1. European Social Dialogue in industriAll sectors
ILO-industriAll Europe Training of Trainers seminar
20 February 2013

2. 1. European Social dialogue – Structures and Scope of SD Activities

3. Our objectives
European Social Dialogue is a tool and a platform to promote industriAll European Trade Union policies vis-à-vis European industry and employers associations and the European institutions.
With industriAll we have the potential to improve the sectoral social dialogue at the European level.
industriALL must therefore develop its capacity to act as agenda setter within sectoral social dialogue and promote joint strategies for the sustainable development of our sectors.

4. Structure and Scope of SD Activities
11 out of 42 officially recognized sectoral social dialogue committees on European level:
1. Chemical
7. Paper
2. Electricity
8. Textile/Clothing
3. Extractive Industries
9. Tanning /Leather
4. Footwear
10. Shipbuilding
5. Gas
11. Steel
6. MET
NEPSI (autonomous SD agreement )
Agreement on Workers' Health Protection Through the Good Handling and Use of Crystalline Silica and Products Containing it

5. Structure and Scope of activities
SSDCs are active in:
1. Monitoring industrial and employment developments
2. Consultation on relevant EU policies and formulating positions (e.g. industrial, trade, energy, mining, REACH, and environmental policies, etc.)
3. Joint initiatives in:
Health and Safety at work
Training and life-long learning
Image of the sector; etc....
4. They develop their own social dialogue work programmes
 There should be a strong link between Sector Social Dialogue Committees and the industriAll sector committees
European SSDCs have:
different traditions
different experiences
different levels of progress

6. 2. industriAll Social Dialogue Policy Committee

7. industriAll Social Dialogue Policy Committee
The SDPC is the interface between SSDCs and focuses on:
improving the functioning, participation and policy coordination
maximising use as consultation tool:
position papers, impact assessment
maximising use as negotiation tool
working towards framework/binding agreements
promoting the improvement of results and impact
Coordination of cross-sectoral issues
members of the SSDCs should also be members of the industriAll Europe’s sector / industrial sector committees (see list attached), whose aim is “to give follow-up to the specific economic, financial and social issues and reality of a sector, to discuss sector-related issues, to respond to EU initiatives having a bearing on the specific sector and to provide the necessary input for the Sectoral Social Dialogue”.

8. industriAll Social Dialogue Policy Committee
It is essential that in the SSDCs industriAll speaks with a single voice regarding common, transversal subjects
Cross-sectoral coordination is essential concerning:
SD consultations and positions / declarations:
Skills, Qualification
Education and training
Energy Policy,
Health and Safety,
Restructuring
REACH,
Pensions
youth,
gender equality,
Climate change etc.
general coherence
in case of conflict of interest SDPC will act as mediator between SSDCs

9. Social Dialogue Policy Committee
Promotion of new SSDCs
The establishment of social dialogue structures should be promoted in sectors where there is a manifest capacity and will to act together.
SDPC will monitor and promote social dialogue developments in those sectors.
SDPC will act as ‘resource’ for sectors trying to establish SSDCs.
SDPC to advise Executive Committee on developments.

10. Social Dialogue Policy Committee
Cooperation with the European Commission and continued financial and administrative support through the European Commission is essential for sectoral social dialogue. Such support should leave the autonomy of social partners intact.
Cooperation with other actors at the European level is also vital:
ETUI
European trade union federations
trade union network of experts
Finally, coordination needs to be assured through the Secretariat.

11. 3. Good practices/outcomes of SD in industriAll sectors

12. Typology of European Social Dialogue Outcomes
Articles TFEU provide a procedure that combines the consultation of the social partners by the Commission with the option to leave social regulation to bipartite agreement.
1)If Social Partners do reach an agreement, Article 155 (2) provides two ways to ensure its implementation: voluntary route relying on national procedures and practices specific to management and labour; or the route via implementation by Council Directive.
2)There is also the possibility of negotiating autonomous agreements by European Social Partners that create a contractual obligation for the affiliated organizations of the signatory parties to implement the agreement.
Process oriented texts: implemented in a process-oriented way; set out recommendations from the EU Social Partners to their members for follow-up, and specify regular evaluation of the progress made towards achieving their objectives.
Joint opinions and tools: contribute to the provision and exchange of information, explaining implications of EU policies to the SPs national members/(European) economic sectors  no implementation, monitoring or follow-up.
Source: European Commission, Social Europe Guide, 2012

13. Framework Agreement on Education, Training and Lifelong Learning in the SSDC Chemical Sector
Definition of minimum core competences: European reference for the occupations of Process Operator and First Line Supervisor in European Chemical Industry
including short job descriptions for each role as national terminology may vary (Appendices A and B)
These include:
 The description of key tasks and responsibilities.
 The competence areas identified and required competencies for the occupations, recognisable for the chemical industry. .

14. Framework Agreement in the Sectoral Social Dialogue
for the Chemical Industry .

15. Aims of the binding agreement
equal quality and value of education and training for employability and mobility in the European chemical industry / facilitating their transferability;
benchmarks for national qualifications, national VET programs and companies for their human resources development
active support of the Social Partners in adapting and modernising VET systems at European and national levels and in-company training and lifelong learning;
to further encourage dialogue between employers and workers in the field of job design and development.
The core competences defined in this Framework Agreement are explicitly not replacing nor overriding existing national, regional or company qualifications for the occupations or pay levels of Process Operator and First Line Supervisor.

16. TU assessment of the outcome
Quality of the Agreement:
Initial expectations = binding agreement with a European certificate/diploma ≠ were not met
End result = framework agreement with a « transferability » clause = however satisfactory
Dissemination in CEE is in sufficient (BG, CZ, HU, PL, RO available)

17. Previous projects on ‘national observatories’ – but no interaction yet
Social Partners in Textile, Clothing and leather sector set up a Sector Skills council
Previous projects on ‘national observatories’ – but no interaction yet
Labour market issues (aging workforce, lack of new skilled workers, skills mismatch, …) > pressure on companies and industry
Public image of the sector (future of the sector in Europe, working conditions, …)
‘New skills for new jobs’ EU employment strategy
The purpose of EU sector skills councils is for stakeholders to be in possession of more and better information on the evolution of their sector in terms of skills and employment.
Collection of information produced by national observatories, analysis and synthesis into European report.
Information exchange  network of observatories
SSC contribute to the work of SSDCs. They could facilitate negotiations between social partners by feeding discussion with facts and figures.

18. Networking between obsevatories leading to Skills Conuncil
Expected results
Update of the analysis of national observatories on employment & training
Networking between obsevatories leading to Skills Conuncil
Creation of platform of data, best practices, innovative tools...
Design & development of ICT infrastructure based on an open community portal
Create more Visibility for the topics (skills & competences) and sector
The purpose of EU sector skills councils is for stakeholders to be in possession of more and better information on the evolution of their sector in terms of skills and employment.
Collection of information produced by national observatories, analysis and synthesis into European report.
Information exchange  network of observatories
SSC contribute to the work of SSDCs. They could facilitate negotiations between social partners by feeding discussion with facts and figures.

19. Outcomes/deliveries: 4 Reports
the evolution of the supply, employment and skills needs including a foresight and forecast analyses for the sector
2) good practices bringing the worlds of education and work closer and reducing the persistent skills mismatch at sectoral level, as well as on the mechanisms existing at national or regional level between anticipation bodies and education and training providers
3) innovative tools, national and/or regional strategies, local initiatives, methods put in place for peer learning purpose
4) recommendations of the European sector council on the basis of discussions and information exchanged.

21. SD Electricity looked into employment effects of European energy and climate policies
Provides the base for further work on just transition principles, anticipation of skills needs in the sector
Position paper on Energy Roadmap 2050
Framework of actions – Competencies, qualification, anticipation of change

22. Social Partner Projects
SD Paper Report of good H&S practices across Europe
Input was given by our members
Practices were chosen by an expert group
Distribution to members for use at mill level
Follow up survey
More practices to be integrated
The core competences defined in this Framework Agreement are explicitly not replacing nor overriding existing national, regional or company qualifications for the occupations or pay levels of Process Operator and First Line Supervisor.

23. Contact persons in the industriAll secretariat:
Social Dialogue Policy Committee:
Sylvain Lefebvre – Deputy General Secretary
Andrea Husen-Bradly - Policy Advisor
Support to the industriAll regions and capacity building:
Luc Triangle – Deputy General Secretary
Corinna Zierold – Policy Advisor