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Social Dialogue – Decent Work (Norway Grants) Completed

Workin Index

Federatia Publisind ·Romania

€260k
Grant awarded
Social Dialogue – Decent Work (Norway Grants)
Programme
13 November 2019
Signed

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">The Workin Index project aimed to address the needs and constraints existing in Romania regarding the quality of social dialogue and the lack of promotion of the decent work agenda among trade unions and their members. The project promoter, Publisind Federation, with more than 70 trade unions from more than 10 branches, aimed to improve social dialogue and identify solutions that would improve working conditions for its members. The project targeted improving the representation process by increasing the operational capacity of the trade union organizations as well as transferring good practices and expertise from the Norwegian partner. The objective was achieved through training, promotional campaigns, and the development of specific tools, such as the measurement index of the decent work agenda and labour rights.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">Specific objectives </span></span></span></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">Ensure a framework of expertise and promotion of the decent work agenda </span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">Strengthening social dialogue and cooperation </span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">Developing and sustaining a public policy proposal to increase the level of involvement of trade unions in facilitating access to employment for young people, in harmonising labour demand and stabilising the younger labor force</span></span></span></li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">The project was implemented for the first time in Romania by a public trade union federation (Federatia Publisind) and a private trade union federation (Federatia Sindicatelor Libere din Romania) with the support of the Norwegian partner (YS) which affiliates both public and private employees. </span></span></span></p>

Bilateral cooperation results

The bilateral partnerships was an important element of the project. Based on the Norwegian experience for social dialogue and collective bargaining, several training sessions were organized with representatives of the two Romanian trade union federations. The projet promoter highlighted in particiular the Norwegian approach on social dialogue in the public administration and the use of data in collective bargaining as an important learning from the bilateral cooperation.

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