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European Works Councils: a trade union guide to Directive 2009/38/EC This guide has been developed by the ETUC in order to help trade unionists and practitioners dealing with European Works Councils around Europe play an active role and get the most out of the new provisions of the recast EWC directive 2009/38/EC. It is an article-by-article legal commentary, written in an accessible style so that it can be used by everybody interested in European Works Councils and their functioning. The guide analyses the provisions of the recast directive and compares them with the previous directive. It interprets the provisions from a trade union perspective, but also mentions other types of readings on critical issues. Download the English version from the ETUI website(http://www.etui.org/research/activities/Workers-representation/Reports-and-working-papers/Report-114.-European-Works-Councils-a-trade-union-guide-to-directive-2009-38-EC) A German and a French version will be published in September. |
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Budget heading 04.03.03.03 – Second Deadline on 3rd September 2010 The SDA Infopoint team would like to remind you on the second deadline for the submission of project proposals under the 04.03.03.03 budget heading on information, consultation and participation of workers in 2010. You have to submit your project application until 3rd September 2010 for projects commencing no earlier than 3rd November 2010 and no later than 22nd December 2010. The online application form has been reopened after the first deadline on 3rd May. You can download the call for proposal and further information on the application procedure on the website of the European Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=630&langId=en&callId=242&furtherCalls=yes). The budget line is funding among others transnational meetings, trainings, papers and publications to strengthen employee involvement at company level, such as in European Works Councils, SE organs or national works councils. SDA experts are ready to support you in developing your project ideas and drafting your applications. Please also look at the updated Vademecum with detailed support for project promoters. According to information of the European Commission, 18 projects have been accepted in the first deadline. The call for proposals has earmarked a budget of 4.1 million EUR for the second deadline. |
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The new European Works Council Directive - the European Trade Union Confederation informs The ETUC has recently published a leaflet presenting the content of the new European Works Council Directive, explaining the improvements made and pointing to crucial issues to be considered when interpreting the directive. Even though the new Directive does not respond to all the trade union demands made, the ETUC is satisfied that EWCs will be better equipped with the tools they need for a stronger right to information and consultation.
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SDA WORKSHOP ON THE TRANSPOSITION OF THE RECAST EWC DIRECTIVE On May 27th 2010, SDA will organise a thematic workshop in Brussels with the title "One year after the adoption of the new EWC directive (2009/38/EC) - discussion on legal issues". |
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NEW Vademecum on the submission of a project on 04030303 budget line in 2010 This publication is a guide for the social partners intending to submit a project under the 04030303 EC budget line. It provides assistance to any eligible promoter throughout the preparation of the bid. It covers various aspects of the project preparation work, including an explanation of the objectives of the call for proposals 2010; practical hints on how to deal with the SWIM form; useful tips about how to structure a project description and to estimate a budget. The text also includes examples of awarded projects. |
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Project Setting-Up Workshop SDA is organising as part of the Infopoint Project a 2-day “project setting-up” workshop, which will take place in Brussels on 3 and 4 March 2010. It is targeted at promoters who have the intention to submit a project proposal under this budget line (as unions or as EWC members) but who do not have much (or any) experience in such procedures. This workshop, of which the working languages will be French and English, will give participants the possibility to set-up project application dossiers to be presented at the Commission, as well as providing them with the opportunity of meeting other participants with the view of creating partnerships. We are able to reimburse the travel and subsistence costs for 20 participants, and places will therefore be allocated on a 'first come-first served' basis. Please contact us and register until 10 February 2010. Download the registration form and the draft agenda |
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Calls for Proposals 2010 We would like to inform you that the European Commission has now published the new calls for proposals 2010 for the following budget headings: - 04.03.03.01 on "Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue" (1st deadline on 16 March 2010). - 04.03.03.02 on "Information and training measures for workers' organisations" (1st deadline on 20 April 2010)
- 04.03.03.03 on "Information, Consultation and Participation of representatives within undertakings" (1st deadline on 9 April 2009). All relevant information is available online: |
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Brainstorming Workshop on the utilization of the `03 budget line SDA is organising a brainstorming workshop on the utilisation of the 04.03.03.03 budget line at the Thon Hotel Brussels on February 25th-26th. Its aim is to support promoters in developing their project ideas and applications and to identify and open-up new paths for the launch of strategic projects in the future. |
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Recommendations on the new EWC directive 2009/38/EC The European Trade Union Sector Federations have drafted common recommendations on negotiating EWC agreements during the transposition period (5 June 2009 to 5 June 2011). |
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The text of the recast of the Directive 2009/38/EC on European Works Councils is available online. If you wish to see the text in other languages, please go on this page. |
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SDA, as the promotor, is responsible for the running of this project in close cooperation with USTMA (confederation of Arab Maghreb Trade Unions) and with the ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation). The countries targeted by this project are : Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan and Palestinian territories. The project focuses on strictly trade union topics, such as : adaptation of trade union statutes and internal rules as well as financial management of trade union organisations, the capacity to play an active role in collective bargaining, the role of women in trade union organisations, the challenge of trade union pluralism, and the relations between trade unions and the media. Project website: http://www.euromed-trade-union-forum.org/ |
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SDA and ETUC thank all the participants to the European Works Councils (EWCs) Conference held on 23rd and 24th March 2009 in Brussels: The recast EWC directive:
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We would like to inform you that the European Commission has now published the new calls for proposals 2009 for the following budget headings: - 04.03.03.01 on "Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue" (1st deadline on 2 March 2009). - 04.03.03.03 on "Information, Consultation and Participation of reprensatives within undertakings" (1st deadline on 16 April 2009). All relevant information is available online: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=630&langId=en |
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NEW PROCEDURE FOR REQUESTING A SECOND PRE-FINANCING FOR YOUR '03 PROJECT The European Commission has established new modalities (via the SWIM-SAGA website) for requesting a second pre-financing and submiting an interim (activity and financial) report in the framework of the call for proposals VP/2007/003. Please click here for the check-list concerning the new modalities to be followed if you are going to request a second-prefinancing. These new modalities are compulsory, so please read carefully the check-list. A "User manual" (with more details) concerning this new process will be published very soon by the European Commission. |
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We would like to inform you that the European Commission has now published the new calls for proposals 2008 for the budget heading 04.03.03.01 on "Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue" (1st deadline on 14th of March), 04.03.03.02 on "Information and training measures for workers' organisations" (deadline on 25th of April) and 04.03.03.03 on "Information, Consultation and Participation of reprensatives of undertakings" (1st deadline on 31st of March).
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Revision of the EWC directive
The European Commission will soon launch the second phase consultation on the revision of the EWC directive on the basis of Article 137.3. The revision is namely already several years overdue despite precise proposals for amendments made by the ETUC. BUSINESSEUROPE is lobbying heavily against any concrete action by the European Commission and the German employers organisation BDA has written to the President of the European Commission and to Commissioner Vladimir Spidla to oppose the announced second phase consultation, claiming that it would damage the European Social Dialogue. In the wake of BUSINESSEUROPE's move, other national employer organisations will probably start lobbying against the EWC revision vis-a-vis the European Commission and their national governments. The ETUC therefore asks its affiliates and EWCs to send a letter to the European Commission and to Commissioner Spidla, with a copy to their labour ministries, to ask them to support the European Commission in order to get the EWC directive revised in 2008. Herewith the five key questions for EWCs to be addressed in the letters to the EU Commission:
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“European Works Councils of state, municipal and private energy companies facing mergers, restructuring and outsourcing – common perspectives and responses” (VS/2006/0657) This joint project of SDA and EPSU (European Federation of Public Service Unions) will seek to support efforts by trade unions and EWCs in the electricity and gas companies to understand the social implications of the European internal market for electricity and gas and its impacts on the companies. The focus is on the role of EWCs in dealing with restructuring including the understanding of the perspectives of the development of the market. This can be linked to the European Commission energy sector inquiry, the evaluation of the European Commission of the internal market, the proposals/options contained in the Green Paper, etc. The main event of this project took place on 1st and 2nd March 2007, which was a conference with around 140 participants coming from nearly all European countries. Representatives of EWCs, trade unions, employers and the EU discussed hot topics of the energy sector. Further information please find here: http://www.epsu.org/a/2817 |
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