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The Project “Improving Social Dialogue in Working Life” is closed.
The Closing Conference is held on Thursday, 17 January 2019 in Ankara for the Project “Improving Social Dialogue in Working Life” funded through the European Union Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA), with technical assistance from the International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Turkey and the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services as the main beneficiary.
The Project aimed to develop well-functioning social dialogue mechanisms for promoting social dialogue at all levels towards achieving the goal of decent work in our country.
Starting on 01 August 2016 and going on for 30 months, the Project has undertaken many activities of institutional capacity-building, research and awareness-raising that promoted social dialogue at all levels. Since inception, it has achieved many “firsts” in the working life of our country.
Setting out with the inspiring motto “We Exist Together,” the Project brought together workers’ and employers’ organisations in the first-ever comprehensive training programmes, raising the knowledge and awareness of more than 1,000 representatives from social partners and public agencies on international labour standards, EU acquis, human rights and social dialogue.
Chanting “Social dialogue at local level too” for the first time, it delivered training on social dialogue to the members of Provincial Employment and Vocational Training Boards across Turkey.
To increase the knowledge and experience of representatives from the Ministry and social partners, internship programmes were organised at such prominent international organisations as the International Labour Organization at Geneva, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions at Dublin, European Trade Union Confederation and European Public Service Union at Brussels, with the participating interns consequently transferring knowledge and experience to the working life in our country.
Based on the philosophy that “social dialogue is a culture,” the Project proponents set out to “leave no stone unturned” visiting universities and vocational high schools in many cities, meeting with students, and agreeing on the importance of social dialogue with more than 2,000 young people as today’s students, tomorrow’s workers who for the first time came together with the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services and ILO Office for Turkey.
To contribute to promoting bipartite social dialogue as a primary pursuit of the Project, joint workshops were held with 500 companies of various sectors and sizes as the kitchens of bipartite social dialogue, sharing innovative and good practices in informative and consultative processes between workers and employers; and saying yes to innovation, advance and change. A first-ever contest was organised on “Best Practices of Social Dialogue at Company Level”, with the winning companies hosted for training at ILO International Training Centre.
Bringing together the representatives of workers, employers, State and ILO on a sectoral perspective, issues of working life and social dialogue were discussed and solutions proposed in a social dialogue approach. Pioneering steps were taken to improve social dialogue at enterprises in many sectors including food, banking-finance, chemicals, general works, visual arts, tourism, construction, mining, textiles, cement, pharmaceuticals, metal and energy.
The Project commissioned many studies, with the contributions of our valuable academicians, on social dialogue to improve the legislation and practice, to name a few:
Through the first-ever nationwide survey of perceptions on social dialogue and unionisation, the Project generated knowledge to contribute to policy formulation and implementation both by the Ministry and social partners.
Awareness on social dialogue was raised through such visibility actions as short-film contest and public messages, among others. The Project supported the implementation of local micro-projects through assistance to five grant projects.
The Closing Conference is honoured by Ms. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, T.R. Minister of Family, Labour and Social Services; and attended by Mr. Numan Özcan, Director of the ILO Office for Turkey; Mr. Gabriel Munuera Vinals, Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to Turkey; Presidents of confederations of workers’ and employers’ unions; representatives of Project partners, unions, academicians and beneficiaries. In total, more than 350 people participated to the conference.
At the Conference, the Project’s outputs are evaluated, and two panels themed “Shaping the Future of Social Dialogue Together in Turkey” and “Evaluating the Project’s Actions and Sustainability.” Are featured.
The Project aimed to develop well-functioning social dialogue mechanisms for promoting social dialogue at all levels towards achieving the goal of decent work in our country.
Starting on 01 August 2016 and going on for 30 months, the Project has undertaken many activities of institutional capacity-building, research and awareness-raising that promoted social dialogue at all levels. Since inception, it has achieved many “firsts” in the working life of our country.
Setting out with the inspiring motto “We Exist Together,” the Project brought together workers’ and employers’ organisations in the first-ever comprehensive training programmes, raising the knowledge and awareness of more than 1,000 representatives from social partners and public agencies on international labour standards, EU acquis, human rights and social dialogue.
Chanting “Social dialogue at local level too” for the first time, it delivered training on social dialogue to the members of Provincial Employment and Vocational Training Boards across Turkey.
To increase the knowledge and experience of representatives from the Ministry and social partners, internship programmes were organised at such prominent international organisations as the International Labour Organization at Geneva, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions at Dublin, European Trade Union Confederation and European Public Service Union at Brussels, with the participating interns consequently transferring knowledge and experience to the working life in our country.
Based on the philosophy that “social dialogue is a culture,” the Project proponents set out to “leave no stone unturned” visiting universities and vocational high schools in many cities, meeting with students, and agreeing on the importance of social dialogue with more than 2,000 young people as today’s students, tomorrow’s workers who for the first time came together with the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services and ILO Office for Turkey.
To contribute to promoting bipartite social dialogue as a primary pursuit of the Project, joint workshops were held with 500 companies of various sectors and sizes as the kitchens of bipartite social dialogue, sharing innovative and good practices in informative and consultative processes between workers and employers; and saying yes to innovation, advance and change. A first-ever contest was organised on “Best Practices of Social Dialogue at Company Level”, with the winning companies hosted for training at ILO International Training Centre.
Bringing together the representatives of workers, employers, State and ILO on a sectoral perspective, issues of working life and social dialogue were discussed and solutions proposed in a social dialogue approach. Pioneering steps were taken to improve social dialogue at enterprises in many sectors including food, banking-finance, chemicals, general works, visual arts, tourism, construction, mining, textiles, cement, pharmaceuticals, metal and energy.
The Project commissioned many studies, with the contributions of our valuable academicians, on social dialogue to improve the legislation and practice, to name a few:
- Perceptions of unionisation and social dialogue in Turkey
- Assessment of bipartite and tripartite social dialogue mechanisms
- Bipartite and tripartite social dialogue mechanisms in EU countries – good practices
- Analysis of the decisions of ILO supervisory bodies on compliance of Turkey with ILO conventions on social dialogue
- Contribution of social dialogue to economic growth and development
- Organisation and representation of hard-to-organise workers
- Extension systems in EU countries.
Through the first-ever nationwide survey of perceptions on social dialogue and unionisation, the Project generated knowledge to contribute to policy formulation and implementation both by the Ministry and social partners.
Awareness on social dialogue was raised through such visibility actions as short-film contest and public messages, among others. The Project supported the implementation of local micro-projects through assistance to five grant projects.
The Closing Conference is honoured by Ms. Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk, T.R. Minister of Family, Labour and Social Services; and attended by Mr. Numan Özcan, Director of the ILO Office for Turkey; Mr. Gabriel Munuera Vinals, Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to Turkey; Presidents of confederations of workers’ and employers’ unions; representatives of Project partners, unions, academicians and beneficiaries. In total, more than 350 people participated to the conference.
At the Conference, the Project’s outputs are evaluated, and two panels themed “Shaping the Future of Social Dialogue Together in Turkey” and “Evaluating the Project’s Actions and Sustainability.” Are featured.