This year, our 2023 Congress theme - “People over Profit in a World in Multiple Crises” - marked how unions around the world are fighting back against the forces that drive crises.

Our Congress also marked a moment of transition for PSI with the departure of Rosa Pavanelli after 11 years as General Secretary and Dave Prentis after 13 years as President. Congress expressed its gratitude to Rosa for her decisive political leadership in steering PSI across her mandate - Rosa has placed quality public services at the heart of global debates on tax, development and governance and stood up to the privateers time and again. And to Dave, who has been a wise and stable guiding hand at the heart of PSI.

Our Program of Action for the next five years, unanimously approved at Congress, makes no pretence about the challenges we face. Only by building our power can we fight back against the toxic forces of finance and the far right, which seek to destroy public services and our unions. That is why this mandate will prioritise supporting affiliates to organise to grow power: in the workplace, community and across borders. And a strong, fighting global movement of public services unions requires a strong, fighting PSI that is organisationally strong and financially sound.