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The European Trade Union Institute is the independent research and training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) which itself affiliates European trade unions into a single European umbrella organisation. The ETUI places its expertise - acquired in particular in the context of its links with universities, academic and expert networks - in the service of workers' interests at European level and of the strengthening of the social dimension of the European Union.
The Institute is composed of three departments:
The ETUI conducts studies on socio-economic topics and industrial relations and monitors European policy developments of strategic importance for the world of labour. It creates, what is more, bridges between the academic sphere, the world of research and the trade union movement in order to encourage independent research on topics of decisive relevance to the world of labour.
The ETUI encourages training and learning activities. It provides the ETUC and its affiliates with programmes and exchanges that strengthen the European trade union identity.
The ETUI provides technical assistance in the field of health and safety with a view to achieving a high level of occupational health and safety protection for workers throughout Europe.
In the pursuit of its missions, a scientific council composed of twenty-two members, most of them academics, has been set up to contribute to the Institute's medium-term strategy.
The ETUI is a non-profit international association under Belgian law, employing a staff of some 70 persons from all over Europe. It receives financial support from the European Union.
The main role of the ETUI Research department is to conduct intellectually independent research on issues that are of strategic importance for the labour movement across Europe.
By carrying out this role ETUI ensures that:
To conduct research, ETUI brings together networks of European researchers from across the European union.
Research areas cover labour law, worker representation, collective bargaining, industrial restructuring, relocation, social and wage dumping, the application of European Union directives (such as the European Works Council Directive), social dialogue, the drive for quality employment, the growing financialisation of the economy and its implications for employment, the issue of flexicurity (reconciling flexibility with security) and the social and economic impact of the privatisation and marketisation of service sector employment.
It also analyses how European trade unions recruit their members and what strategies they have to attract young people, migrant workers and women.
