Remunicipalisation
Bringing services back in-house
EPSU has consistently argued in favour of direct provision of public services to guarantee the quality of services and the quality of employment for workers delivering those services. Under the heading of remunicipalisation EPSU supports and promotes any initiatives to bring services back in-house where they have been privatised along with moves to have new services run by municipalities and other public authorities. EPSU is part of a network, coordinated by the Transnational Institute that has published research highlighting recent trends in remunicipalisation and insourcing.
Relevance
Oct. 31, 2011
Sweden: Research finds no clear evidence of benefits of liberalization or privatization of welfare services
A report by the SNS centre for business and policy research argues that after 20 years of privatisation and liberalisation in Sweden there is no substantial evidence of any benefit