25/05/2018 ILO and Flanders: 25 Years of Collaboration From the view of the social partners: Importance of cooperation with ILO International Department, ACLVB/CGSLB

Importance of cooperation with ILO 25/05/2018 Importance of cooperation with ILO Tripartism and social dialogue multi-actor approached (role for trade unions, employers and government) Promoting and implementing the decent work agenda Defending workers’ rights rights based approached (strong focus on decent working condition for women and youth, in line with Flemish priorities) Positive input from ACTRAV, ACTEMP and ILO Training Centre in Turin Cooperation with the regional ILO offices

Tripartism representation 25/05/2018 Flemish Social Economic Council (SERV) and the International working group Tripartism representation Active and participatory involvement of Flemish social partners ACV, ABVV, ACLVB, UNIZO and VOKA (with experts from the field), in all facets of the project activities, trainings, field and study visits SERV secretariat Coordination and facilitation guiding the effectiveness, efficiency and good governance (monitoring/evaluation) of the projects Technical assistance and expertise sourcing under the social partners members the relevant knowledge sharing and exchange of good practices

25/05/2018 Project examples Strengthening and capacity building of the social partners in the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Training project to strengthen social dialogue in Ukraine Promotion of decent work and social dialogue in the South African port of Durban, in cooperation with APEC and the Flemish Port Commission. This was a joint Flemish-Dutch project that also organized many technical trainings with focus on the social dialogue. Trade and investment agreements and social clauses results will be presented 6/12/2016

25/05/2018 Positive outcomes Impact of social dialogue – showing developing countries that respecting workers’ rights and social dialogue can make the difference. Cross country borders cooperation Study HIVA on “Private sector in development cooperation mapping international debates, donor policies, and Flemish development cooperation”