16-17 December 2013, ITUH, room AUD, Brussels Please note timing: 16 December - 11.00-17.30 17 December - 9.00-17.00 Further details of this meeting will be available shortly.

26 & 27 November 2013, ITUH, Room AUD, Brussels

24 May 2013, International Trade Union House (ITUH), Brussels Invitation, participation form, practical details part form Hotel list Brussels Invitation meeting documents (for our members only)

This meeting is part of the European Commission funded project, "Evaluating the European sectoral social dialogue and the impact of austerity on collective bargaining in the public services", and is to follow up the collective bargaining conference organised in Brussels in December 2012. Annotated Agenda This programme includes some short explanations about each of the items on the agenda with links to relevant documents and web pages. Draft Programme for December Collective Bargaining (...)

At the final project meeting on 3 October in Brussels, participants concentrated on discussing the three draft briefings prepared by researchers, Christoph Hermann and David Tarren. Below are some of the main points: • Revise introduction to highlight the fundamental differences between the public (democracy, transparency) and private sectors (profit-driven) – highlight reason for public sector to exist and emphasise that service users/patients cannot be treated the same as customers, while (...)

“European Works Councils and the Waste Industry Dealing with competition and restructuring” This conference was organised with the financial support from the European Commission International Trade Union House, Brussels, 09:00 - 17:30 Draft Programme Plan of Action for Waste Handling in the Nordic Countries European waste management: background to a discussion on EWCs, A PSIRU report for EPSU By Steve Davies, Senior Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, (...)

Conference documents: Brief report of the EPSU Conference on Public-private partnerships (PPPs) and quality public services, 9 and 10 May 2005 Brussels Strategic Partnership in Crisis: Lessons from Britain, presented by Lesley Gilson, Bedfordshire UNISON Public Private Partnerships in Austria, presented by Thomas Kattnig, GdG, Austria PPPs in the EU - introduction to EPSU conference, presented by David Hall, PSIRU National Examples of trade union to approaches to PPPs (...)