CEEP Annual Work Programme 2012 Update and Outlook

1. CEEPAnnual Work Programme 2012Update and Outlook Meeting of the General Assembly Brussels 15 May 2012

2. Structure of Presentation • Political context • Political vision • Priorities in 2012: SGIs • Priorities in 2012: Social Dialogue • “TO DOs”

3. Political context • EU still in crisis despite slow recovery announced by Spring forecast 2012-2013 • Increased EU framework for economic governance: European Semester, “Six Pack”, Fiscal compact... + involvement of European Social Partners • New equilibrium to be found after elections in France and Greece. • Pact for growth and discussions on the European Social Model are/will be on the agenda • It’s time to act! • Opportunity for a new positioning of CEEP as THE engine of the European Social Model through innovative, competitive and modern public services. • First step: CEEP message ahead of Summit of Heads of State and Government in Brussels 28-29th June

4. Political visionAcquis + and beyond • Position CEEP as leader on discussions on the European Social Model • Build a long term vision on SGIs • Based on the work started beginning of 2011 on the occasion of the Single Market Act • Interpreting the EU legal framework for SGIs providers (after the changes in the Lisbon Treaty) • Create a 2 level message (scientific/generally accessible) and disseminate it as THE reference for SGIs in Europe • Acquis + approach = the backbone of CEEP strategy in the coming months...and beyond

5. Priorities in 2012: SGIs Public procurement and concessions: ensuring an adequate legal framework and legal certainty • Clear recognition of the freedom of authorities to organise the provision of SGIs • Proper definition of the scope of both initiatives • Better definition of in-house/full recognition of public-public cooperation • Flexibility and simplicity for an optimal use of the tools (avoiding additional burden) • An argument to promote the CEEP-CSR label against compulsory social criteria in public procurement • CEEP positioning as the “pragmatic partner” is paying back

6. Priorities in 2012: social dialogue • Working Time Directive: failure of negotiations is not an option. Credibility of European Social Dialogue is at stake. Public Services Employers are the key to the solution • Occupational Pensions: the freedom of employers to organise occupational pensions without additional financial burden must be preserved • Youth Employment: CEEP must do its homework to build up the case of Public Services Employers as promoters of high quality youth employment

7. Our “TO DOs” • Redefine CEEP’s corporate image • Further develop CEEP Communication tools • Externally to EU Institutions and CEEP Partners • Internally to CEEP members • Concentrate on transversal issues while profiting from sectoral expertise: • Intensify the link between cross-sectoral and sectoral social dialogue, use sectoral evidence to support lobby on transversal issues, prevent splitting up of public services by creation of a new set of sectoral social dialogue committees without CEEP • New and more members: essential for finances, vital for representativity!

8. Structure for action We are here! CY IRL LT GR IT LV DK 2012 2013 2014 2015 LE Conference CEEP-CSR awarding LE Conference LEConference “Acquis +” event 2013: IRL, LT 2014: GR, IT 2015: LV, LUX 2016: NL, SR CEEP Congress Dissemination CEEP work on Acquis + : participation in defining the European Social Model 2017: MT, UK 2018: EST, BG 2019: AT, RO 2020: FIN

9. CEEP: Serving the public More than 500,000 enterprises in Europecontribute to more than 26% of EU27 GDP

10. … Thank you for your attention!