European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Feb 2026 | Anna Banczyk Head of Unit | Skills Portability Initiative and VET Strategy | — |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Anna Banczyk Head of Unit | Skills Portability Initiative and VET Strategy | SRC |
| 05 Dec 2025 | Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez Director | The involvement of CESI in the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and the European Semester at national and European level | — |
| 05 Dec 2025 | Maria Teresa Fabregas Fernandez Director | The involvement of CESI in the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and the European Semester at national and European level | SRC |
| 27 May 2025 | Mark Nicklas Head of Unit | Automotive Action Plan | SRC |
| 27 May 2025 | Mark Nicklas Head of Unit | Automotive Action Plan | — |
| 20 May 2025 | Pierpaolo Settembri Cabinet member | Exchange of views on ALE’s priorities on rail | SRC |
| 20 May 2025 | Pierpaolo Settembri Cabinet member | Exchange of views on ALE’s priorities on rail | — |
| 19 Feb 2024 | Ana Carla Pereira Cabinet member | The social partners agreement on digitalization of central public administration | — |
| 19 Feb 2024 | Ana Carla Pereira Cabinet member | The social partners agreement on digitalization of central public administration | SRC |
| 05 Dec 2023 | Joost Korte Director-General | CESI projects | — |
| 05 Dec 2023 | Joost Korte Director-General | CESI projects | SRC |
| 28 Sept 2023 | Joost Korte Director-General | Social dialogue | — |
| 28 Sept 2023 | Joost Korte Director-General | Social dialogue | SRC |
| 26 Apr 2023 | Ana Carla Pereira Cabinet member | EU Care Strategy | — |
| 26 Apr 2023 | Ana Carla Pereira Cabinet member | EU Care Strategy | SRC |
| 01 Feb 2023 | Elena Montani Cabinet member | Exchange of views on forest challenges related to climate change and other drivers of change, and the role of the firefighting profession including its life-saving role | — |
| 01 Feb 2023 | Elena Montani Cabinet member | Exchange of views on forest challenges related to climate change and other drivers of change, and the role of the firefighting profession including its life-saving role | SRC |
| 14 Jun 2022 | Pablo Fabregas Martinez Cabinet member | transport | SRC |
| 14 Jun 2022 | Pablo Fabregas Martinez Cabinet member | transport | — |
| 25 Apr 2022 | Joost Korte Director-General | social services, sectoral social dialogue | SRC |
| 25 Apr 2022 | Joost Korte Director-General | social services, sectoral social dialogue | — |
| 24 Nov 2021 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | social aspects of the Green Deal and Fit for 55 | SRC |
| 24 Nov 2021 | Diederik Samsom Cabinet member | social aspects of the Green Deal and Fit for 55 | — |
| 21 Oct 2021 | Janez Lenarčič Commissioner | European strategy to tackle forest fires | — |
Mission & Goals
The European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI) is a confederation more than 40 member trade union organisations from over 20 European countries, with a total of more than 6 million individual members (figures from July 2025). CESI advocates improved living and working conditions for workers in Europe. CESI's particular strength lies in the public sector but CESI also represents private sector workers. CESI defends trade union pluralism as a core component of freedom and democracy, views non-partisanship as a guiding principle of its work, and strictly adheres to ethical fundamental principles such as integrity, fairness, incorruptibility and transparency. CESI and its members are involved in advocacy work as an interest group and in social dialogue as a recognised European social partner (since 2005), being involved in various EU-level sectoral social dialogue committees.
EU Legislative Interests
CESI follows, most notably, horizontal and sector-specific social and employment policies.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Associations/bodies: Council of Europe (COE) European Policy Centre (EPC) European Movement International (EMI) European Women’s Lobby (EWL) European Youth Forum (YFJ) - Candidate Member Networks: European Sunday Alliance European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA)
Organisation Members
http://www.cesi.org/who-we-are/our-members/