Conference On Social Dialogue, Sustainable Development And The Future Of Work
Yegin: The Project ‘Improving Social Dialogue In Working Life” Will Add Depth To The System Of Industrial Relations And Understanding Of Social Dialogue. Özcan: A Strong Social Dialogue Requires Relevant Legislation, Strong Social Partners, And Political Will. Önder: MoLSS’s Understanding Of Social Dialogue Is Based On Consulting, Cooperation And Negotiation With Social Partners.
The Conference “Social Dialogue, Sustainable Development and the Future of Work” took place in Ankara under the project ‘Improving Social Dialogue in Working Life’ with the participation of Turkish and foreign experts, representatives from government institutions, top level leaders from the confederations of workers’, employers’, and public employee unions including presidents, deputy presidents and general secretaries, and members of the media. The Conference focused on ‘social dialogue’, ‘sustainable development’, and ‘the future of work.’
Speaking at the opening of the Conference, Orhan Yegin, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MoLSS) said he believed that the project ‘Improving Social Dialogue in Working Life’ would add depth to the system of industrial relations and understanding of social dialogue. Yegin added, “Social dialogue lays the basis for working life.’
Numan Özcan, the Director of ILO Office in Turkey remarked that strong social dialogue requires relevant legislation, strong social partners, and political will. Özcan said, ‘It is clear that these three elements should be present at the same time for an effective and genuine social dialogue. In Turkey there is strong stress on legislation related to trade unions. This is a justified stress, but for a smooth working system of industrial relations we need more than this, some other characteristics as well. And what we are trying to do in this project is to bring them all in and to make progress in each.’
Nurcan Önder, MoLSS Director-General of Labour said the understanding of social dialogue is based on ‘consulting, cooperation and negotiation with social partners:
‘Our ministry is a multi-partner institution. Throughout my term of office as Director General I have attached special importance to cooperation and effective social dialogue with social partners on issues related to working life, to use tripartite social dialogue mechanisms effectively, and tried to solicit the opinions and suggestions of all actors in the industrial relations system, which is also the main approach of our Ministry.’
François Begeot, Counsellor of the EU Delegation to Turkey underlined ‘no one should be left behind’ in the context of social dialogue and rights, and stated that respect to fundamental rights and freedoms is a sine qua non for the EU.
Confederation representatives and experts speaking in panel discussions organized as a part of the Conference pointed out to the need for eliminating problems and obstacles faced in implementation in Turkey and stressed the importance of reaching relevant international standards.
The Conference “Social Dialogue, Sustainable Development and the Future of Work” took place in Ankara under the project ‘Improving Social Dialogue in Working Life’ with the participation of Turkish and foreign experts, representatives from government institutions, top level leaders from the confederations of workers’, employers’, and public employee unions including presidents, deputy presidents and general secretaries, and members of the media. The Conference focused on ‘social dialogue’, ‘sustainable development’, and ‘the future of work.’
Speaking at the opening of the Conference, Orhan Yegin, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MoLSS) said he believed that the project ‘Improving Social Dialogue in Working Life’ would add depth to the system of industrial relations and understanding of social dialogue. Yegin added, “Social dialogue lays the basis for working life.’
Numan Özcan, the Director of ILO Office in Turkey remarked that strong social dialogue requires relevant legislation, strong social partners, and political will. Özcan said, ‘It is clear that these three elements should be present at the same time for an effective and genuine social dialogue. In Turkey there is strong stress on legislation related to trade unions. This is a justified stress, but for a smooth working system of industrial relations we need more than this, some other characteristics as well. And what we are trying to do in this project is to bring them all in and to make progress in each.’
Nurcan Önder, MoLSS Director-General of Labour said the understanding of social dialogue is based on ‘consulting, cooperation and negotiation with social partners:
‘Our ministry is a multi-partner institution. Throughout my term of office as Director General I have attached special importance to cooperation and effective social dialogue with social partners on issues related to working life, to use tripartite social dialogue mechanisms effectively, and tried to solicit the opinions and suggestions of all actors in the industrial relations system, which is also the main approach of our Ministry.’
François Begeot, Counsellor of the EU Delegation to Turkey underlined ‘no one should be left behind’ in the context of social dialogue and rights, and stated that respect to fundamental rights and freedoms is a sine qua non for the EU.
Confederation representatives and experts speaking in panel discussions organized as a part of the Conference pointed out to the need for eliminating problems and obstacles faced in implementation in Turkey and stressed the importance of reaching relevant international standards.