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Txosten hau Laneko Demokraziari buruzko Goi Mailako Adituen Nazioarteko Batzordeari esleitutako hiru misioen inguruan egituratzen da.

Lehen misioa Espainian laneko demokraziaren egungo egoera ebaluatzea da, Konstituzioaren 129.2 artikuluan jasotako konpromiso historikoa aintzat hartuta. Horrek, I.A atalean, artikulu horren bilakaera historikoaren azterketa eta Espainiako egoeraren testuingururatzea eskatzen du, Europako esparru zabalagoan kokatuta. I.B atalean, jakintza multzo bat garatzen da, zeinak erakusten baitu laneko demokrazia erantzun eraginkorra izan daitekeela gaur egun gizateriaren aurrean dauden erronka nagusiei aurre egiteko, hala nola desberdintasun ekonomiko muturrari, baliabide naturalen gehiegizko ustiapenari eta lehiari lankidetzaren gainetik lehentasuna emateari, besteak beste.

Bigarren misioa, II.A atalean lantzen dena, Espainiako ekonomiaren trantsiziorako ibilbide bat marraztea da, laneko demokraziarantz. Helburua da enpresek demokratizaziorantz aurrera egin dezaten bide-orri argi bat definitzea.

Hirugarren misioa, II.B atalean jorratzen dena, politika publikoko tresna zehatzak identifikatzea da —hala nola zergak, dirulaguntzak, finantza-tresna berriak eta langileen eskubideei buruzko legeria—, eta eztabaida publiko emankorra sustatuko duten proposamen arauemaileak lantzea, ekimen horiek Europar Batasunaren esparruarekin lotuz. Misio honek, halaber, oztopo instituzionalak identifikatzea eta lantokian praktika demokratiko eraginkorren kultura sustatzeko beharrezko mekanismoak garatzea dakar.


Txosten honen egiturak hiru misio horien bilakaera jarraitzen du. Ebidentzia objektiboa eta argudio ekonomiko eta politiko sendoak aurkezten ditu, lanaren demokratizazioa sustatzeko esku-hartze publikoaren premia larria frogatzeko, bereziki emaitza bidezko eta iraunkorrak lortzea mugatzen duten egungo gizarte- eta merkatu-dinamiken testuinguruan.

Batzordeko kideak

Presidentea: Isabelle Ferreras irakaslea (FNRS-University of Louvain/Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard University/ Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence, Oxford University)

Jeremias Adams-Prassl irakasle
(University of Oxford)

Julie Battilana irakaslea
(John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Harvard Business School)

Antonio Baylos irakasle
(University of Castilla-La Mancha)

Benjamin Braun irakasle 
(London School of Economics)

Isabel Gemma Fajardo-García irakaslea
(University of Valencia)

Francisca Maria Ferrando Garcia irakaslea
(University of Murcia)

Sergio Gonzáalez Begega irakasle
(University of Oviedo)

Daniel Innerarity

Daniel Innerarity irakasle
(European University Institute/University of the Basque Country)

Sara Lafuente doktorea (European Trade Union Institute/Free University of Brussels)

Erinch Sahan
(Doughnut Economics Action Lab)

Vicente Salas Fumas

Vicente Salas Fumás irakasle emeritua
(University of Zaragoza)

Edurne Terradillos irakaslea
(University of the Basque Country)

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September 8, Eurocadres, Brussels, Belgium

Eurocadres co-hosted the first event in its Countering the campaign against social Europe series at the European Parliament, with MEPs Kathleen Funchion (The Left, IE) and Alicia Homs (S&D, ES). Isabelle Ferreras gave the keynote, presenting the findings of the International Committee of Experts on Democracy at Work, which she chairs, as a roadmap against Europe’s labour deregulation.

Read more: Eurocadres.

HYBRID: June 5, World Inequality Lab, Paris

JUNE 5 2026

World Inequality Conference 2026

Isabelle Ferreras will discuss the Report of the Expert Committee on Friday June 5th in a Plenary Session: ‘How Much Should the Wealth Scale be Compressed?

Date, time and location: Friday June 5, 11:30-13:00 (CET)
Amphithéâtre Daniel Cohen
48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France

Speakers: Isabelle Ferreras, Jean Drèze, Ingrid Robeyns

Moderator: Anmol Somanchi

Full programme: https://inequalitylab.world/www-site/uploads/2026/04/2026-WIC-Programme.pdf

You can watch the recording here:

June 29, ETUI, Brussels, Belgium

JUNE 29 2026

Board-level employee representation in Belgium: What are the prospects?

Co-organised by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and Minerva Think Tank

In Belgium, there is (virtually) no system of board-level employee representation in for-profit companies. Nevertheless, the debate on industrial democracy has experienced a timid resurgence in Belgium, driven by various academic and political developments. At the academic level, publications by ETUI, Minerva, Isabelle Ferreras, and Stan De Spiegelaere have attracted some attention to the topic. On the political level, a current proposal by Les Engagés is being discussed in the Belgian Federal Parliament, and its sister party, CD&V, has recently expressed support for a system of employee representation in corporate boards in Belgium. This is happening while the risks for worker representation on corporate boards in EU member states are being examined in the context of the European Commission’s proposal for a 28th Corporate Law Regime (‘EU Inc.’) made public earlier this year.

Aim of the event: to examine board-level employee representation as a policy option, with a focus on the Belgian case, promoting an exchange of information and an open discussion about the desirability and feasibility of such a system in Belgium, from a trade union perspective. 

Who should attend? Trade unionists, worker representatives, activists, policy-makers, researchers, students and anyone with an interest in democracy at work in Belgium.

Date and time: Monday 29th June 2026, 12:30-17:45 CET

Location: Atelier 29, Rue Jacques de Lalaing 29, Brussels, Belgium

Please register as soon as possible and at the latest by 22 June 2026 via this link: https://crm.etui.org/form/board-level-employee-representat

HYBRID: June 25, Oxford University

JUNE 25 2026

Reimagining the future of work – towards a right to shape AI

The recording of the morning programme is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/NywaHsAABvY?app=desktop&si=B6VBCXgYrHnEVbww&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=institute_for_ethics_in_ai_newsletter&utm_term=2026-06-26

In this one-day high-level conference, we explore the right to shape AI as key to the future of work in a democratic society. Hosted by Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI and the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights, the conference will bring together policy makers, academics, business leaders and employee representatives to explore concrete proposals to embed and renew human agency at work. Discussion will focus on the results of a recently released report on Democracy at Work commissioned by the Government of Spain led by Professor Isabelle Ferreras and on the ERC-funded iManage project led by Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl. 

Keynote speakers will include Yolanda Diaz, Vice-Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of Labour, who will set out her government’s agenda in support of worker voice and ownership, and economics Nobel laureate Professor Daron Acemoglu, who is championing pro-worker AI. This will be followed by interactive sessions bringing together senior academics, policy makers and stakeholders from different jurisdictions around the world, anchored in concrete regulatory proposals and real-life use cases, collaborating to reimagine a future of work characterised by a right to shape AI.

The proposals advancing a Right to Shape AI at Work will be discussed through the conference and can be downloaded here via these two booklets:

Booklet 1: ‘International High-Level Expert Committee on Democracy at Work: 5 Key Proposals’

Booklet 2: ‘Regulating AI At Work: A Policy Blueprint’

Speakers/Hosts: Isabelle Ferreras (Chair of the International High-level Expert Committee on Democracy at Work, UCLouvain; Harvard Law School; Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford) Jeremias Adams-Prassl (member of the International High-level Expert Committee on Democracy at Work, University of Oxford; Magdalen College; Institute for Ethics in AI) and Caroline Green (Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford)

Keynote speakers: Yolanda Díaz (Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Economy of Spain) and Daron Acemoglu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Date and time: Thursday June 25th 2026, 08:30-17:30 BST/09:30-18:30 CET

Address: Jesus College, Turl Street, Oxford, OX1 3DW, UK.

Full programme, HERE

Link to register, HERE

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