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Fishing: Social dialogue
ILO’s strategic objective: Strengthen tripartism and social dialogue
Social dialogue is defined by the ILO to include all types of negotiation,
consultation or simply exchange of information between, or among, representatives
of governments, employers and workers, on issues of common interest relating
to economic and social policy. Of course, the definition and concept of
social dialogue varies from country to country and from region to region.
Social dialogue in the fishing sector
The degree to which social dialogue is used in the fishing sector
varies from region to region, country to country, fishery to fishery
and even at the local level. This is due in part to the diversity
of the fishing sector and to the manner in which fishers are engaged
(i.e., many work on the basis of the share of the catch and are considered
self-employed).
One of the aims of the ILO in the fishing sector is to enhance social
dialogue and tripartism through assisting the ILO’s Employers Activities
Bureau and Workers Activities Bureau to increase the capacity of employers’ and
workers’ organizations in the sector.
The newly adopted Work in Fishing Convention
and Recommendation provide an excellent opportunity for encouraging
consultation among the social partners in the sector. It was through
sustained social dialogue that employer and workers organizations were
able to overcome differences and adopt these instruments with a very
high vote at the 96th Session of the International Labour Conference
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of Korea
Updated by MMTT. Approved BW/ET. Last update: 10 July 2008.
