Social dialogue in the candidate countries

Social dialogue and EMU in Cyprus, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia - Workshop

Vienna, 26-28 May 2003

Trade Union Training Centre Seminarzentrum, Strudlhofgasse 10, Wien

Research discussion papers outlining the position in the five countries:
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia

Social dialogue and EMU in Cyprus, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia
- Workshop Vienna, 26-28 May 2003

• Background

• Programme

• Contact details

Programme

Monday 26 May (schedule for Tuesday 27 May ; Wednesday 28 May)

Chair: Christian Welz, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions

12.00 Registration and welcome buffet

13.00 Welcome address

Raymond-Pierre Bodin, Director, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions
Bengt Knave, Work Life and EU Enlargement Project, Stockholm [abstract]

13.40 Presentation of the participants

14.00 Social dialogue and EMU: background of the project [abstract]

Timo Kauppinen, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions

14.20 Social dialogue in the candidate countries: a view from the European Commission

Ann Branch, European Commission, Brussels [abstract]

14.40 Social dialogue and working and employment conditions in future EU member states: an ILO perspective

Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, ILO, Geneva

15.00 Debate

15.45 Coffee break

16.00 Group work 1: Today’s political and economic situation in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia

17.30-19.00 Feedback from the rapporteurs of each working gr

19.00 Working dinner

Tuesday 27 May

Chair: Timo Kauppinen, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions

9.00 Industrial relations in the candidate countries: elements of comparison [abstract]

Christian Welz, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions

09.20 The role of social partnership in preparing for EMU in Ireland [abstract]

Kieran Mulvey, Chief Executive, Labour Relations Commission, Ireland

9.40 Debate

10.15 Coffee break

10.30 Group work 2: Social dialogue and EMU in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia

11.30 Feedback from the rapporteurs of each working group

12.30 Lunch

14.00 Social dialogue and EMU: project experiences from Slovenia and Estonia

Metka Stoka-Debevec, Ministry of Labour, Slovenia [abstract]
Eike Hindov, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia [abstract]

14.45 Guidelines for a national development plan [abstract]

Timo Kauppinen, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions

15.00 Debate

15.30 Coffee break

16.00 Group work 3: Drafting of national development plans for EMU in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia

17.30-19.00 Feedback from the rapporteurs of each working group

19.00 Working dinner

Wednesday 28 May

Chair: Christian Welz, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions

9.00 Social dialogue and EMU: project experiences from Hungary and Malta

Mária Ladó, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Hungary
Prof. Edward Zammit, University of Malta [abstract]

9.40 Debate

10.00 Group work 4: Finalising the national development plans in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia

11.15 Coffee break

11.30 Panel: Presentation of the national development plans

12.45-13.00 Closing session

Concluding remarks and follow-up of the project