Short presentation

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Short presentation
Rodion Kolyshko,Adviser
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Our members

• Federation of Metallurgists of Ukraine,
• Federation of Employers in the Sphere of
  Construction, Architecture and Design,
• Federation of Employers of Machine Building
  sector,
• Organization of Employers of Pharmaceutical and
  Microbiology Sector,
• Federation of Employers in IT sector and
  Telecommunications .
• (In total, number of employees in the branches
  covered by mentioned branch organizations amounts
  to app. 1,5 million.)

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Organization

• Annual conference,
• Board,
• President, Managing Director (Executive
  Vice-President), staff.

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Priorities

• Enhancement of the competitiveness of the
  Ukrainian business,
• Increase of the efficiency of the use of labor
  force,
• Protection of the rights and interests of the
  members in the relations with social partners
  (trade unions and authorities).

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Activities I

• Consultation/ expert advice,
• Expertise of the legal acts and participation in
  the development of legal acts,
• Legal assistance to the members,
• International cooperation and international
  employers issues.

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Activities II

• Cooperation with social partners,
• Negotiations collective agreements and disputes,
  conflict resolutions,
• Social programs,
• Corporate responsibility,
• Training, vocational training.

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Main achievements I

• Legal expertise (examples of work)
• Draft of the Labor Code,
• Draft of the Tax Code
• Draft Law On Social Dialogue,
• Draft Law on Obligatory Social Insurance,
• Amendments to the Law on Employers Organizations
  
• National Collective Agreement,
• Branch Collective Agreement.

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Main achievements II

• Consolidation of employers movement in Ukraine
  the voice of employers are heard.
• Protection of economic interests of members.
  (Example, tariffs on railway transportation for
  industrial production).

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Priorities for the future

• Capacity building of Confederation and members
  organizations in the mentioned activity areas,
• Promotion of the establishment of new branch
  organizations,
• Development of cooperation with major
  international organizations,
• Development of bilateral cooperation.

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Contacts

• Ivana Franka str., 42-b, Kyiv,
• 01030, Ukraine
• Tel. [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• www.confeu.org
• info_at_confeu.org