EIGHTH
EUROPEAN MEETING OF EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP
BRUSSELS 18 MAY 2009
Employee
ownership and the financial crisis
The financial crisis brings
new impulses for employee ownership development.
Firstly, restructuring and rescuing distressed
companies are usually a major field for employee
ownership solutions. Secondly depressed assets
bring new opportunities for investors, including
employee owners. Finally, employee ownership should more effectively be associated to the governance and
management of European companies, shifting the
focus from shorter to the long-term vision.
The new "Economic Survey of Employee Ownership
in European Countries in 2008" was published
during the meeting, giving the exact picture of
employee ownership on the threshold of the financial
crisis.
What is the feeling amongst employee owners? What about ownership? share
ownership? employee ownership? Relics of the past
or new opportunities? What about the future? A
roundtable gathered witnesses from various countries.
Which changes at policy level? Germany was just voting a new legislation
for employee share ownership some weeks ago. The
Italian Senate discusses a new project…
This is also the context of our "Manifesto for the 2009 European Parliament Elections".
All
presentations of the conference
-
Programme
of the Meeting
- Economic
Survey of Employee Ownership in European Countries
in 2008
- Employee
Participation in Voestalpine (Austria)
- Employee Share Ownership in Vivendi (France):
Coming
- Employee
Share Plans in the UK
- How
Mondragon Corporación faces the global
crisis (Spain)
- Shares
to Employees in Veidekke (Norway)
- The
European Employee Ownership Top 100 rankings in
2008
- Political
Answers to the EFES' Manifesto for the European
Election 2009
- New
legislation in Slovenia
- New
legislation in Germany and the need for a European
ESOP
- Discussions
in Italian Senate
- Ieke
van den Burg, Member of the European Parliament:
Questions and answers from the European Commission
Reports
and pictures of the conference
- Report
of the Meeting
- Pictures
of the meeting
- Osma
konferenca Evropske federacije lastništva zaposlenih
Economic
Survey of Employee Ownership in European Countries
in 2008
The
full Annual Economic Survey of Employee Ownership
in European Countries was published on May 18,
2009. It is available both in electronic or paper
version. More
information
The
European Employee Ownership TOP 100 in 2008
Here
are the new rankings or the European top companies
regarding employee ownership in 2008. Detailed
information
Programme
and practical information
The Eighth European Meeting of Employee Ownership
was held in the prestigious Egmont Palace in the
center of Brussels. Programme
of the Meeting
Registration and pratical information
