Issues

Social dialogue

The fact sheets on Social Dialogue are divided into two groups. The first presenting the development of Social Dialogue in the EU, the social dialogue on sector level, the different national systems within the EU –15, and the social dialogue for SMEs in the acceding countries. A background to the role of the Social dialogue in the employment strategy is given in the fifth fact sheet in this group:

• The European Social Dialogue [Word DOC 749Kb]
• The European Sectoral Social Dialogue [Word DOC 968Kb]
• National Systems of Social Dialogue in the EU [Word DOC 233Kb]
• Social Dialogue in the Acceding Countries [Word DOC 226Kb]
• Social Dialogue and the European Employment Strategy [Word DOC 41Kb]

Social policy fact sheets

There are three fact sheets on social policy. The first fact sheet brings together labour market issues and enlargement. The second is highlighting health and safety policy and the third is committed to vocational training and lifelong learning, all key issues for the social partners on European level.

• Enlargement, Labour Markets and Employment Policy [Word DOC 1.432Kb]
• Health and Safety Policy [Word DOC 781Kb]
• Vocational training and Lifelong Learning [Word DOC 37Kb]
  

Social Dialogue & enlargement- National views

Below you will find the analysis made by SME representative associations in the different Member States on the impact of Enlargement on the Social Dialogue.

Austria

• http://wko.at/eu-erweiterung [Website dedicated to enargement and its effect on Austrian SMEs]

Italy

• Social Dialogue Paper [Italian-Word DOC 26Kb]