European Federation for Services to Individuals
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2025 | Eva Schultz Cabinet member | Meeting on personal and household services | — |
| 21 May 2025 | Eva Schultz Cabinet member | Meeting on personal and household services | SRC |
| 25 Nov 2020 | Astrid Dentler Cabinet member | - Personal and household services - Ageing - Work-life balance - Care drain | SRC |
| 25 Nov 2020 | Astrid Dentler Cabinet member | - Personal and household services - Ageing - Work-life balance - Care drain | — |
| 24 Nov 2020 | Nora Bednarski Cabinet member | Exchange of views on current topics | — |
| 24 Nov 2020 | Nora Bednarski Cabinet member | Exchange of views on current topics | SRC |
| 19 Oct 2020 | Andrea Nahles Cabinet member | Social dialogue | — |
| 19 Oct 2020 | Andrea Nahles Cabinet member | Social dialogue | SRC |
| 07 Jul 2020 | Ruth Paserman Cabinet member | Support to personal household services | SRC |
| 07 Jul 2020 | Ruth Paserman Cabinet member | Support to personal household services | — |
| 02 Mar 2020 | Ana Carla Pereira Cabinet member | European Pillar of Social Rights | — |
| 02 Mar 2020 | Ana Carla Pereira Cabinet member | European Pillar of Social Rights | SRC |
| 17 Feb 2020 | Vesna Loncaric Cabinet member | - Personal Household Services in the context of work-life balance - Recognition, funding, skills, and digital solutions related to Personal Household Services - International initiatives relating to domestic services - Demographic developments in the sector of Personal Household Services, “care drain” | — |
| 17 Feb 2020 | Vesna Loncaric Cabinet member | - Personal Household Services in the context of work-life balance - Recognition, funding, skills, and digital solutions related to Personal Household Services - International initiatives relating to domestic services - Demographic developments in the sector of Personal Household Services, “care drain” | SRC |
| 18 May 2018 | Piet van Nuffel Cabinet member | New statistical report on PHS | — |
| 18 May 2018 | Piet van Nuffel Cabinet member | New statistical report on PHS | SRC |
| 14 Dec 2015 | Eric Mamer Cabinet member | DSM | — |
| 14 Dec 2015 | Eric Mamer Cabinet member | DSM | SRC |
Mission & Goals
The European Federation for Services to Individuals (EFSI) represents the Personal and Household Services’ (PHS) sector at the European level. Actively operating through its members across 21 EU Member States, it brings together PHS national trade associations, employers’ organisations, providers, and companies involved in the enhancement of personal and household services. Moreover, EFSI is recognised by its trade unions counterparts as PHS employers’ organisations representative. Established in 2006, the EFSI’s mission is to foster a favourable environment for the PHS sector in Europe, especially by improving the image and perception of the sector and promoting adequate policies in support of its development. Furthermore, EFSI’s Members vision is to ensure that the specificities of the sector are acknowledged and guarantee that the provision, access to high quality and affordable PHS services are granted resulting from adequate economic, social, and legal conditions.
EU Legislative Interests
-Implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and related initiatives, -Work of the European Platform on undeclared work / European Labour Authority, -European Care Strategy, -Social Dialogue -European Commission's initiatives related to work-life balance, -Gender equality -Migration -European Commission annual work programme, -European Fund for Strategic Investment, -All initiatives related to personal and household services (PHS).
Communication Activities
During the year 2024, EFSI has actively followed the implementation of the European Care Strategy, with a focus on decent working conditions for all domestic workers, access to affordable and quality PHS services, suitable legal and financial frameworks and the specificities of live-in care work. As 2024 was also the year of the EU elections, EFSI was also involved in campaigns to share its memorandum and organise meetings with policy-makers. Furthermore, it contributed to the implementation of PHS Social Partners work programme 2023-2024 and the PHS Dialogue project, Care4Care project events in Spain to develop the policy proposals on the care sector at the EU level.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
EFSI is an Observer member of AGE Platform Europe and a member of the ESAE. In addition it's also integrated in the Care Alliance led by Coface, and the network of PICUM.
Organisation Members
The full list of EFSI's members can be found here : https://www.efsi-europe.eu/about-us/members/