Tripartite social dialogue and policy formation: Measures to promote recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisisForthcoming

Social dialogue lies at the heart of the EU treaties and governance. Social partners are core stakeholders who can assess policy needs and contribute to policy formation and to designing and implementing national reforms in the social and employment fields. This report focuses on the timely and meaningful involvement of national social partners in the preparation of the new resilience and recovery plans and the national reform programmes (NRPs) that were temporarily integrated under the European Semester in 2021. The report analyses the mechanisms through which social partners contribute to national policy formation and structural reform, as well as their role in shaping reforms and public policies as a consequence of the economic and social crisis that followed the COVID-19 pandemic.