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.
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 ...
Regulatory quality for whom and for what?
The OECD way of defining “good regulation” has traditionally been pro-business, pro-trade. But things could change. Hopefully. In October 2015 the OECD released the first edition of a new publication: the Regulatory Policy Outlook. The report develops at length the good practices that should ...
Trade Union Statement to the OECD Public Governance Ministerial Meeting
The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) and the Public Services International (PSI) issue a joint Trade Union Statement to the OECD Public Governance Ministerial in Helsinki on 28 October 2015. The Ministerial sets out to help strengthen public governance institutions and rules to ...
