Presidium reinstates CESI Commissions and Expert Commissions, establishes new 'CESI Seniors'

Until the next Congress, foreseen in 2029, CESI will continue to maintain the following Commissions and Expert Commissions:

• Commission on Employment and Social Affairs (SOC)
• Commission on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
• Expert Commission on Public Administrations (PA)
• Expert Commission on Education, Training and Research (EDUC)
• Expert Commission on Health Services (SAN)
• Expert Commission on Defence (DEF)
• Expert Commission on Post and Telecoms (P&T)

Commissions and Expert Commissions usually meet once or twice per year and bring together representatives from interested member organisations. They act as fora for exchange of views, expertise and information on topical subject matters between CESI’s members and for deliberation and debate with politicians, stakeholder, academics and representatives of national and EU institutions and agencies. All Commissions and Expert Commissions will elect their President and Vice-Presidents at their respective constitute meetings later this year.

The Presidium also decided to re-instate CESI’s Working Group on the Future of Work, which operates in the frame of the SOC Commission and was first set up in 2020. It brings together various debates circling around the future of work in CESI’s trade union network and prepares CESI’s interest representation in this area. Like in the previous years, it will be led by Sara Rinaudo (Confsal, Italy).

Further information about CESI’s Commissions, Expert Commissions and Working Group structure is available here.

In line with a motion adopted at CESI’s last Congress, the Presidium also put in place a new ‘CESI Seniors’ platform, which will act as a voice of older wokers and retirees/pensioners within CESI. Its constitutive process will be initiated soon.