WORKER ETUI the European Worker Participation Fund the European Worker Participation Competence Centre

worker ETUI ● the European Worker Participation Fund ● created by ETUC resolution October 2008 ● arrangement for 2 years, renewed for 3 years in 2011 ● managed by Board of Trustees 7+ members ○ general secretary ETUC Bernadette Ségol ○ general secretaries ETUF Ulrich Eckelmann (EMF) Oliver Roethig (UNI europa) Sam Hägglund (EFBWW) ○ national ETUC member organisations Nikolaus Simon (HBS-DGB) Dario Ilossi (CISL/CGIL/UIL) Thorkild E. Jensen (LO Denmark) Katarina Björk (Unionen)

worker ETUI ● the European Worker Participation Fund ● partial transfer of board members remuneration gross remuneration - tax trade union (institution) EWPF ≤ 3500 EUR 10%+ > 3500 EUR 90%+ 50 %+ non TU members

worker ETUI ● the European Worker Participation Fund ● to support the SE board level reps to promote the concept of workers participation ● located inside the ETUI ● budget local trade unions and institutions must serve same objective in partnership with ETUI ● budget can be used for projects organised by ETUF, local TU, SE WC... ● work programme to be carried out by cluster called the European Worker Participation Competence Centre EWPF Board of Trustees € EWPCC seminars books experts workshops contacts

worker ETUI ● the European Worker Participation Competence Centre ● to support European workers representatives ○ board level reps & SE WC & EWC ○ seminars and training ○ advisory services ○ research on development of workers participation ○ documentation, brochures, handbooks admin & finance researchhealth & safetyeducation EWPCC communication & publication

worker ETUI ● EWPCC achievements ● expertise ○ SE Europe Network ○ SE database ○ GoodCorp ○ ● conferences and training ○ annual conference Vienna (2009) Amsterdam (2010) Warsaw (2011) ○ workshops for trainers Runö (2009) Helsingör (2010) Hamburg (2011) ○ training for board members Brussels (confidentiality) London (financial analysis) ○ Equens SE : linking the European and the national level

worker ETUI ● EWPCC achievements ● publications ○ Worker Participation 2030 ○ The Sustainable Company ○ the handbook for practitioners ○ manuals for European representatives ○ corporate law and co-determination rights ● research ○ Corporate Governance and the voice of labour ○ comparative analysis of the transposition of the EWC directive ○ the employee participation index ○ SE before/after study

worker ETUI ● situation SE creation September BL 76 I&C 189 NORMAL 498 UFO 96 EMPTY 126 SHELF 909 EUROPEAN COMPANIES

worker ETUI ● situation SE creation September 2011

worker ETUI ● situation SE creation September SEs established in 22 countries

worker ETUI 11 ● sectors with ‘normal’ SEs

worker ETUI 12 ● board level representation ● Germany Allianz, Allianz Managed Operations & Services, BASF, Bilfinger- Berger, BP Europa, Clariant, Dekra, DVB Bank, E.on-Energy Trading, GfK, Knauf Interfer, Lenze, MAN Diesel & Turbo, MAN, Pfeiffer & May, Porsche Automobil Holding, PUMA, Q-Cells, Renolit, REpower Systems, RKW, SCA Hygiene Products, SGL Carbon, Surteco, Tesa, Wacker Neuson, Warema, WILO ● Austria Bauholding STRABAG, Plansee ● France Burgeap Igip Holding, Mutavie, SCOR (4 SEs) ● Cyprus Prosafe ● Hungary Wamsler

worker ETUI Internet resources

14 worker ETUI Internet resources