Ensuring Decent Working Conditions in Poland

About this project

<p>Project goal is the reinforcement of implementation of Decent Work Agenda for health and safety officers. Key activities include workshop with Norwegian expert, development of DW agenda recommendations and report, national roundtable for 50 participants and awareness-raising campaign.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The project aimed at rising the awareness, capacity and competence of workers as well as establishing networks between main stakeholders in the Lower Silesia region. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The specific objectives to be achieved until completion of the project was: </span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Increased number of employees and enterprises that have improved decent work arrangements</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Established networks between leaders from trade unions, non-governmental organizations and local communities for the exchange of best practices in terms of guaranteeing decent working conditions at the work-place</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Pooled knowledge and expertise in terms of guaranteeing decent working conditions</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Enhanced competence and capacity of workers to achieve the realization of their working rights which is 5/14 a precursor to the decent working conditio</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Facilitated the exchange of ideas between the Norway and Poland to ensure that decent working condition standards are similar to the ones uphold by Donor State</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Raise awareness of different stakeholders on decent work conditions on labour market</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Improved capacity of the participant organisations and its community to advocate for the decent working conditions, educate workers</span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The project consists of three main activity areas</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">competence building and networking events,</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">development of Decent Work recommendations document and </span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">awareness rising campaign. </span></span></li> </ul>

Project partners

• The Western Chamber of Commerce (ZIG) Project partner· Poland
• OPZZ Council of the Malopolska Voivodship Project partner· Poland
• OPZZ Council of the Opolskie Voivodeship Project partner· Poland