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CEMR meets KS 14 September 2017
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Who we are
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is the
broadest European association of local and regional government.
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• Founded in 1951
• 41 countries
• 60 associations
• 130 000 municipalities
and regions
CEMR promotes the construction of a united, peaceful and democratic Europe founded on local self-
government, respect for the
principle of subsidiarity and the
participation of citizens
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UCLG
CEMR
60 assocations of local and regional governments from 40
countries ex. KS, SALAR, FEMP, etc.
130 000 municipalities, cities, provinces, regions...
What we do
Influencing EU legislation Providing an exchange forum
www.cemr.eu
What we do
Influencing EU legislation
www.cemr.eu
Lobbing the EU institutions on
behalf of the European
municipalities :
• Writing position papers
• Meetings EU officials (EU
Presidency, MEPs, European
Commission
• Preparation of amendments
and voting recommendations
What we do
Providing an exchange forum
Research and Publications:
• Territorial reforms in Europe in
times of crisis
• Local and Regional
Government in Europe
www.cemr.eu
What we do
Providing an exchange forum
Projects:
• www.twinning.org
• www.platforma-dev.eu
• www.charter-equality.eu
• www.eumayors.eu
• www.rfsc.eu
www.cemr.eu
What we do
www.cemr.eu
Resource efficiency &
environment
Local and
regional
governments
as employers
and service
providers Economic, social and
territorial cohesion
Democracy, citizenship
& enlargement
Partnership,
cooperation & world
affairs
Where are we?
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Social dialogue
Cross-industry social dialogue
• the main body for bipartite (i.e. between trade unions and
employers) social dialogue at European level
• meets 3-4 times a year
• maximum 66 representatives of the social partners
• can set up technical working groups
• adopts and follow up the results of negotiations
• takes part in social dialogue summits, high-level meetings
chaired by the president of the Commission
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Social dialogue
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Sectoral social dialogue committee of local and regional governments
Why social partners matter
Art. 154 TFEU
European social partners are consulted prior to the adoption of new EU initiatives
and also during the implementation phase of EU law, for instance when preparing implementation reports
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Why social partners matter
Article 155 TFEU
“ Agreements concluded at Union level shall be implemented either in accordance with the procedures and practices specific to management and labour and the Member States or, in matters covered by Article 153, at the joint request of the signatory parties, by a Council decision on a proposal from the Commission.
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European institutions
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Ordinary legislative
procedure
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European Semester
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Activities and outcomes • Consultation on the revision of the Written Statement Directive
• Consultation on social protection measures
• CEMR position paper on the European Pillar of Social Rights
• CEMR position paper Work-Life Balance
• Joint guidelines – migration and strengthening anti-discrimination in
local and regional governments
• Toward CEMR-EPSU framework for well-being at work for local and
regional governments
• Joint declaration on the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation
in local and regional administration
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Digital jobs
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Digital jobs CEMR and EPSU will:
• Exchange information on labour market issues and promote interests and
good practice in the local and regional government sector
• Stress the importance of investment in quality public services and
stimulation of sustainable and inclusive growth and the job creation in Europe
• Promote the ILO decent work agenda that includes job creation, rights at
work, social protection and social dialogue with gender equality as a
crosscutting objective
• Assess how local and regional governments handle the development of
new and alternative ways of work i.e. temporary work, fixed-term contracts,
bogus self-employment and consider the impact of this on the quality of jobs,
work-life balance and public services
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Digital jobs • Call for sex-, and age-disaggregated data
• Assess the demographic profile of the workforce, including in outsourced
services, to identify the future implications of changes in composition of
different age groups
• Promote the CEMR-EPSU joint guidelines on migration and strengthening
anti-discrimination in local and regional governments, adopted on 5
December 2016
• Promote and share good practices to identify the challenges of wellbeing at
work, design solutions and evaluate outcomes
• Promote and share good practices on work-life balance and gender
equality measures
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Digital jobs CEMR and EPSU call on the social partners at national level to:
• Strengthen the social dialogue at national, regional, local and at
workplace level
• Carry out health impact assessment before carrying out
organisational change and changes in services
• Recognise gender-based different needs in occupational safety and
health, and develop strategies on the basis of the recognised
differences
• Recognise the importance of developing good social relations at
work and support them
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Digital jobs • Establish an information and consultation process with relevant
stakeholders including workers and citizen, e.g. when introducing new
ways of delivering services
• Provide adequate training and education for workers and
managers when introducing new forms of service delivery, especially
when this leads to a change in roles and/or job-contents and when
implementing organisational changes
• Assess the demographic profile of the workforce, including in
outsourced services, to identify the future implications of changes in
composition of different age groups
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Learn more!
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living
and Working Conditions (Eurofound)
On Twitter: #SocDia
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Contact us:
Leonardo Ebner
Policy Officer - Employment and Public Services
email : [email protected]
Tel. : + 32 2 213 86 96
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