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 programme is attached).

The EPSU Local and Regional Conference 2012 will bring together EPSU affiliates to exchange experience and to develop EPSU’s strategy on “best value” for local and regional government services. We will discuss under the working title.

Background 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 management), health and social services (health care, child care, care of elderly people), public employment services, education and vocational training, cultural services, etc. Depending on the country, the majority- if not most- of public services are provided locally.

Notwithstanding the current focus in many countries on austerity measures, on reducing public spending and the direct provision of public services, EPSU considers that the challenges presented by climate and demographic changes, will cause public authorities to reassess and better evaluate the ways in which public services are provided. Current developments regarding the (re-)municipalisation/insourcing of public services can be expected to gain more attention. Quality of work and employment conditions are contributory factors in delivering quality services.

Objective Against this background we will aim to
 Examining the rational and potential advantages and challenges of “in-house”/direct provision of local public services by providing political, economic, legal and scientific arguments;
 Clarifying the reasons why the bias exists against direct provision; and
 Developing strategies to correct this, drawing on examples of effective trade union/civil society initiatives to improve services and to keep them under direct and democratic control;
 Examining potential difficulties to be addressed in case of (re-) municipalisation/insourcing public services, including in terms of implications for employment conditions. The conference will aim to strengthen the local and regional dimension of employment policy.

Annual Conference 8 May

part form

practical details

hotel booking form

Agenda annual conference

practical details RU

attendance list

 AKF Report

AKF Rapport

 AKF Report Appendix

AKF Rapport Appendix

 Laura Hartman report

Laura Hartman report SV

Laura Hartman report EN

 Re-municipalising municipal services in Europe (Dave Hall report)

David Hall presentation

DH Re-municipalization

Re-municipalizing services report by David Hall RU

re-municipalizing municipal services in Europe ES by DH

 Paul O’Brien presentation

O’Brien presentation

 IFC final report: closing the gap

IFC final report: closing the gap

 Insourcing reports

Insourcing report APSE

Insourcing report UNISON

 Dieter Reiter speech

Dieter Reiter speech

 Presentation by Roland Schäfer: (Re-)Municipalisation of public services, Experiences from Bergkamen

Remunicipalisation Schaefer presentation

 Presentation by Ole Helby Petersen, Danish Institute of Governmental Research (AKF): Effects of contracting out public sector tasks- - Results from a research-based review of Danish and international studies from 2000-2011

Presenation O.H. Petersen

Standing Committee 9 May

item 1
 Minutes LRG October 2011

 Agenda standing committee

 Annex documents

Annex documents

item 5

 presentation NEE EN

presentation NEE EN

Presentation NEE RU

 Funding Local and regional government

Funding Local and regional government

 EU policies on economic governance and evaluation

EU policies on economic governance and evaluation

item 6

 PSI Action programme

PSI Action programme

item 7

 Joint letter to MEP Tarabella "public procurement"

joint letter to MEP Tarabella on procurement

 Joint response on Green paper Restructuring

Joint response on Green paper restructuring

item 8

 General questionnaire

General questionnaire

 questionnaire LRG

Questionnaire LRG

item 9

 Working Time covernote

Working Time negociations

 White Paper on Pensions

White Paper on Pensions

 Briefing Competitive Neutrality

Briefing Competitive Neutrality

 LRG Skills and Life-long learning

LRG Skills and Life-long learning

 LRG Recruitment and retention youth and elderly

LRG Recruitment and retention youth and elderly

 Public procurement

Public Procurement

 Remunicipalization in France

Remunicipalizatin in France

 Water in Buenos Aires report

Water in Buenos Aires report

 Wollmann public services report

Wollmann public services report

 Private government with public money

Private government with public money

 Report Conference

report conference

 Remunicipalization in Germany

Reichard Roeber Remunicipalization