CESI Board

In its meeting of 25th November 2002 the Board of CESI welcomed two new affiliates: Confederação Geral dos Sindicatos Independentes (CGSI), i.e. the General Confederation of Independant Trade Unions, from Portugal and Latvijas Arstniecibas un aprupes darbinieku arodsavienbia (LAADA), i.e. the Latvian Nursing and Health Care Personnel Trade Union. The Portuguese CGSI is an umbrella organization of independent trade unions with a focus on the education sector. The Latvian LAADA represents members from the health sector.

Apart from that, the Board adopted the budget for 2003. In addition, the provisional work programme for the upcoming year was presented. The Presidents of the USSP (Public Sector Association) and the Private Sector Association gave progress reports on their work. The Board then adopted statements on the latest communications of the European Commission regarding employment policy and a framework for the promotion of employee financial participation, as well as on the Commissions' report "Employment in Europe 2002". A discussion paper by CESI's affiliate FFPE on the future of Europe was adopted, too. These papers can be found in the documents section.