Mar. 30, 2003 The European Commission's Guide to successful public-private partnerships - a critique (PSIRU) By Robin de la Motte and David Hall - Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich - March 2003
Mar. 30, 2003 Terminology of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) By David Hall (1), Robin de la Motte (1) and Steve Davies (2) - March 2003
Nov. 07, 2003 Report of the Mobility Group to the Directors-General for Public Administration EPSU POSITION ON THE REPORT OF THE MOBILITY GROUP TO THE DIRECTORS-GENERAL FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN STRASBOURG, NOVEMBER 2000 ADOPTED BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN
Nov. 07, 2003 Information and Communication Technology - and Competence Development EPSU Theme Paper, adopted by the Executive Committee, 28-29 November 2001 ICT paper
May. 10, 2004 EPSU sceptical about Commission's Green paper on Public-Private Partnership The European Commission has published on 4 May 2004 its Green paper on applying Community law to Public-Private Partnerships.
Jul. 20, 2004 EPSU responds negatively to PPP Green Paper Consultation EPSU's initial response to the Green Paper on PPPs is critical of the Commisison's narrow focus for the consultation excercise.
Sep. 14, 2004 Turkish government urged to respect trade unions rights DISK, one of the Turkish trade union confederations, informed EPSU that the right of freedom of association and collective bargaining continues to be seriously curtailed since the military coup in 1980.
Sep. 16, 2004 End to the Dutch Polder Model: actions between 13 September and 2 October The government has opened a large scale attack on the welfare state. The social security system is dismantled and early retirement schemes are threatened. The Dutch government has further said
Sep. 17, 2004 Swiss unions defend public services - national demonstration and strike on 23 September The Swiss government has proposed cuts in public spending that would deteriorate the quality of services and cut 20.000 jobs. The Swiss unions including EPSU member VPOD are organising a
Sep. 30, 2004 Public service workers demonstrate in Switzerland Thursday 23 September saw a wide range of protests, strikes and demonstrations by public service workers around Switzerland. EPSU affiliate VPOD was one of 17 organisations supporting the day of
Oct. 01, 2004 Italy - public service employees' contract renewal: eight-hour strike in October During a meeting between the three confederations and their respective trade union categories, Cgil, Cisl and Uil have called for an eight-hour strike in the public services and school sectors
Oct. 05, 2004 Wij zijn woedend! We are, we are angry! The refrain of the ABVAKABO action song, fitted onto the melody of an old Queen hit: more than 250.000 trade union members joined in on Saturday, 2 October at the
Oct. 19, 2004 Belgian unions organise a national strike in the non-profit, 21 October The unions organise the strike as part of their campaign to get the government to honour its agreements, to improve pay, for 25.000 new jobs, for supplementary pensions, for additional