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Social Dialogue
Social dialogue plays a key role in achieving the ILO's objective of promoting opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equality, security and human dignity.
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. It can exist as a tripartite process, with the government as an official party to the dialogue or it may consist of bipartite relations only between labour and management (or trade unions and employers' organisations), with or without indirect government involvement. Concertation can be informal or institutionalised, and often it is a combination of the two. It can take place at the national, regional or at enterprise level. It can be inter-professional, sectoral or a combination of all of these.
The main goal of social dialogue itself is to promote consensus building and democratic involvement among the main stakeholders in the world of work. Successful social dialogue structures and processes have the potential to resolve important economic and social issues, encourage good governance, advance social and industrial peace and stability and boost economic progress.
Definition
• What
is Social Dialogue?
• Participation and Tripartism in the ILO's Mandate
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Projects and Activities
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ACTRAV Technical Cooperation Activities in 2000-2001: Some Results
concerning Social Dialogue
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Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration: Technical Cooperation Projects
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Information Technology, Workers Participation and Social Dialogue
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Strengthening the Capacity of Workers´ Organizations in Latin
America to Participate in Tripartite Social Dialogue and in the
Socio-Economic Development of the Region (only available in Spanish)
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Publications
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Social Dialogue in Panama: the Road towards Democracy (pdf, 253KB)
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Globalización y concertation social en Chile (pdf, 886KB) (only available in Spanish)
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Job Creation Policies at Local Level and the Role of the Social
Partners (pdf, 142KB)
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Joint Meeting on Social Dialogue in Health Services: Institutions,
Capacity and
Effectiveness
(Geneva 21-25 October 2002) (pdf, 438KB)
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National Study on Social Dialogue in the Czech Republic (pdf, 209KB)
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Social Dialogue and Social and Economic Development in Kenya (pdf, 271KB)
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Social Dialogue and Tripartism in Poland: Evolution and Trends (pdf, 155KB)
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The Role of the Social Partners in the Design and Implementation of
Active Measures (pdf, 377KB)
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