Industrial relations and social dialogue

Watch the video - Social dialogue as a pillar for resilience and social cohesion: How to strengthen the collective approach?

Tue, 14/06/2022
Tue, 14/06/2022
Event Type: 
Joint
Organised by: 
International Labour Organization (ILO) and Eurofound

Social dialogue as a pillar of resilience and social cohesion: How to strengthen the collective approach? Brussels, Tuesday 14 June 2022

Time and venue: 10.00 – 12.00 CET at The Press Club Brussels Europe, Rue Froissart 95.

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Background

Collective bargaining and wider social dialogue have played an essential role in responding effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic and social crisis which ensued. However, the decline in coverage of collective bargaining over recent decades in the context of structural and labour market change has created even greater challenges for collective interest representation.

Taking place against the backdrop of the European Commission’s initiative on strengthening social dialogue in European Union and a proposal for a Council Recommendation on the role of social dialogue at national level, the event was an opportunity for experts from Eurofound and the ILO to share their research findings and explore, with a panel of key European level partners, the critical issues at the core of promoting robust and lasting collective bargaining across the EU.

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Programme

Time

Description

10.00

Registration and coffee for in-person attendees

10.20

Online opening for virtual attendees

10.30

 Start of event and welcome words by moderator, Lieve Verboven, Director of the ILO Office to the EU and the Benelux countries

10.35

Presentation by Eurofound and ILO experts:

  • Dora Sari, Specialist on Industrial Relations Indicators, International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • David Foden, Adviser Industrial relations, Eurofound

10.50

Discussion with social partner panel:

  • Claes-Mikael Ståhl, Deputy General Secretary European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) 
  • Kris de Meester, Senior Adviser, Federation of Enterprises in Belgium
  • Nicolas Schmit, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

11.25
  • Irene Wennemo, Director General, National Mediation Office, Sweden 

11.35

Q&A audience managed by moderator, Lieve Verboven, Director of the ILO Office to the EU and the Benelux countries (onsite Qs only)
11.50

Key takeaway points from the social partners

11.56

Wrap-up by moderator and closing

12.00

End of event - Networking and light lunch for in-person attendees

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