Democracy and public governance
Democracy is in distress and levels of trust in public institutions are at an all-time low in many OECD countries.
TUAC engages with the OECD’s Public Governance Committee and the Regulatory Policy Committee to promote freedom of association as a pillar of democracy, as well as the role of social dialogue and of trade unions in the development of active citizenship and vibrant civic space. Sound regulatory policies involving trade unions are also key to improve working conditions and address inequalities, which are key drivers of mistrust.
TUAC’s work in this area is led by Martin Denis. For more information, please contact denis@tuac.org.
New OECD Recommendations on Infrastructure: Good intentions, but missing the point about public goods and social dialogue / Nouvelles recommandations de
(Version française ci-dessous) On 2 November 2020, the OECD launched its new Compendium on Infrastructure Governance. Together with the new OECD Recommendation on the Governance of infrastructure, this new instrument is intended to provide good practices to strengthen infrastructure planning, ...
Giving Substance to Inclusive Growth in Chile
In the week of 13 – 17 July, 2020, the TUAC led activities devoted to improvements in South and Latin American regions. The TUAC held a webinar on Chile – the first of a series of country & regional focused webinars addressing the COVID-19 crisis. The TUAC then ...
2020 ITUC Global Rights Index: Several OECD countries amongst the worst for workers / Indice CSI des droits dans le monde 2020: Plusieurs pays de l’OCDE
The ITUC, sister organisation of the TUAC at the international level, publishes today its much awaited annual report on workers’ rights globally. The 2020 ITUC Global Rights Index details the grim situation faced by workers and a breakdown of the social contract. Across the world, governments ...
OECD brief on COVID-19 health policy responses and a dire reminder of the need for well-funded universal healthcare
As health systems are facing the biggest health crisis in a century, countries are scrambling to find effective policies to combat the spread of the COVID-19 disease. The dramatic situations across OECD countries created by the pandemic if any show the crucial need for well-funded public health ...
TUAC Resolution on Chile / Resolución de la TUAC sobre Chile
The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, meeting on its 143rd session of the Plenary, expresses deep concern about the treatment of the massive social protest in Chile marked by the severe lack of social dialogue by government authorities with independent and democratically ...
OECD Declaration on Public Sector Innovation – a missed opportunity to stress the importance of social dialogue in the public sector
The OECD Ministerial Council Meeting on 22-23 May 2019 approved a Declaration on Public Sector Innovation. While the Declaration offers valuable objectives and goals for government action and public sector, the OECD text agreed fails to take sufficiently into account social dialogue principles, the ...
TUAC comments on integrity in state-owned enterprises and privatisations
At a recent meeting of the OECD Working Party on State Ownership and Privatisation Practices (14 November 2018), the TUAC submitted written comments on on-going OECD work on anti-corrution and integrity for state-owned enterprises and on privatisation. The TUAC supports the OECD work on ...
Download (192.22 KB)Bringing Social Inclusion at the Heart of the OECD Work
On the occasion of the 40th session of the OECD Regional Development Policy Committee on 7 and 8 November 2018, the TUAC called upon the OECD to focus on social inclusion and just transitions in the run-up to a Regional Policy Ministerial in Spring 2019 which among others aims at defining broad ...
TUAC AND PSI INTERVENTION AT OECD’S HEALTH COMMITTEE ON “SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO INNOVATIVE MEDECINE”
The OECD’s Health Committee is currently analyzing the challenges member states are facing in ensuring sustainable access to new and innovative treatments to all those in need. On the occasion of the 22nd meeting of the Health Committee on the 11th of December, TUAC and PSI urged the OECD ...
