1. European Social Partners Integrated Programmes What opportunities for your social dialogue?
ITC Turin Brussels 6 May 2010

2. IP Background WP 2003- 2005 WP 2006- 2008 WP 2009- 2010 IP 2003-2004
EU SPs Work Programmes
Integrated
Programmes
Target
Area of work & results WP IP
New Member States
Capacity building
SD seminars
24 joint national seminars
3 EU stock taking conferences
+/ SPs
24 seminar reports, 3 progress reports
Resource Centres
 2 websites
Translation Fund
Translation of over 50 EU SD texts
Training & Mentoring
Restructuring
26 joint national seminars
 +/- 800 SPs
 26 studies on restructuring, 3 progress reports
EU27 + HR, TR IP WP IP WP IP
EU27 + HR, TR, EEA* IP 2

3. Capacity Building joint Project “Social partners’ participation in the European social dialogue: what are social partners’ needs?”
Background:
Joint Work Programmes of the EU Social Partners (2003 – 2005/ 2006 – 2008/ 2009 – 2010)
Follow up phase to previous Integrated Programmes
Understand key challenges facing Social Partners and improve functioning of EU social dialogue
Objectives:
Fostering the development of strong and autonomous Social Partners in new Member States and candidate countries, capable of representing effectively their members’ views in the EU social dialogue;
Better understanding the economic and social challenges faced by Social Partners in Europe;
Building up trade unions'/employers' resource centres so that they are relevant for the EU27 and candidate countries 3

4. Geographical scope (12 countries)
Capacity Building joint Project “Social partners’ participation in the European social dialogue: what are social partners’ needs?”
Geographical scope (12 countries)
Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey
Target
National social partners affiliated to the cross-industry EU social partners organisations
Methodology
Maximise bipartite discussion, agreement and action planning
Interactive working groups and plenary sessions
Input from EU social partners and experts

5. Joint national seminars: Two Phases
Joint Project - “Social partners’ participation in the European social dialogue: what are social partners’ needs?”
Joint national seminars: Two Phases
Phase one
Generation of ideas for improving the influence on the EU social dialogue;
Identify the constraints (organisational & individual) to effective participation in the EU social dialogue
Agreement on priorities and areas for action – individually and together.
Phase two
A formal review of outcomes against agreed priorities and areas for action;
Identification of new problems and way to resolve them
Priorities for action going forward.
1/2 year(s) later 
Final EU Conference

6. ± 1.000 national social partner representatives;
Capacity Building joint Project “Social partners’ participation in the European social dialogue: what are social partners’ needs?”
“Measurable” outputs
Five years (2004 – 2009);
12 countries;
24 seminars;
± national social partner representatives;
EU social partner engagement;
24 seminar reports (available in 12 EU languages);
Four reviews and reports (in EN and FR);
Mini Study on Social Dialogue
A series of related European social partner initiatives

7. The functioning and effectiveness of social dialogue in the country
Capacity Building joint Project “Social partners’ participation in the European social dialogue: what are social partners’ needs?”
The functioning and effectiveness of social dialogue in the country
Practical questions of resourcing and organising for success
Role of government;
Influence of tripartism;
Structural pluralism;
Trust and respect;
Representivity and the nature of collective bargaining
Financial & material resources;
Quality & quantity of people;
Communication & cooperation;
Matching agendas;
International cooperation

8. Capacity Building joint Project Some concluding remarks
The active commitment of national social partners in this project has led to positive results
Fostering bipartite social dialogue at national level;
Helping to develop stronger synergies between various levels (national vs European and vice versa);
Improving knowledge at national level of EU social dialogue results, process and priorities
Enhancing the understanding at EU level of national systems
…but there is still room for improvement: the process needs to go on!
EU SPs will continue to assist members
National SPs hold the key for better joint results 8

9. Integrated Programme 2009-2011
Objectives:
Follow up phase to Integrated Programme (IP)
Implementation EU SPs joint work programme
Understand key challenges facing Social Partners (SPs)
Explore new issues through joint work
Promoters: BUSINESSEUROPE (on behalf of employers) / ETUC
Partners: the 4 EU SPs (ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE, CEEP, UEAPME)
Target: National social partners affiliated to the EU SPs in:
EU 27 member states
Turkey and Croatia (NB no members in Macedonia)
Length: 18 months (1 December 2009 – 30 May 2011) 9

10. Integrated Programme 2009-2011
Joint study “The employment impact of climate change policies” (Phase 1) II
Joint study “The implementation of flexicurity and
the role of social partners” (Phase 1)
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Resource Centres - Activities managed jointly:
“Tools to support EU Social Dialogue development”
EU SD Seminar and “ad-hoc” EU Social Dialogue meetings
EU SPs joint Training and Mentoring programme
Translation Fund – 23 languages
Resource Centres - Activities separately managed:
Managed by BUSINESSEUROPE on behalf of all employers
Managed by ETUC
Employers’ Resource Centre Website
Trade unions’ Resource Centre Website
Mentoring Programme for employer representatives
Mentoring Programme for trade union representatives
On-demand Seminars on European social dialogue
for EU 27 +2
Twinning seminars on European social dialogue for EU
Advanced EU SD training to trade union representatives EU27

11. Project III – Resource Centres ETUC
Resource Centre website:
Training & mentoring on EU SD to trade union representatives
Advanced training on EU SD results
“Twinning seminars” on demand on EU SD to EU27

13. Project III – Resource Centres Joint Activities “Tools to support EU Social Dialogue development”
Objective: improve existing tools put in place new joint capacity building activities addressed to national SPs.
What: joint interactive trainings on social dialogue issues
Target: national SPs EU27 + TR & HR with good level of English but limited experience of the EU social dialogue
Objective: developing an enhanced knowledge of EU cross-industry and sectoral social dialogue functioning.
Up to 4 ‘ad hoc’ meetings on EU SD developments / preparation
Survey on recent EU SD developmens + implementation of EU Social Dialogue Agreements (e.g. telework and / or work related stress)
EU Seminar (Brussels) involving EU 27 (+ TR + HR+ EEA*)
External expertise
1. Translation Fund – 23 languages
2. Joint Training & Mentoring
3. ‘ad hoc’ EU SD Brussels-based meetings
4. EU Seminar on EU SD

14. Translation Fund
Objective: promote full implementation of EU social dialogue texts throughout the EU
Who? National confederations affiliated to ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE,UEAPME and CEEP as well as EIFs
What? Available for translating documents produced by the European cross- industry social dialogue as well as agreements negotiated in the framework of the European sectoral social dialogue with a direct link and/or deriving from cross-industry social dialogue texts. 
23 languages:
BUSINESSEUROPE for the 11 following languages:
DA, DE, HR, IT, LT, LV, NL, PL, RO, SL, SK
ETUC for the 12 following languages:
BG, CZ, EL, ES, ET, FI, FR, HU, MT, PT, SW, TR
How? Joint request for translation - Joint checking of the translation
Result? Translated texts sent to national members and published on resource centre websites

15. Contacts
Ms Cinzia Sechi ETUC Bvd du Roi Albert II, 5 B-1210 Brussels Tel: +32 (0) Fax: + 32 (0)
Thank you!