New report on strengthening EU social dialogue by Ms Andrea Nahles, Special Advisor on Social Dialogue to Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
Promoting social dialogue is enshrined in principle 8 of the European Pillar of #SocialRights, adopted 2017, and this report on how Europe can strengthen social dialogue and collective bargaining feeds into the Action Plan to implement the Pillar.
The report formulates proposals in three main areas:
Raising the profile of social dialogue within the EU and increasing awareness of its importance, including
-> A new award for innovative social dialogue
-> A new programme for young future leaders of social partner organisations
Improving the structures and processes of European social dialogue, among other things via
-> Review the workings of the Tripartite Social Summit and the Social Dialogue Committee
-> More European social partner agreements:
-> Promotion of national registries for collective agreements:
Supporting capacity building to benefit national social partners, through
-> funding
-> Improved exchange of experience and best practice
-> More dialogue on future-oriented subjects
In VET and skills development, social dialogue is a means to ensure that people acquire relevant skills through formal and non-formal learning.
The ETF study on public-private partnerships for skills development shows that these #PPPs are more common where advanced practices of social dialogue in VET are in place Public-Private Partnerships | Open Space (europa.eu).
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