Social Development Agency

The Social Development Agency (SDA) is a non-profitmaking organisation set up in May 2004 and supported by the ETUC. It aims to promote Europe’s social dimension in a global context. The SDA works to extend international social dialogue, carry out specific projects on social issues and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experience, and to advise European Works Councils and workers’ representatives in European Companies.

The SDA also manages ETUC Infopoint, the ETUC’s central information resource, which is one of its key projects. Infopoint exists to help the social partners, particularly in setting up projects financed by the European Commission’s budget lines. Infopoint-CES advises project promoters - national and European trade union federations, employers’ organisations etc. - and helps them to complete the Commission’s funding application forms.

The EWC Infopoint-SDA Agreements Database has been developed and run as part of the Infopoint project (supported by the European Commission) for a number of years. It contains the analysis of EWC agreements from copies of signed originals in five languages - English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Italian.

Consult PARL the SDA Newsletter to know about the Worker’s information and consultation rights in Europe.