European Center for Workers' Questions
Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 11.7 ″ N , 7 ° 11 ′ 2.4 ″ E
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| legal form | Non-profit society |
| founding | January 29, 1985 |
| Seat | Koenigswinter |
| main emphasis | Employee issues, European social dialogue |
| Action space | Belgium , Bulgaria , Denmark , Germany , Estonia , France , Greece , Italy , Croatia , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Netherlands , North Macedonia , Austria , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Switzerland , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Czech Republic , Ukraine , Hungary , United Kingdom , Cyprus |
| Chair | Luc Van den Brande |
| Website | www.eza.org |
The European Center for Workers ' Questions (EZA) is a European network of 70 workers' organizations from 30 countries. The secretariat is located in Königswinter. EZA members are workers' organizations as well as educational and research institutions that deal with employee issues and refer to Christian-social values. These in turn have a total of around eight million members. In addition, EZA has other partners in Europe and maintains relationships with employee organizations in other regions.
The work of EZA is funded by the European Union .
aims
With its work, EZA pursues two central goals:
- Promotion of the social dialogue , an instrument for the promotion of social partnership and policy advice to the European Union, and the associated examination of social challenges at European level
- Promoting the social and economic development of society and the integration of Europe in the labor sector
Against this background, EZA wants to contribute to the solution of employee and social issues, whereby it pays special attention to the socially disadvantaged. Education in particular is seen as a means of contributing to better social cohesion in Europe. This is intended to counteract social inequality .
activity
Together with its member centers and partners, EZA conducts around 70 seminars every year on relevant current issues of the European social dialogue in order to identify possible solutions. The topics include, for example, the future of a social Europe, the European pillar of social rights , capacity building, digitization , new industrial relations and forms of employment, safety and health protection at work, structural challenges in the labor market , equal opportunities for women and men, the compatibility of family and work as well the migration of workers and refugees.
EZA's target group are multipliers and those responsible for employee organizations. For managers and employees of employee organizations, EZA also offers courses to deepen and expand skills and knowledge in a European context.
In addition, it advises its members and partners on the development of projects for the implementation of European educational measures and promotes topic-oriented networks and platforms among the members and other organizations.
history
EZA was founded on January 29, 1985 in Brussels . The aim was to make employee training on a Christian-social basis possible across Europe. Members were initially ten organizations from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Austria and Switzerland.
Bodies
The bodies of EZA are the General Assembly and the Board of Directors.
The General Assembly consists of full members, associate members, observers and the board members. Associate members and observers take part in an advisory capacity. The general assembly's tasks include electing the board of directors.
The Board of Directors consists of the President, the Co-President, at least five Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, at least seven assessors, the Secretary General and three auditors. He is elected for four years. The duties of the Board of Directors include the election of the Secretary General, the acceptance of the annual activity and financial report and the admission of members.
The General Secretary is elected by the Board of Directors for four years and runs the business together with the Secretariat.
President
- 1985–1988: Wolfgang Vogt , Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Germany
- 1988–1995: Miet Smet , State Secretary for the Environment, Social Emancipation, Employment and Labor and from March 1992 Minister for Employment and Labor in Belgium
- 1995–1998: Arie Hordijk, former general secretary of the Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond (CNV) in the Netherlands
- 1998–2006: Leo Pauwels, formerly in the ACW (Koepel van Christelijke Werknemersorganisaties) in Belgium
- 2006–2011: Raf Chanterie , former member of the European Parliament, Belgium
- 2011–2018: Bartho Pronk, former member of the European Parliament, Netherlands
- since 2018: Luc Van den Brande, former Minister of Labor of Belgium, former Prime Minister of Flanders
Co-presidents
since 2010: Piergiorgio Sciacqua, representative of MCL (Movimento Cristiano Lavoratori) / EFAL (Ente Nazionale per la Formazione e l'Addestramento dei Lavoratori), Italy
Honorary President
since 2006: Leo Pauwels, formerly in the ACW (Koepel van Christelijke Werknemersorganisaties) in Belgium since 2018: Bartho Pronk, former member of the European Parliament, Netherlands
Publications
In addition to project and annual reports, EZA publishes the series of articles on Social Dialogue and the European Social Dialogue educational program . The EZA Aktuell newsletter , which reports on the work of EZA, is also published quarterly .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c What is EZA? European Center for Workers' Questions, accessed February 17, 2013 .
- ↑ What does EZA do? European Center for Workers' Questions, accessed February 17, 2013 .