GMEECO II

“Requirements and Perspectives of the GENERAL MOTORS EUROPE EMPLOYEES COOPERATION II - (GMEECO II)”
Establishing the General Motors Europe Employees' Task Force to strengthen social dialogue

The Project is co-financed by the European Commission - budget heading 04030303

Staff Networking Policy Project

The increasing "Europeanisation“ of economic and social developments in Europe means that the trade unions are increasingly faced with the need to develop a European profile, inter alia, in connection with the recruitment and training of their staff. At its last Congress in Prague, in 2003, the EMF set itself the task of initiating a project to activate networking with regard to staffing policy at European level.

This led to the setting up of an EMF "Staff Networking Project“ Work Group, which has had a number of meetings over the last 18 months and has focussed primarily on the exchange of staffing and organisational development concepts, including, in par­ticular:

• Continuing training for trade union officers
• The development of the new generation
• Language course concepts
• The “Europeanisation” of personnel (HR) work
• Development of union membership

The Work Group has also looked at the question of how to expand the hitherto luke­warm efforts to develop a European staff exchange programme between sister organisations.

For more infomation, contact Bruno Berghmans.

Joint EMF and DGB Bildungswerk project

„Strengthening of the Social Dialogue in South-Eastern Europe through CSR instruments“

The EMF and DGB Bildungswerk with the financial support of the European Commission launched recently a joint project for the EMF affiliates in the South-Eastern Europe.

The project initiative is primarily aimed at trade unions and workers’ representatives from the Acceding and Candidate Countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Croatia and Macedonia.

The project aims are:
• Stocktaking and analysis of the actual situation and recent developments in the metal industry both in the region as a whole and in the respective countries, as well as forecasts for the future
• Broadening of worker representatives’ and trade unionists’ knowledge and improvement of their skills in relation to various CSR instruments and their use in the Social Dialogue process
• Establishing networks, improving communication and information as well as strengthening cross-border co-operation

Five workshops will be organized in the respective countries. The project will be accompanied by a survey, which will provide better knowledge of metal industry in the region. A closing conference should be held in spring 2007 to evaluate project results and settle future work objectives.

For further information please contact:
Peter Scherrer, General Secretary
Alicja Masievic, Junior Adviser

EMF-China

EMF China Project
The EMF carried out research on the future of European metal industries in 2006. Information about the project can be found here.

EMF and China related policies
The EMF also monitors China on a regular basis and posts information here.

For more information, please contact Caroline Jacobsson.

Other projects

The EMF is also involved in other EU-funded projects. You find information about them in this section.