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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WORKERS PARTICIPATION AND SOCIAL DIALOGUE (INT/97/M01/ITA) |
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This project is funded by ITALY |
Geographical Coverage: |
Inter-regional |
Project Language: |
English, French and Spanish |
Starting Date: |
January 1998 |
Duration: |
27 months |
Chief Technical Adviser: |
Mr. Giuseppe Querenghi |
Project Background: |
What the world of work will look like in the 21st century depends to a great extent on the responses trade unions will be in a position to find to such fundamental issues as the liberalization of capital markets; the economic integration agreements; the introduction of new technologies; the informal sector and non-traditional forms of employment (part-time, homework, contract labour and teleworking).
The ILO has made an important contribution towards the development of a growing awareness that issues of social policy can both affect and be affected by international trade and investment flows and that the most suitable way to deal with increased international competition is not lowering labour standards, but enhancing labour productivity through investments in skill development. In this connection, information and education are key factors to master development processes and to put the workers in a position to protect and promote their rights. The ILO, as well as other institutions, has been undertaking a number of educational programmes on basic economic concepts. However, there have been so far insufficient resources to ensure that a permanent and rigorous economic capacity was created within national trade union centres and NGOs closely related to them. This project, funded by Italy, is aiming at improving the skills of trade unions and trade union related NGOs in the application of information technology, which is opening up new avenues and suggesting new and cost-effective possibilities for the development of workers' education. While the teaching aids and other educational materials produced under the project will be at the disposal of a wider audience, activities are specially designed for developing countries, as a contribution to avoid that the world be divided into "haves" and "have nots" also in this strategic field.
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Target Group(s): |
senior trade union leaders/educators;
senior staff of NGOs closely related to trade unions.
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Main Activities: |
production of electronic teaching aids on subjects such as: - globalization;
- ILO standards and suitable ways to strengthen their application;
- occupational health and safety;
- collective bargaining.
design of suitable systems of distance learning; implementation of computer assisted educational programmes with the support of the senior specialists in workers' activities of the ILO, multidisciplinary teams as well as the regional specialists in workers' education. |
More Information: |
The project's web site |
Updated by LO. Approved by MS. Last updated: 6 November 2002.
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