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Public Services International

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Public Services International
Organization's acronym:	PSI
Former Name(s):	ZAP
Address:	45, avenue Voltaire BP 09 F-01211 Ferney-Voltaire Cedex France
Phone:	+33.450.40.64.64
Fax:	+33.450.40.73.20
Email:	psi@world-psi.org
Web site:	https://publicservices.international/
Organization type:	Trade union
Languages:	French

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Coorporate Accountability Debt Relief Development Energy Environment Governance Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples International Law Labour Least Developed Countries Migration Minority Rights New Global Institutions Population Private Sector Social Development Statistics Sustainable Development Taxation Policy Trade and Development Values Water Women Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and armed conflict Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women in power and decision-making Population: International migration Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Public Service and Management Innovation Social Development: Employment Information and Communications Technologies Social policy Youth Sustainable Development: Capacity-building Climate change Energy Gender equality Health Partnerships Trade and environment
Geographic scope:	International
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Excerpts from the PSI CONSTITUTION (adopted November 2012). PREAMBLE Public Services International (PSI) is a global trade union federation (GUF) that works in cooperation with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Council of Global Unions to defend and promote rights and interests of public sector employees. PSI is founded on the principle of solidarity between public sector employees throughout the world. PSI is independent of any government, political party or ideological or religious grouping. ARTICLE 1: PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES PSI promotes universal access to quality public services and upholds democratic, human, labour and environmental rights worldwide PSI advocates for social justice through the United Nations system, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), and in partnership with other labour and civil society allies. PSI promotes dialogue, international cooperation and solidarity as the means of solving global problems. PSI works through sharing of resources, representation of affiliates, capacity-building, coordinating the activities of affiliates and facilitating reciprocal support. PSI cooperates with all its affiliates, other GUFs and other organisations in pursuing common economic, social, labour and political objectives. The trade unions affiliated to PSI accept its fundamental principles and respect the plurality of affiliated unions. In a spirit of unity, PSI affiliates work together, applying a diversity of actions, for the practical achievement of PSI’s objectives. PSI commits to: Quality Public Services PSI promotes and defends the creation and development of quality public services delivered by public employees, which: - guarantee equal access; - are affordable; - are democratically accountable to all people; - provide for social justice; - ensure sustainable development and a better quality of life for all citizens. Union Development/Capacity-building PSI enhances the capacity of public sector trade unions with a view to organise and: - to achieve full trade union rights for all public sector workers; - to influence governments; - to be self-sufficient and responsible for their own policy and priorities, leading to independence and sustainability through increased membership and functioning democratic structures. Trade Union and Human Rights PSI fights for respect for trade union and other basic human freedoms and rights, democracy, and social justice throughout the world. Peace and Freedom PSI fights for peace, freedom and self-determination for all people in the struggle for social progress throughout the world, including the elimination of the social and economic inequalities between industrialised and developing countries and of exploitation perpetrated by various nations, global financial institutions and transnational corporations. Equality, Equity and Diversity a) PSI promotes equality, equity and diversity, and combats all forms of racism and of bias or discrimination due to gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, religion, political opinion, social or economic status, or national or ethnic origin. b) PSI aims at integrating equality and equity policies and practices in all aspects of its work, actions and structures. c) PSI, in its work, strives towards promoting and implementing the ILO convention No 169, through increasing the active participation of indigenous peoples in its Action Programme. d) PSI is committed to achieving at least 50% women’s representation in its own structures and expects all affiliates to strive towards the attainment of equal representation of women and men in their own decision-making bodies.
Year established (YYYY):	1907
Year of registration (YYYY):	1997
Organizational structure:	Public Services International (PSI) is the global union federation for public sector trade unions. Founded in 1907, PSI currently represents 673 affiliated trade unions in 153 countries around the world. PSI is represented in its four regions (Africa and Arab countries; Asia-Pacific; Inter-America and Europe) by regional and sub-regional offices, with its headquarters in Ferney-Voltaire, France, on the Swiss border, close to Geneva. PSI coordinates union activity to ensure respect for workers’ rights, and defends social and economic justice through universal access to quality public services. PSI campaigns to improve the quality of public services, working with international organisations, national governments, consumer lobbies, community organisations, non-governmental organisations and unions from other sectors. PSI works closely with the International Trade Union Confederation and with other sister global unions which constitute the Council of Global Unions. PSI works actively with the International Labour Office in Geneva and participates in the annual International Labour Conference, both in the preparatory stages and during the Conference, to ensure that public sector and workers’ issues are addressed adequately.
Number and type of members:	PSI has currently (December 2013) 674 affiliated unions in 153 countries and territories around the world, representing workers in the public services. Together, the affiliated unions represent more than 20 million public sector workers, providing services in central government, health and social care, municipal and community services and public water, energy and waste utilities.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

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Non-governmental organization