1. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F11 European Social Dialogue Brussels, 29 October 2007 Elisabeth Aufheimer Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities European Commission

2. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F12 Instruments of Employment and Social Policy SocialAgenda Legislation Working conditions - Health and Safety Gender Equality – Anti-discrimination Open Method of Coordination Employment Social Inclusion / ProtectionEuropeanSocialFund European Social Dialogue

3. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F13 A Treaty-based instrument Article 138 EC Treaty: "The Commission shall have the task of promoting the consultation of management and labour at Community level and shall take any relevant measure to facilitate their dialogue by ensuring balanced support for the parties… To this end, before submitting proposals in the social policy field, the Commission shall consult management and labour…" Article 139 EC Treaty: "Should management and labour so desire, the dialogue between them may lead to contractual relations, including agreements."

4. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F14 European social partners – who are they? 1. Cross-industry – general social partners organiations 2. Sectoral social partner organisations (examples) and others… Employers Trade unions

5. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F15 Representativeness Criteria Adequate structures to ensure effective participation Recognised social partner at national level; capacity to negotiate; in all Member States EU level Cross-industry or specific sector/category

6. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F16 Forms of European Social Dialogue “Val Duchesse” Social Dialogue Sectoral social dialogue committees TRIPARTITE BIPARTITE EWC Transnational Agreements? Tripartite Social Summit Macroeconomic dialogue Dialogue on education Dialogue on employment Cross industrySectoralCompany Autonomous European Commission High level groups

7. 1 Cross industry social dialogue committee 34 (+ 3) Sectoral social dialogue committees Extractive Ind. Sea fishing Agriculture Automobile (*) Non ferrous metal (*) Gas Steel Chemical Woodworking Textile/clothing Tanning/leather Sugar Shipbuilding Furniture Footwear Electricity Construction Catering (*) Hospitals Life performance Insurance Inland Navigation Industrial cleaning Horeca Commerce Civil aviation Banking Audiovisual Temporary agency work Telecom Sea transport Road transport Railways Private security Postal services Personal services Local / Reg. governement

8. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F18 SDC – How it works Social dialogue table Com Decide on the rules of procedure of their dialogue (Objectives, Preparation, Presidency…) Decide on the level and rhythm of their dialogue (Number and type of meetings) Decide on the content of their dialogue (Agenda of the meetings) Decide on the outcome of their dialogue The social partners "Autonomy and responsibility" European Commission

9. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F19 European Social Dialogue Outcomes Social dialogue table Better understanding Consensus building Better capacity to promote the sectoral interests Capacity to act together in an autonomous way

10. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F110 Social dialogue texts Agreements establishing standards Article 139.2 EC Treaty Recommendations on standards and principles Exchange of information Framework agreements Autonomous agreements Frameworks of action Joint opinions Guidelines and Codes of conduct Policy orientations Declarations Tools Implementation Follow-up at National level Information Diffusion European Commission

11. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F111 6 Agreements establishing minimum standards implemented by Council Decision Framework agreement on parental leave, 1995 Framework agreement on part- time work, 1997 European agreement on the organisation of working time of seafarers, 1998 Framework agreement on fixed- term work, 1999 European agreement on the organisation of working time of mobile workers in civil aviation, 2000 Agreement on certain aspects of the working conditions of mobile workers assigned to interoperable cross-border services, 2005 European Commission

12. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F112 5 Autonomous Agreements establishing minimum standards implemented by the procedures and practices specific to management and labour and the Member States Framework agreement on telework, 2002 Agreement on the European licence for drivers carrying out a cross-border interoperability service, 2004 Agreement on Stress at work, 2004 Social Dialogue Agreement on Crystalline Silica, 2006 Harassement and violence at work, 2007 Implementation reports by the social partners

13. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F113 Frameworks of action Framework of action on the lifelong development of competencies and qualifications - 2002 Framework of action on gender equality – 2005 musculo-skeletal disorders in agriculture - 2005 Setting priorities at EU level Follow-up action at national level Joint reporting to EU level

14. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F114 Guidelines - Declarations - Tools Code of conduct – Guidelines for European hairdressers, 2001 Commerce: Voluntary guidelines supporting age diversity, 2002 Banking: Joint declaration on lifelong learning, 2002 Sugar industry: Code of conduct on CSR, 2003 Private security: Code of conduct and ethics, 2003 Construction: Joint recommendations on the prevention of occupational stress, 2006 –Temporary agency work: Joint declaration on flexicurity, 2007 –Cleaning industry: Joint declaration on day-time work, 2007 –Guide to the economically most advantageous offering in Contract Catering, 2006 –Construction: Brochure on tutorship, 2003

15. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F115 Commission support 04.03.03.01 Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations 04.03.03.02 Information and training measures for workers' organisations 04.03.03.03 Information, consultation and participation of representatives of undertakings

16. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F116 Human Rights Equitable Trade Training Discrimination Equal opportunities Mobility H & S Contracts Management of Change Restructuring Domains - Towards a new articulated IR system? Wages Working time LocalNationalEuropeanGlobal CSR

17. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F117

18. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F118

19. European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ─ Unit F119 Thank you for your attention! More information about European social dialogue: www.ec.europa.eu/socialdialogue