Conference on tripartism

EU Presidency Conference on Tripartism in an enlarged European Union

Co-organised by the Danish Ministry of Employment and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Hotel Comwell, Elsinore, Denmark

29-30 October 2002

• Introduction

• Background

• Programme

• Venue & contact details

See also conference information from the Danish Ministry of Employment.

CV details of speakers

Alexandra Costa Artur

• Since 1997, General Director of CECOA - Vocational Training Centre for the Trade.

• From 1989 to 1997, responsible for the International Affairs of the Portuguese Trade and Services Confederations (CCP).

• From 1987 to 1989, delegate in Brussels, responsible for the Delegation of the CCP; Lawyer.

• Employers' Board Member of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.

• Employers' Portuguese Member of the Consulting Committee of Professional Training.

• Member of Leonardo da Vinci Committee.

• Education:

  • Degree in Law - Law School of Lisbon.

  • Masters Degree in "European Studies" - The Portuguese Catholic University.

  • Management General Course - Economy School of Lisbon.

Roger Briesch

• 1996- Président du Groupe Travailleurs Comité Economique et Social européen.

• 1994-1996 Président de la Section des Relations Extérieures, de la Politique Commerciale et du Développement.

• 1992- Membre du Comité Economique et Social européen.

• 1990-1995 Membre du Conseil d'Administration du Bureau International du Travail.

• 1989-1992 Membre du Comité Exécutif de la CISL (Confédération Internationale des Syndicats Libres).

• 1977-1992 Membre du Comité Exécutif de la CES (Confédération Européenne des Syndicats).

• 1976-1993 Secrétaire Confédéral de la CFDT chargé de la politique internationale.

• 1971-1976 Secrétaire National de la Fédération de la Métallurgie (CFDT).

• 1965-1971 Secrétaire Général de la Métallurgie Lorraine (CFDT).

• CAP tuyauteur industriel.

• Education:

  • Etudes niveau universitaires en Economie, Sociologie et Droit auprès de l'Institut Syndical et de l'Institut du Travail de la Faculté de Droit à Paris.

Friedrich Buttler

• Joined the ILO in 2001 as Regional Director of Field Programmes in Europe and Central Asia.

• 1994-2000 State Secretary of Higher Education, Research and Culture for the Land Brandenburg in Germany.

• 1988-1994, Director of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), affiliated to the German Federal Employment Office, Nürnberg (a tripartite organization).

• 1973-1987 Professor of Economics at Paderborn University. He taught, and has many publications on, public finance, regional economics, labour market economics and social policy.

• 1976-1987, Rektor (President) of Paderborn University. Honorary Professor of the University of Erlangen - Nürnberg.

• Member of the German Science Council and chaired advisory boards in the field of education, research and reform of public administration.

Alberto Cerdá Micó

• Expert on Labour laws, employment restructuring in enterprises, working conditions, health and safety, social Security and employment-unemployment benefits. Expert on international bodies and projects. Labour and SS Inspector.

• 2001 Pre-Accession Adviser, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Latvia.

• 1997-2001 Labour and Social Security Inspector, Labour Ministry, Barcelona.

• 1997 Karolus Exchange programme, Occupational Health- Safety Board, Sweden.

• 1994 Assistant to director, Inter Institute for Labour Studies, Geneval (ILO).

• 1991-1993 Associate expert, Department of labour administration and labour inspection ADMITRA, International labour Office, Geneva

• Education:

  • Law Degree.

Ludovit Cziria

• Working since 1992 as a Deputy Director and Research Project Manager (focus on Industrial Relations) in the Research Institute of Labour, Social Affairs and Family Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

• Currently manages the project "Gender Equality in Employment in Slovakia".

• Has participated in several international projects on IR issues, including two Phare projects focused on development of social dialogue and an ILO project on Tripartism in Slovakia.

• Associate lecturer for Industrial Relations and Change Management issues at the Faculty of Management of the Comenius University in Bratislava since 1993.

• Member of the ETUI expert network for collective bargaining since 1998.

• Leading the working team of Slovak National Centre for the EIRO project and regularly participates at international conferences.

• Has contributed to several internationally published books on Industrial Relations.

Stavroula Demetriades

• Co-ordinator of the Industrial Relations area of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.

• Responsible for the development and implementation of research projects in the field of industrial relations.

• Responsible for the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO).

• Worked in management and consultancy to the public and private sector.

• Education:

  • Studied political science and regional development in Greece and Denmark.

Einar Edelberg

• Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Employment, Denmark.

• Responsible for the labour law division in the Ministry of Employment for many years.

• Lawyer.

David Foden

• Has authored many publications on European employment and social policy. Joined the European Foundation in July 2002 as a Research Manager in the Industrial Relations team.

• 1985 to 2002 Senior researcher and coordinator dealing with employment and labour market policy and social protection, European Trade Union Institute, Brussels.

• 1979 to 1985 Economics Department of the Trades Unions Congress.

• Education:

  • Studied economics, Cambridge University.

Claus Hjort Frederiksen

• Minister for Employment in the Fogh Rasmussen Government since November 2001.

• Secretary-General of the Liberal Party 1985-2001.

• Administrative Manager in the National Organisation of the Danish Liberal Party 1983.

• Secretary in the Employer Association for Industrial Trades 1979-83.

• Head of Section in the Ministry for Agriculture 1977-79.

• Secretary in the Secretariat for the Parliamentary Group of the Liberal Party 1973-77.

• Education:

  • Cand. jur. (Law degree), Copenhagen University

Youcef Ghellab

• Senior Specialist on Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations in the ILO's Central and Eastern European Multidisciplinary Team in Budapest.

• Advises governments and social partners on social dialogue issues.

• Worked as Specialist on Industrial Relations and Wage Policy in the ILO in Geneva.

• Worked for the French Ministry of Economy and Finance where he was responsible for Wage Policy and Industrial Relations.

• Relevant publications:

  • Has published articles and papers on wage policy and industrial relations.

  • Co-author of a book entitled Negotiating Flexibility: The role of the State and the Social Partners (ILO, 1999).

• Education:

  • PhD in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management from Paris-Dauphine University.

  • Master's Degree in Public Administration from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) in Paris.

Erzsébet Hanti

• 1990- National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions: 1999- Head of Department of Economics; Executive in charge of Economic Policy -1998; Economics expert 1990-1998.

• 1981-1990 International expert, Chemolimpex Foreign Trade Company.

• Participates as an expert in the work of National Labour Council (previously Interest Reconciliation Council) and in its committees; in some cases as the spokesperson of the employee's side. Member of the Strategic Committee of the Economic Council.

• Researches social dialogue, economic and social policy, employment and wages. Prepares reports on these issues, publishes studies, articles, makes presentations, and gives lectures.

• Participated in some international projects, in some cases acting as the Hungarian co-ordinator of these projects.

• Education:

  • 1976-1981 Budapest University of Economics, Faculty of International Relations.

  • 1986-1990 Budapest University of Economics, Faculty of International Economics.

Renate Hornung-Draus

• 1994- Director European and International Affairs at the Confederation of German Employers (BDA), Cologne.

• 1992-1994 Director Social Affairs, Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE), Brussels.

• 1990-1992 Director of the EC-representation of the BDA in Brussels.

• Advisor at the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) in Cologne.

• Vice-President of UNICE's Social Affairs Committee.

• Member of the European Social Dialogue Committee.

• Member of the Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities.

• Vice-President of the Employers' Group of the Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities.

• Member of the German Industrial Relations Association. Education:

  • University Studies in economics, politics and sociology in Freiburg (Germany) and Paris.

  • United World College of the Atlantic in Great Britain, International Baccalaureate.

William Jestin

• Principal Officer, Employment Rights and Industrial Relations Division, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ireland.

• Has headed the Irish Government delegation to the annual International Labour Conference in Geneva for the past two years.

• Specialised mainly in employment rights legislation.

• Involved in the work of placing a number of important Acts on the Irish Statute Books, e.g.

  • the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996;

  • the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997;

  • the Carer's Leave Act, 2001;

  • he Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act, 2001.

• Served as Labour Attaché in the Irish Embassy in London in the mid-1980s.

Hans Jensen

• 1996 President of the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions.

• 1987 Vice-president of the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions.

• 1981 President of the Danish Union of Plumbers and Allied Workers.

• 1977 Vice-president of the Danish Union of Plumbers and Allied Workers.

• 1973 Union Secretary in the Danish Union of Plumbers and Allied Workers.

• 1969 Surveyor.

• Honorary Offices:

  • Chairman of the Board of the Danish Employees' Capital Pension Fund.

  • Chairman of the LO/FTF Council (the Danish Trade Union Council for International Development Cooperation).

  • Member of the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation.