Bipartite workshop
Connecting to EU level sectoral social dialogue:
lessons learned and perspectives for the social
partners
Evelin Toth
Sofia, 18-19 February 2010
Identification of a problem
Limited participation of social partners from New
Member States and Candidate Countries in
European sectoral social dialogue committees
Selected sectors:
chemical industry
energy
mining
Partnership
Development Objective
Increased institutional capacity of EMCEF affiliates
for participation in sectoral social dialogue at
national and European level
Immediate Objectives
1. Improved knowledge on EU sectoral social dialogue
2. Improved exchanges of good practices and
experiences among trade unions
3. Increased cooperation with employers (ECEG)
Outputs
 180 representatives of EMCEF affiliates from NMS
and CC trained in one year
 Increased quality and quantity of participation of
trained EMCEF affiliates in European sectoral
social dialogue committee in chemical industry
 Improved implementation of results of European
social dialogue on national level
Activities
Training trainers
Sub-regional seminar 1
Sub-regional seminar 2
Sub-regional seminar 3
Sub-regional seminar 4
Participation in ESSDC
Bipartite workshop
Follow-up national seminar in Bulgaria 2010
Follow-up national seminar in Hungary 2010
Countries &
Participants
15 countries*
30 sectoral trade unions
180 participants (including 2 follow up activities in 2010)
* Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey.
Countries in Activities
Group
ToT
G1
G2
G3
G4
SSDC
Country
all
Bipartite
all
RO, BG, TU, PL
CS, SK, HU
SI, CRO, MT, MAC
LT, ET, LV, CY
CRO, CS, HU, PL,
RO, SK, SI
Date
02/09
10/09
06/09
04/09
07/09
05/09
Venue
ITC-ILO
Turkey
Slovakia
Croatia
Latvia
Brussels
12/09
ITC-ILO
Participants by Gender
Total
Bipartite
Workshop
Turkey
Latvia
Slovakia
Brussels
Training
Trainers
Croatia
Participants
Female
27%
Male
73%
F+M
8
4
2
7
6
5
8
14
17
11
9
11
18
25 105
22
21
13
16
17
23
33 145
40
Strengthening the capacity of EMCEF affiliates for participation in sectoral social dialogue at national and european level
AVERAGES per question (all activities of the project included)
5.0
4.73
4.71
4.59
4.55
4.52
4.47
4.5
4.44
4.45
4.36
4.26
4.36
Overall
average
4.28
4.18
4.09
4.06
4.0
3.5
3.0
Prelim inary Clarity of Achievem ent
Contents vsContents vsIntegration Learning
inform ation objectivesof objectives objective
prior
of gender m ethods
know ledge issues
Resource
persons
Group
w orking
relations
Materials OrganizationSecretariat
Overall Relevance to
Relevance to
quality
current
organiz.
function
needs
Strengthening the capacity of EMCEF affiliates for participation in sectoral social dialogue
AVERAGES per question (all activities of the project included)
Achievement of objectives
4.26
Relevance to current function
Contents vs objective
4.36
4.36
4.44
4.52
Overall quality
Learning methods
4.45
4.59
Materials
Resource persons
Areas of Common Interest
1. Competitiveness of the company and its successful position
on the market at present and in the future,
2. Good communication and mutual respect between the
management and the trade union,
3. Quality social dialogue and collective bargaining, collective
agreements, social peace,
4. Modern environment-friendly technology and high
occupational safety and health standards,
5. Keeping qualified workers and continuous investment in
human resource development,
6. Need for joint training of employers and trade union
representatives on topics dealt with through social dialogue…
Thank you for your support!
Evelin Toth Mucciacciaro
Programme Officer - Region Europe
ACTRAV Turin
Programme for Workers' Activities
Phone: +39 011 693 6452
Fax: +39 011 693 6589
Skype ID: evelin.toth
Mobile: +39 34 63 25 83 49