Public Services International

	country	International
	affiliation	Global Union Federation
	members	20 million in 160 countries (2006)
	full Name	Public Services International
	founded	1907
	office	Ferney-Voltaire , France
	people	Ylva Thörn , president <br> Hans Engelberts , secretary general
	website	wwwworld-psiorg

Public Services International (PSI) is a Global Union Federation of Public Sector Trade Union s. It Has 620 affiliated unions, in 160 countries, representing 20 million workers. PSI is an officially recognized Non-government Organization for the public sector within the International Labour Organisation, and has consultative status with the United Nations ' ECOSOC and observer status with other UN bodies such as the UNCTAD and UNESCO .

As part of its ''Quality Public Services'' campaign, PSI is developing proposals for a General Agreement On Public Services , intended as a balance for the General Agreement On Trade In Services (GATS) , which it sees as endangering Public Services . PSI says the campaign's objectives are to ensure public services:

are adequately resourced, with well trained workers delivering quality services;

meet social objectives such as the eradication of poverty and the empowerment of people;

are ethical and corruption-free, and enable societies and economies to operate effectively and equitably;

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