Local and Regional Government
Local services are, by definition, at the front line of public services. Users of these services come into direct contact with the men and women that provide them, be they fire-fighters, culture workers, librarians, archivists, municipal police, social services workers, teachers, cleaners, waste collectors, community liaison personnel or local administrators. EPSU represents local and regional government workers across Europe and is committed to ensuring high quality and efficient public services supported by a well-trained and skilled work force and decent working conditions.
Austerity measures and remunicipalisation, digitalisation of local services, the impact of trade agreements on local services, and ensuring socially responsible procurement are key policy challenges to this sector addressed in the frame of EPSU's Standing Committee Local and Regional Government.
EPSU is also the recognised European social partner organisation for workers in local and regional government throughout the European Union and covers approximately 17 million workers.
Eva-Lotta Nilsson (Vision, Sweden) is the President of the EPSU Standing Committee for Local and Regional Government (LRG). Paola Panzeri is the contact person in EPSU (Policy Staff – Local and Regional Government, Gender Equality, Firefighters) for the sector.
View contactsJoint statement to the European Council meeting 11 February 2010 on the economic crisis
CEMR-EP and EPSU call on the European Council to take a long-term perspective when coordinating their responses to the crisis and to reflect in their recovery plans sustainable development in all its dimensions.
ETUC/EPSU activity "civil society dialogue – bringing together the workers from Turkey and the European Union"
16-20 November 2009, Aldino Hotel, Tunalı Hilmi Caddesi Bülten Sokak, No:22, 06700, Kavaklıdere / Ankara Follow-up - Brief report (EN / TR) MINUTES - ENMINUTES - TR - Presentation: Evolution
EPSU/UNI europa report on third-party violence and harassment related to work
"Policies, strategies and implementation: How issues of third party violence have been tackled in practice by social partners in the commerce, hospital, private security and local and regional government sectors"
Social partners urge European Commission to clarify EU framework for local initiatives on social procurement
(14 October 2009) EPSU and CEMR at the meeting of their sectoral social dialogue committee on 9 October discussed possible joint actions on social procurement in light of the forthcoming
EPSU meets European sectoral partners to prepare RESPECT conference
(24 September 2009, Brussels) On 22 October, the European conference [“Respect – multi-sectoral initiative on third-party violence at the workplace ->http://www.epsu.org/a/5739 ”] will be held. This conference is part of