Seminar in Candidate Countries - Promoting and Reinforcing Social Dialogue

*Reminder - Today is the official deadline to register 

Brussels, 21st September 2018

• To ETUC Member organisations in candidate countries
• For information: Trade Union members of the Social Dialogue Committee
• For information: to all ETUC Member Organisation

Dear Sir or Madam, Dear Colleagues,

The European social partners, ETUC, BusinessEurope, CEEP and UEAPME would like to invite you to participate in their:

SEMINAR “PROMOTING AND REINFORCING SOCIAL DIALOGUE”

For candidate countries: ALBANIA – FYROM – MONTENEGRO – SERBIA

4-5 October 2018

Hotel CentreVille, Cetinjska 7, The Capital Plaza, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

Background

In the context of their past work programmes the European social partners have organised seminars in EU and candidate countries with the aim of promoting and reinforcing social dialogue. In the framework of their current cycle of capacity building projects, they have decided to dedicate a seminar solely to promoting and reinforcing social dialogue in selected candidate countries.

Seminar objectives

• Presenting and discussing the state-of-play of the EU cross-industry social dialogue
• Presenting and discussing the regional Declaration on "Transparent Social Dialogue as a Prerequisite to Healthy and Sustainable Economic and Social Development in the Region" by the national social partners;
• Informing participants about relevant case studies from Croatia (newest EU Member State) and other EU Member States;
• Giving advice on budget lines and on how social partners can submit a proposal and / or run a joint project.

Representatives of the European Commission and/or the International Labour Organisation will also be invited as guest speakers.

The seminar will be structured around separate employers and trade unions’ group meetings, also separate meetings by country, and plenary meetings.

Practical organisation

This seminar will gather social partners from Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

We have approximately 50 reimbursed places available:

• 25 participants for employer’s representatives (up to 6 per country)
• 25 participants for trade union’s representatives (up to 6 per country)

There should be a balance between trade union and employer delegations, and organisations should take gender balance into account when nominating participants.

Interpretation will be available in English, Montenegrin and Albanian.

Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered, please read carefully the registration and reimbursement instructions found in the registration form.

BusinessEurope is in charge of the practical organisation of this event on behalf of all European social partners.  

Should you require any further clarification about this invitation or the Integrated Projects and its activities, please do not hesitate to contact your European social partner organisation (below).

We look forward to your active participation in this seminar.

Yours faithfully,