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ACTIVITY REPORT ACTIVITY REPORT

2000-20052000-2005

CHAPTERSCHAPTERS

1-Trade-union meetings1-Trade-union meetings

2-The ESCB Social Dialogue2-The ESCB Social Dialogue

3- Meetings with Leaders 3- Meetings with Leaders

4-Executive Bureau Meetings4-Executive Bureau Meetings

5-The executive commissions5-The executive commissions

6-TMF working group6-TMF working group

7-Trade-union trainings and Congress7-Trade-union trainings and Congress

8- International relations with the UNI and EPSU8- International relations with the UNI and EPSU

9-Concerted actions9-Concerted actions

10-The internal communication of the SCECBU10-The internal communication of the SCECBU

1- Trade-union meetings1- Trade-union meetings

BELGIUM

1-Trade Union 1-Trade Union MeetingsMeetings

General Assembly in Brussels. Speech of the President of SCECBU to support the Belgium unions during the period of the implications of the changeover.October

2000

LUXEMBURG

April 2000

October 2004

Meeting with Mr Y. Mersh to defend the right of the representatatives of A-BCL to participate in our meeting

Meeting with A-BCL to discuss about the pressure made by M. Mersh on the representatives

1-Trade Union 1-Trade Union MeetingsMeetings

SERBIA First contacts with Eastern Europe unions (Serbia, Montenegro, Hungary, Poland). Presentation of the SCECBU and the begining of the works for the contacts with the union of the futur Central Banks within U.E.

March 2001

HUNGARY Meeting with the representatives of the Central Bank during the executive bureau in Budapest organised by the Hungarian union.

October 2001

DENMARK

SLOVAKIA

POLAND

Meeting with the executive bureau members. Following the meeting of Belgrade. First contact with the Central Bank of Lithuania.

July 2003

Meeting with the representatives of the Central Bank and the necessity of an ESCB Social Dialogue structure.

April 2004

First meeting with the President of thetrade union employees of the Central Bank. 2005, They the union ask officially to be affiliate to SCECBU during our Congress.Sept. 2002

SCECBU is invited to participate to the Nordic meeting. A mandate is given to SCECBU take contact with the staff of Central Banks of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.Feb. 2004

March 2005 Second invitation in the Nordic Meeting. Debate on the different cultures of Europe and on the Common Corporate Culture and the Mission Statement sent by the ESCB.

CZECH REP.

First contacts with the Czech union and with the President of the Central Bank.

October 2001

1-Trade Union 1-Trade Union MeetingsMeetings

ESTONIAMeeting with the Vice Governor of the Central Bank and Mrs Ülle Rothla. Visit of the Bank and positive discussion on the different cultures of unionisms. Ready to meet staff associations of the Nordic Central banks.Feb. 2004

LATVIAMeeting with the Governor of the Central Bank. Difficulties to bring a strong message to the board. No contact since that meeting.

Feb. 2004

LITHUANIA Very positive attitude of the Board of the Cetnral Bank. Very open to create a structure in the respect of the culture of the country. Ready to meet staff associations of Central Banks.Feb. 2004

SLOVENIAMeeting with the Head of Personnel and the President of the ZSSS union, Rebeka Janzownic. Very positive meeting with the demand of affiliation of the ZSSS union during this Congress 2005January 2005

1-Trade Union 1-Trade Union MeetingsMeetings

2- ESCB Social Dialogue2- ESCB Social Dialogue

Preparatory Meetings of the ESCB Social Dialogue

•Difficulties to extend the agenda to the concrete probleme met

•Difficulites to receive concrete answers to our questions

ESCB Social Dialogue agreement

•1999 : 31 seats + 1 seat for the ECB + 3 contact persons

•Négotiation in Frankfurt in 2004 : 43 seats + 2(seats of transition)

•2 meetings in a year

2-The ESCB social 2-The ESCB social dialoguedialogue

ESCB Social dialogue meetings

•1999-2005 = 10 meetings 1999

•Wish of SCECBU to enlarge the agenda

•Annual ECB Report

•Future enlargement of the ESCB

•Working groups of the ECB

•Deontology code

•Evaluation of the ESCB Social Dialogue

•SCECBU apply to contact Heads of personnel of NCB

•SCECBU reclaims a better information and transparancy during the dialogue

2-The ESCB social 2-The ESCB social dialoguedialogue

Preparatory Meetings of the ESCB Social Dialogue

•Difficulties to extend the agenda to the concrete probleme met

•Difficulites to receive concrete answers to our questions

ESCB Social Dialogue agreement

•1999 : 31 seats + 1 seat for the ECB + 3 contact persons

•Négotiation in Frankfurt in 2004 : 43 seats + 2(seats of transition)

•2 meetings in a year

2-The ESCB social 2-The ESCB social dialoguedialogue

3- Meetings with the Leaders3- Meetings with the Leaders

2000 – 2004 Banque Centrale du Luxembourg

2001 Banque Nationale de Belgique

2001 – 2003 Banco de Portugal

2001 Ceska narodni banka

2001 Magyar Nemzetti

2002 – 2004 - 2005 Danmarks Nationalbank

2002 Central Bank of Cyprus

2002 Suomen Pankki

3-Meetings with the 3-Meetings with the LeadersLeaders

3-Meetings with the 3-Meetings with the LeadersLeaders

2003 De Nederlandsche Bank

2004 Eesti Pank

2004 Latvijas Banka

2004 Lietuvos bankas

2004 Narodowy Bank Polski

2005 Banka Slovenije

2000-1-2-3-4-5Banque de France

2000–-2-3-4-5 European Central Bank

JUNE , 2003

JANUARY 2005

Pervenche Berès

JUNE 2003

Christa Randzio PlathPresident of the Sub-Commission of Econimic and Monetary Affairs 1999-2004

Johannes Blokland

APRIL 2001

Meeting on the ECB annual report

Mandate of the Executive Commission of Lisbon

A new President for new perspective for SCECBU

Economic and Monetary Affairs committee of the European Parliament should not only pay attention to the functioning of the European Central Bank as such, but also to the proper functioning of the ESCB.

Hearings experts from NCB’s, as well as trade union representatives should be invited in the framework of the dialogue between the EP and the ECB

SCECBU insisted on the burning actuality within certain Central Banks due to the restructurings that are being settled up and on the reduction of « non-monetary » activities in these institutions

Mrs Randzio Plaath is of the opinion that her Commission’s competencies are very weak vis-à-vis our demands regarding this subject and recalled that nothing has changed in what concerns the functioning of the ECB vis-à-vis the reforms committed by the Convention

President of the Sub-Commission of Econimic and Monetary Affairs 2004-2009

An hearing with the Executive Bureau members could be possible during the six first months of 2006

The new President is very open to the discussion.

E.P. Member,member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and author of the draft report on the 2002 Annual Report of the ECB

3-Meetings with the 3-Meetings with the LeadersLeadersMEETINGS WITH EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

4-Executive Bureau4-Executive Bureau

MeetingsMeetings

Budapest

Paris

OCTOBER, 2001

JANUARY, 2001

ParisDECEMBER, 2001

First Executive Bureau Meeting after the Congress 2000.

•Repartition of the works•Analisys of guidelines•Preparation of the TMF wg

•Debriefing of the TMF wg•Preparation of the European Action Day

•Debriefing of the TMF wg•Preparation of the European Action Day

•Preparation of the European Petition•Consequensies of the changeover•Relationship with UNI-Graphical

BruxellesFEBRUARY, 2002 •Special period : planification of the Executive Bureau

4-Executive Bureau4-Executive Bureau

MeetingsMeetings

PARIS : JUNE, 2000

Barcelonna

Helsinki

Lille

APRIL, 2002

NOVEMBER, 2002

SEPTEMBER. 2002

DublinFEBRUARY, 2003

•Main debate around the network of agencies•First decentralised Executive Bureau meeting

•Second decentralised Executive Bureau meeting•Banking supervision debate•Brianstorming on the functionning of SCECBU

•Analisys on the three years of ESCB Social Dialogue•Decision to testaure a monthly bulletin of communication

•Analisys of the brainsorming decided in Lille•Functionning of ESCB Social Dialogue•Renforcement of our structure•Demission of Tomas Sison Borque

AmsterdamNOVEMBER, 2003 •Debate on the restructuration in Netherland•Preparation of ESCB Social Dialogue

ParisFEBRUARY, 2004 •Reflexion on ESCB Social Dialogue•Meetings in Baltic Countries•Relationship with UNI-Finance

WienAPRIL, 2004 •Preparation of the Executive commission of Ruciane-Nida

4-Executive Bureau4-Executive Bureau

MeetingsMeetings

Protaras

Athens

Lisboa

OCTOBER 2004

MARCH, 2005

JANUARY, 2005

•Study on the future statute of SCECBU

•Adoption of the draft statute by the Executive Bureau•Preparation of the internal regulation of the Congress

•Validation of the agenda for the Congress•Preparation of the last reports•Decision to react with a Union Statement

4-Executive Bureau4-Executive Bureau

MeetingsMeetings

5-Executive Commisions5-Executive Commisions

5-Executive 5-Executive CommisionsCommisions

New affiliates and observers unions

•ETU-CBS - Serbie

•ETU-CNB – Czech Rep.

•BBDSZSZ - Hungary

•HUBC - Malta

ESCB Social Dialogue

•Banking Supervision

Debate on the example given by the Irish, German and Austrian delegation.

•Benchmarking

Important consequencies from this ECB working group on the NCB.

Speech of Dr. Zöllner

•Problem of competion between U.S., Asia and Europe

•The benchmarking wg

•Problem of concurrency

Debate on the position vis-à-vis the demand of UNI-Graphical

Problem of extension for four seats more within the ESCB Social Dialogue

Debate on the Action day at Frankfurt

Acceptation of the proposal of the TMF working group : the action is planned for June 19th 2001

5-Executive 5-Executive CommisionsCommisions

New affiliate and observers unions

•ETU-CBM - Montenegro

•AZZ-CNB – Poland

•KZZ-NBP – Poland

•NZZ-NBP – Poland

•FNV - Netherland

•SIC - France

Reports of the members of the Executive Bureau

•NCB Activites

•Payment Systems

Speech of the Governor

•Problem of competion between U.S., Asia and Europe

•The benchmarking wg

•Problem of concurrency

Reports of the national delegations actualities

•Round Table

•Action to be taken

SCECBU Communication

Presentation of the wed-site

Creation of the Association

« Défense des libertés syndicales »

ESCB Social Dialogue

Debate on the presentation of John Storey report to the ESCB Social dialogue

5-Executive 5-Executive CommisionsCommisions

Observers unions

•NBFS – Norway

•to send to the Governors the report by the TMF Working Group adopted by the majoriy of the members

•to insist on the specific aspect of banknote production, distribution and treatment

•to organise a meeting with the members of the European Parliament in order to discuss with them the future of the Central Banks and the ECB within the framework of the ESCB

•to contact Randzio Plath in order to let her know our problems

•to intervene on the ECB’s report at European Parliament level

•to exchange central bank trade union information in case of conflict

•to demand an interview with Papademos in order to discuss the integration of the adherent countries

•to continue the discussions with the adherent countries and help them to participate in the social dialogue

•To have an interview with the representatives of the social dialogue in order to improve its organisation

•Furthermore, the Executive Commission demands :

•that each member Organisation take contact with the members of the European Parliament of their respective country in order to diffuse Central Bank social aspects as well as their activities ;

•that a special Bureau be implemented with the participation of the Big countries in order to reflect on the Statutes of the Standing Committee ;

•that the Committee stands for the adherent countries keeping them a place ;

•the Organisations compromise to open a discussion at European level and to bring some proposals on all subjects concerning NCBs.

•the Executive Commission voted for the replacement of Tomás Sisón in the Bureau : Jacinto da Cruz was elected member of the Bureau by the Commission

Priority to the Actions

5-Executive 5-Executive CommisionsCommisions

New Guests

•Representative of ths Central Bank of Lithuania

•Representative of the Central Bank of Estonia

Enlargement of Europe

•First presentation and debate among the unions of the central banks from the enlargement of Europe

First speech of the ECB within the Executive Commission

•Presentation of the Common Corporate Culture by Gerald Grisse, General Director of the ECB

Anniversary SCECBU

1964 - 2004

6-TMF Working group6-TMF Working group

6-TMF 6-TMF

Working GroupWorking Group

Roda de Bara TMF wg 2004

Lisbon TMF wg 2003

Lisbon 2003

Protaras 2002

Clermont Ferrand 2001

Roda de Bara 2004

Manual Manual and and

Technical Technical Functions Functions Working Working GroupGroup

7-Trade Union trainings7-Trade Union trainings

and Congress and Congress

6-Trade Union 6-Trade Union Trainings and Trainings and

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Trade Union Trade Union European European

Trainings and Trainings and CongressCongress

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Ragny 2003 – FO Banque de France Training

8-International8-International

Relationships Relationships

8-International 8-International RelationshipsRelationships

François Ballesteros, UNI-Graphical and Alain Descamps

•Exchange of information since many years

•May 2001 : Demand of UNI-Graphical to have 4 seats within the ESCB Social Dialogue structure

•August 2001 : Decision of UNI-Graphical to break off with SCECBU but also UNI-Finance

•One month later, an agreement has been found : two seats as experts have been negotiated with ECB

Relationships with UNI-Graphical

Relationships with UNI-Finance

•Difficulties to find common strategies vis-à-vis the ESCB (Storey report, Closing Statement, …)

•SCECBU refuses all extern overhangs on the decisions or actions taken by itself

•SCECBU do not stop to propose a working group for a common memorandun with UNI-Finance

9-Concerted Actions 9-Concerted Actions

9-Concerted 9-Concerted ActionsActions

FRANKFÜRT Action Day – June 19, 2001

9-Concerted 9-Concerted ActionsActions

FRANKFÜRT Action Day – June 19, 2001

GAND Demonstration – October 19, 2001

FRANKFÜRT Petition – January 16, 2002

MEMORANDUM for EP – January 4, 2004

ASSOCIATION Declared – December 18, 2002

PARIS Demonstration – May 6, 2003

BRUSSELS European Parliament – November 5, 2003

7 CONCERTED ACTIONS HAVE BEEN REALISED

10-Internal Communication 10-Internal Communication

10-Internal 10-Internal CommunicationCommunication

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CONCLUSION

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