December - PSI APREC Utility / Local Government Bulletin (last months News).

http://www.asu.asn.au/media/international/20120106_psi-aprec.html This edition contains the following items: Friends of the Earth International - Exposing the corporate capture of UN institutions; Cuts Watch - This website monitors what is happening to public spending and public services around the world; Austria: trade unions back campaign for better financing of local government services; Finland: Many municipalities plan to recall work that has been outsourced; "Pacific Civil Society Says: Slow down! Experimental Seabed mining is not a sustainable development option"; European Commission has now published the energy roadmap 2050; 10 facts about public-private partnerships (PPPs); plus more. http://www.asu.asn.au/media/gm-psi-aprec-bulletin2011-12.pdf