2012 Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) (15 October 2012) In today’s European social, economic and political crisis-ridden context, local and regional authorities as employers and trade unions have committed to strengthening the European sectoral social dialogue in the local and regional government sector. This commitment has been translated into a series of 12 recommendations that are (...)

39th Standing Committee Local and Regional Government

“Future of the Workplace: Providing quality jobs, modern and sustainable workplaces in Local and Regional Government” (CEMR/EPSU) 15th October 2012 EPSU 29th Local and regional government Standing Committee Meeting 16th October 2012 Hotel OLŠANKA, Táboritská 23, 130 87 Prague-3 Czech Republic Dear Colleagues, affiliates organizing in the local and regional government sector, We would like to invite you to participate in the 29th EPSU Standing Committee meeting of Local and Regional (...)

Joint Declaration - Nantes

Brussels, 2 October 2012 The Mayors of Brussels and Nantes and the Secretary General of the European Federation of Public Service Unions recall their commitment to a Europe capable of responding to the challenges of the 21st century, meeting the needs of citizens, to a Europe which is strong politically, socially and economically, and to a Europe of solidarity. Today, they observe the rise of growing inequalities, exclusion, unemployment and insecurity, affecting young people in (...)

EPSU Local and Regional Governement Conference (8-9 May)

EPSU conference on developments and trade union strategies regarding the (re)municipalisation / insourcing of local public services Radisson Blu Hotel, Riga, Latvia, 8 and 9 May 2012, 9h00-17h30 We would like to invite you to participate in the next Spring Standing Committee meeting of Local and Regional Government, which this year is linked to our annual EPSU Conference dedicated to Local and Regional Government, and that will take place in Riga (Latvia) on 8 and 9 May 2012 (a draft (...)

Paris, London and Munich Re-Municipalized! Is your community following the trend?

EPSU Press Release - 7 May 2012 EPSU trade union representatives from more than 20 European countries will discuss at the EPSU Annual Conference Local and Regional Government in Riga on the 8th of May about the advantages and challenges of remunicipalization. Local and Regional authorities across Europe are responsible for the delivery of a wide range of services to citizens, which include: public passenger transport, public utility services (water supply and waste water treatment, waste (...)

Implementing the Multisectoral Guidelines on Third Party Violence Conference

27 October 2011, Poland

37th meeting of the EPSU Standing Committee on Local and Regional Government

4 October 2011, Brussels

36th meeting of the EPSU Standing Committee on Local and Regional Government

28 April 2011, Luxembourg

EPSU LRG-HSS joint workshop on elderly care

27 October 2010, Luxembourg

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