On June 14, CESI’s internal members’ Expert Commission ‘Public Administrations’ convened for its constitutive meeting following CESI’s Congress in December last year, endorsing the appointment by CESI’s Presidium of Otto Aiglsperger (Eurofedop/GÖD), Carlos Martínez (CSIF) and Andreas Hemsing (dbb/komba) as its new President and Vice-Presidents.

CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger said: “We are very glad to have Otto Aiglsperger, Carlos Martínez and Andreas Hemsing on board as new leaders of our standing Expert Commission on Public Administrations. All three are leading personalities in major national unions and possess a rich experience in social dialogue and interest representation of public sector employees and civil servants. Their insights will help CESI remain a powerful voice of public sector staff towards the EU institutions.”

The meeting marked an important moment in CESI’s future engagements as a European interest group and social partner, raising awareness and gathering support to launch a new campaign on building a strong EU public sector agenda in the post-Covid recovery measures in the Member States. Otto Aiglsperger noted: “If we want the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility to create a resilient and performing Europe, then important investments must flow into the public services, for they keep the state running in times of crisis. In Austria, for instance, 46% EU funds under the Facility are planned to be spent on climate change measures and 41% on digitalisation. Both are important policy fields, but the public service dimension must not be forgotten in the Member States.”

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