Dear colleagues, The Institut des Sciences du Travail, department of the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, has developed a database of European (EU) and national cross industry employers and employees organizations. The database is made of the findings of an EU Commission-funded research project carried out in 1998, and focusing on institutional representativeness on social partners organization in Europe : http://www.trav.ucl.ac.be/partenaires/defaulten.html). It gives not only a comprehensive picture of central organizations throughout EUrope, but also provide details of European affiliations of these national organizations. This database is organized by individual cards and proposes a search engine to identify the organizations by country / by type (employers or employees) or by name. Note: While national details are only available in French, the individual cards relating to European organizations are also available in English. It is also possible to access to the organizations details via a table of contents : http://www.trav.ucl.ac.be/dbq1/Table.asp If you require additional informations concerning the sub mentioned database, please do not hesitate to contact us . ____________________________________________ Pierre Walthery Institut des Sciences du Travail Université Catholique de Louvain 1, place des Doyens B - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium Tel : +32 10 47 20 63 Fax : +32 10 47 39 14 Internet : [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________ Pierre Walthery Institut des Sciences du Travail Université Catholique de Louvain 1, place des Doyens B - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium Tel : +32 10 47 20 63 Fax : +32 10 47 39 14 Internet : [log in to unmask]