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Privatisation

Trade Unions and Civil Society Welcome the Introduction of the Human Right to Water into the Constitution of Slovenia

11 January 2017

Last November, the National Assembly of Slovenia passed an amendment to its Constitution to include a new article that recognizes the Human Right to Water. The amendment affirms water should be treated as a public good managed by the state, not as a commodity, and that drinking water must be supplied by the public sector on a not-for-profit basis.

Privatization Watch - 14/2016

09 December 2016
Photo: ITPI Privatization is when there is less public control, fewer regulations, and more governance by market forces" Donald Cohen, ITPI

An overview of global trends in privatization of public services. Privatization Watch - Issue 14/2016

Jornada de evaluación del proyecto Union to Union

06 December 2016

En el marco del proyecto LO-TCO (actualmente Union to Union) se llevó a cabo la jornada de evaluación de esta iniciativa que involucra a las afiliadas de Paraguay del sector energía, municipales, salud y universidades.

School support services and the World Bank’s penchant for privatization

01 December 2016

The World Bank highlights its “Economics of Education” as a responsible approach toward meeting “excess demand” for education in developing countries. This approach serves to justify the World Bank’s penchant for privatization of public education.

Privatisation in education and human rights

30 November 2016
Children at a slum school in Nairobi, Kenya

Everline Aketch, NUEI, Uganda, and a member of the PSI Education Support and Cultural Workers’ coordinating committee, represented PSI at a global meeting on privatization in education and human rights, held in Nairobi, Kenya, 5-11 September 2016.

Event: The Role of Public Service Trade Unions in achieving Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities

Date: 
8 December, 2016 to 9 December, 2016

Achieving Decent Work for All, and realising the Sustainable Development Goals, requires focussed work to include persons with disabilities. This PSI meeting, with the support of ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) and the Gender, Equality and Diversity branch (GED), is an opportunity to develop knowledge, awareness and advocacy relevant for a range of actors in their governance, actions and aims.

Privatization Watch - 13/2016

03 November 2016
Photo: TTIP and CETA demonstrations in September, Vienna, Austria. Photo: Christoph Liebentritt/Global 2000 – Creative Commons.

An overview of global trends in privatization of public services. Privatization Watch - Issue 13/2016

Privatization Watch - 12/2016

19 October 2016
IMF / World Bank Annual Meetings. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim; IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank – Creative Commons

An overview of global trends in privatization of public services. Privatization Watch - Issue 12/2016

Leaked EU TiSA demands reveal “do as we say, not as we do” doctrine

14 October 2016

Today’s release of the EU’s demands of developing countries in the TISA negotiations highlights the double standards within the EU, says Public Services International. While the European Commission tries to convince the European public that its approach to trade agreements safeguards European public services it simultaneously demands that developing countries public services are undermined.

Privatization Watch - Issue 11/2016

07 October 2016
Profit from pain is inhumane - Photo UMWomen - Creative Commons

An overview of global trends in privatization of public services. Privatization Watch Issue 11/2016