From the very beginning of the debate EUROCADRES announced its position to open the labour market for the new member states as soon as possible (declaration at the EUROCADRES seminar in Budapest 2003). This position was underlined at the EUROCADRES congress in November 2005 by the congress slogan "for an active and open Europe"

We welcome the initiative of establishing a European Institute of Technology (EIT). A network of top engineering education and research institutions forming EIT could be a key tool in developing excellence in engineering education and research, thus contributing to the development of the European Higher Education Area and of the European Research Area.

EUROCADRES position paper on the Bologna process (March 2005)

EUROCADRES welcomes the European Commission’s initiative in this very important area for the future of Europe. It is indeed necessary to discuss the developments and find strategies at European level.

EUROCADRES welcomes the first phase of consultation on the revision of Directive 94/45/CE on the creation of European works councils. We fully support the ETUC proposals with respect to this revision. EUROCADRES supports the mission of EWC’s to make company policies more democratic and transparent.

The directive 93/104/EC establishes important principles and requirements concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time. This directive defines elements, which are essential for safety, hygiene and health at work, which should be guaranteed to all workers irrespective of the nature of their work. It is a key contribution towards creating the social dimension of the internal market.

Letter sent to the members of the European Council concerning sustainable development.

A significant proportion of EUROCADRES constituent members deliver services of a general interest, either as public servants, as employees of State companies, or increasingly, as private sector employees in privatised or contracted out workplaces. All EUROCADRES members, whether public or private sector employees, are committed to delivering high quality services to the general public.

EUROCADRES welcomes the communication of the European commission launching a necessary debate on the role of the universities. We hope that the social partners will be involved in the further developments of this communication and that it will lead to effective decisions.

EUROCADRES as a European Social Partner representing professional and managerial staff is pleased that this consultation has been launched. Skills and knowledge are key issues for our members. However, at this stage of the consultation process we will not answer all question indicated in the consultation document, but concentrate on some aspects that we consider particularly important.

EUROCADRES welcomes the Commission’s activity in this area and underlines that stress is an important issue in health and safety. EUROCADRES will also take part in the social partners seminar on stress on February 25/26, 2003, where we will discuss the proposed issues in detail. In the meantime, we would like to present the following comments.

EUROCADRES considers that safeguarding supplementary pension rights of workers making use of their right to free movement is a very important issue. Supplementary pensions schemes must be seen as deferred income. They contribute to the social protection of employed persons, and professional and managerial staff, who are particularly concerned by mobility want to be certain that those rights are safeguarded.