Local and Regional Government, Quality employment

This programme of action highlights the main priorities for EPSU over the next Congress period and is set out on the basis of three main themes

Local and regional government workers across Europe and the globe provide essential public services which enable our cities and communities to prosper. Their working conditions, pay, and job security are closely interlinked with the quality and accessibility of services they provide – deficiencies in the former have a detrimental impact on the latter.

(2 october 2018) “It is essential that we continuously develop new skills for new roles and new jobs. Otherwise, we will not succeed with the adaptions we need to make. Otherwise, we will not preserve and develop the quality of the services municipalities and regions provide.”This was one of the

On 20 April 2018 an ILO tripartite meeting of experts agreed new Guidelines on Decent Work for Public Emergency Services.

The Committee for local and regional government bringing together EPSU and CEMR members have adopted a new work programme for 2018-2019.