Re:European Response to Matrix Request

[Deborah Groban Olson <dgo@esoplaw.com>]

Dear Marc:

        I am very pleased to hear of the progress in Belgium and in Europe. I am
forwarding this to everyone in the EO Nation group, and look forward to
having you communicate directly with that group at EOnation@cog.kent.edu.
Since this matrix project will help your efforts in Europe, I request that
you encourage the EFES members to look at it and send us any changes.

        Many thanks and happy holidays to you, Miriam and everyone at EFES.
Deb Olson
 At 11:26 PM 12/9/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Dear Deb,
>Congratulation, this is a first main step.
>What are the practices? What are the laws or policies and how are they
>changing? There is already a big lot of changes in most European countries
>since the matrix you found in the PEPPER II Report of 1996-1997.
>In Belgium, my country, we have now a strong support from our new
>government, and we have already a new law on stock options which is in
>application from begin 1999; many companies have already taken this
>opportunity to set up plans.
>At European level, for the first time this year, we convinced the European
>Parliament to add an amendment to the Budget 2000, so there will be a
>budgetary line to promote PEPPER policies throughout Europe (and not only to
>speak about it).
>We hope that the support of the European Commission could become real in the
>future, and we hope that they will publish their programme in this sense, as
>the European Parliament asked them.
>A first main step is to organize and promote the exchanges of information on
>what happens in our different countries. This is what the PEPPER Report
>already saw as a priority, some ten years ago. Clearly, a permanent matrix
>on laws and practices is one of the basic needs.
>The second basic need is that we have to set up, in each country (and at
>European level) a national institute to promote this and to organize these
>exchanges really, not only as a private initiative like ours, but as a
>collective one. This is what the European Parliament called for.
>Thank you very much and congratulation again to make it real!
>With very best wishes
>
>Marc Mathieu
>Secretary General
>EFES
>EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF EMPLOYED SHAREHOLDERS,
>FOR EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION
>Square Armand Steurs 1, B-1210 BRUSSELS
>Tel/Fax +32(0)2 218 14 68
>marc.mathieu@ping.be
>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : Deborah Groban Olson <dgo@esoplaw.com>
>À : COGall@cog.kent.edu <COGall@cog.kent.edu>
>Cc : stephen mccarthy <stephenm@indigo.ie>; Robert Lagrange
><125ro21a@compuserve.com>; Poutsma <E.Poutsma@mailbox.kun.nl>; Joseph Blasi
><joeblasi@aol.com>; Josep Molina <proyedit@retemail.es>; Francine Van Den
>Bulcke <Francine.vandenbulcke@kubrussel.ac.be>; Fernand Daoust
><fdaoust@fondsftq.com>; David Imbroscio <imbroscio@hotmail.com>; Bengeza
>Mthombeni <ppwawu@wn.apc.org>; Andre Schleiter
><andre.schleiter@bertelsmann.de>
>Date : mercredi 8 décembre 1999 23:00
>Objet : Seeking your assistance to complete world-wide employee ownership
>laws and policies matrix
>
>
>>Dear COG Participants:
>>
>> We have created a matrix outlining features of employee ownership laws and
>>policies around the globe, as a general reference. Please look at the
>>matrix at  http//:cog.kent.edu/nationalmatrix.htm
>>and send us your comments and corrections. In addition to the factual data
>>in the tables, we would like your comments in email to the COG discussion
>>group on best and worst national practices at EOnation@cog.kent.edu.
>>Which of these laws or policies has worked especially well or poorly? This
>>is intended as an interactive project, regularly updated by participants
>>from the countries involved. We request your particpation.
>>
>> We are directing all responses to this matrix request to everyone on the
>>EONation listserv, so that the discussion group can consider multiple
>>perspectives on similar facts and issues.
>>
>> We also seek your comments on appropriate means to evaluate and edit new
>>data which comes from sources unfamiliar to us. We will post on the matrix
>>data we receive. Where there is a disagreement about facutal accuracy
>>expressed within the discussion group, we will utilize the discussion group
>>to locate a definitive source.
>>
>> The initial entries are taken from similar matrices published in a 1996-97
>>Report to the Commission of European Communities called PEPPER II
>>(Promotion of Participation by Employed Persons in Profits and Enterprise
>>Results {including equity participation} in Member States, Office for
>>Official Puiblications of the European Communities, Catalogue No.
>>CB-CO-96-706-EN-C.
>>
>>Deborah Olson
>>EONation Moderator
>>
>>Deborah Groban Olson
>>Project Co-ordinator
>>Capital Ownership Group Project
>>Ohio Employee Ownership Center
>>Kent State University
>>c/o Shared Equity Strategies, Inc.
>>3163 Penobscot Building
>>Detroit, MI 48226
>>(313) 331-7821 or (313) 964-2460
>>(f) (313) 331-2567
>>email: dgo@esoplaw.com
>>web site: http://cog.kent.edu
>>
>