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

2. Importance of cooperation with ILO
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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

3. Tripartism representation
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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

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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

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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”