1. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives

2. ● EWPCC ● WEBSITES ● RESEARCH ● TRAINING 2

3. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives ● EWPCC : the European Worker Participation Competence Centre ● founded in 2008 ● part of the ETUI ● support of European workers’ representatives (expertise, training, publications…) ● financed by the (partial) transfer of remuneration of board-level employee representatives in European Companies (SE) Aline Hoffman Lut Coremans coordinator assistant 3

4. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives ● EWPCC initiatives ● workshops for trainers of BLER ● annual conference Brussels, Vienna, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Rome ● workshops on climate change, corporate governance, CSR ● training for BLER on confidentiality, financial analysis, German regulations for non-German BLER ● book publications

5. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives ● EWPCC ● WEBSITES ● RESEARCH ● TRAINING 5

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10. ● EWPCC ● WEBSITES ● RESEARCH ● TRAINING 10

11. 11 ETUI support for European Workers Representatives ● ETUI RESEARCH 3 units unit 1 : Europeanisation of Industrial Relations unit 2 : Economic, Employment and Social Policies unit 3 : Analysis, Research and Forward Studies legal experts company strategies ewcdb BLER SE national TUs Aline Hoffman head of unit 1

12. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives ● EWPCC ● WEBSITES ● RESEARCH ● TRAINING 12

13. TARGET GROUPS ● 1020 European Works Councils ● Special Negotiating Bodies (currently ~61) ● Representative Bodies in 89 SEs ● BLER in 48 SE boards ETUI support for European Workers Representatives 13 ¹Source : www.ewcdb.eu and www.worker-participation.euwww.ewcdb.euwww.worker-participation.eu

14. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives ● 1.07.2007 start full-time EWC training scope BD 7/07 – 12/12 ● statistics 71611 34 22 16 34 26 4154 14 32 55

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17. training at national or European level ? ETUI support for European Workers Representatives ??? EWC 17

18. 18 ETUI support for European Workers Representatives the EWC = the centre of a communication network training objective : SE WC EWC SC central mgtlocal mgt national representatives local staff national unions European trade union federations supervisory board influence decisions  speak with one voice collectively represent the interests of the employees

19. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives 19 BASICS legal framework how to enforce EWC rights when is an issue transnational? evaluation of own EWC practice what is expected of the workers’ representatives and of management? developing a work programme the content of an EWC agreement tasks and rights of a Special Negotiating Body BASICS legal framework how to enforce EWC rights when is an issue transnational? evaluation of own EWC practice what is expected of the workers’ representatives and of management? developing a work programme the content of an EWC agreement tasks and rights of a Special Negotiating Body SNB

20. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives 20 SPECIAL THEMES employee representation systems intercultural communication case studies linking European and local level cross-border cooperation planning and running a meeting experiences of other EWCs policies and priorities of the European federations roleplay SPECIAL THEMES employee representation systems intercultural communication case studies linking European and local level cross-border cooperation planning and running a meeting experiences of other EWCs policies and priorities of the European federations roleplay CGIL CISL, UIL CCOO STV-ELA UGT-E USO CGTP-IN UGT-P EAKL TALO

21. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives 21 future? ADVANCED company strategies European institutions sustainability & CSR financial analysis court cases English/French courses e-learning health & safety and much more… ADVANCED company strategies European institutions sustainability & CSR financial analysis court cases English/French courses e-learning health & safety and much more…

22. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives 22 Bruno Demaître European works councils Special Negotiating Bodies Coordination Gabriela Portela language training French/English Marie Caraj special themes European works councils Marina Gordijn administration and organisational preparation Jean-Claude LeDouaron coordination of the European trade union federations European Works Councils external trainers experts Ljuba Radman

23. ETUI support for European Workers Representatives ● support for ETUF and national federations ● new evolutions ● pathways ● educational units ● SugarSync materials ● N.E.T. members from FR/UK/CEE ? ● « open » EWC seminars ○ June 2013 : training for new EWC members in Vilnius ○ October 2013 : training for experienced EWC members in Madrid on communication, cooperation with CCOO ● annual BLER training in Vienna March 2014 23

24. red flyer for download http://www.etui.org/Training/Our-leaflets contact Bruno Demaître ewctraining@etui.org +32-2-2240 491 +32-476-54 09 90 24