EU SD and capacity building 2013
In the framework of their fourth EU Social Dialogue Work Programme 2012-2014, te European social partners, ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE, CEEP and UEAPME have agreed to continue their joint activities. As stated in the Work Programme, "social dialogue needs strong social partner organizations to deliver positive results. Social partners have in the past conducted successful projects to assist social partners. In some Member States, more efforts are needed".
On this basis, and taking into account lessons learned over eight years experience of their resource centre activities, the European social partners (EU SP) would like to further improve existing tools aimed at helping their affiliates to be more effective in the EU social dialogue (EU SD) through joint activities, including capacity building, addressed to their respective constituencies.
Moreover, building upon the initial outcomes of the joint resource centre of the Integrated Programme 2012, the EU SPs have identified a need to strengthen the link between the EU social dialogue and the national social dialogue, in order to create better synergies between the two levels, as well as regarding the implementation processes of autonomous framework agreements.
In parallel, the objective is also to foster the exchange of practices and experiences between all member states and candidate countries as this has proved to be a very effective way of improving social partners' understanding and participation in the EU social dialogue in all countries.
JOINT EVENTS ON THE PROMOTION OF EU SOCIAL DIALOGUE INSTRUMENTS
Joint seminar on the promotion of EU social dialogue instruments
For the reasons outlined above, the EU social partners decided to support their member organisations by providing an opportunity to discuss the implementation and the promotion of EU social dialogue instruments through the organisation of 3 seminars in 3 different countries.
Each seminar gathered 40 national social partners (20 trade unions, 20 employers) from 4 different countries (5 persons per delegation.
Seminar 1: Italy
The European social partners and national social partners from Italy, Portugal, France and Slovenia met in Rome on 20-21 June 2013 in order to promote the European social dialogue instruments.
Organiser: ETUC
Dates: 20-21 June 2013
Countries: France, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia
Documents:
- Agenda
- Questions for social partners in order to prepare separate workshops for employers and trade unions
- Guidelines for the separate workshop by country: "The way forward"
Seminar 2: Denmark
The European social partners and national social partners from Denmark, Finland, Sweden and United Kingdom met in Copenhagen on 12-13 September 2013 in order to promote the European social dialogue instruments.
Organiser: ETUC
Dates: 12-13 Sept. 2013
Countries: Denmark, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom
Documents:
- Agenda
- Questions for social partners in order to prepare separate workshops for employers and trade unions
- Guidelines for the separate workshop by country: "The way forward"
Seminar 3: Hungary
The European social partners and national social partners from Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland met in Budapest on 21/22 September 2013 in order to promote the European social dialogue instruments and to address the role of social partners in economic governance.
Organiser: BUSINESSEUROPE
Dates: 21-22 November 2013
Countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
Documents:
- Agenda
- Questions for social partners in order to prepare separate workshops for employers and trade unions
- Guidelines for the separate workshop by country: "The way forward"
- Presentation of the Framework of Actions on youth employment
Joint conference on the implementation of EU SD instruments and capacity building (Brussels), December 2013
In addition to the joint seminars, the European social partners organized a joint conference on the implementation of EU SD instruments and capacity building. The purpose of the conference was to take stock of past joint actions and seminars as well as exchanging best practices. This conference also gave the opportunity to discuss the implementation challenges and possible improvement of the EU Social Dialogue tools.
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