ILO Project on

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ILO Project on Strengthening Social Partnership
in Western Balkans Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina and Montenegro financed by the
Irish Government
PERC/FNV Thematic SEE workshop on IE Kotor 16
17 June 2009
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Background information

• The project has been developed by the
  Budapest-based ILO Subregional Office for Central
  and Eastern Europe (SRO Budapest)
• within the framework of its programme of
  promoting Decent Work for the sub-region and
  funded by the Irish Government.

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Background information

• This programme aims at addressing the problem of
  informal economy in the construction/building
  sector trough social dialogue and tripartism as a
  tool of good governance and promotion of decent
  work for men and women in the sub-region.
• The problem of informal economy can not be
  tackled only by the Trade Union. Joint effort of
  social partners is needed.

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Project countries and partners

• Countries
• Albania
• Montenegro
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Project partners are representatives of
• Government
• Employers associations
• Trade Unions

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Trade Union participation

• The following Trade Unions participate in the
  project
• Trade Union Federation of Wood Industry and
  Public Services, Albania
• Indepdenedent Trade Union of Construction and
  Public Services, Albania
• Trade Union of Construction and Industry of
  Construction Materials of Montenegro
• Trade Union of Construction, Housing and Communal
  Services of Republika Srpska
• Trade Union of Brcko district of Bosnia and
  Herzegovina
• Independent Trade Union of Building and
  Construction Materials Industry in Bosnia
  Herzegovina

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Project structure on Trade Union side

• Launching Trade Union subregional seminar in
  August 2008 (Podgorica) decided to establish
• Subregional Trade Union project advisory group
• National TU working groups
• Evaluation TU conference

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Project activities I

• Research study paper on the informal economy in
  the construction sector for each country
• Tripartite national conferences to discusse the
  study findings with participation of a tripartite
  resource group from Turkey
• Tripartite national working group to design
  action plan based on the adopted reccommendations

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Project activities II

• The ILO SRO Budapest assists the social partners
  to take an active role in designing and
  implementation of the national tripartite action
  plans
• The project coordinator of the PERC-FNV project
  on IE and the BWI SEE project coordinator
  cooperate closely with the ILO project
• The TU action plan in Albania is prepared

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• Thank you very much for your attention!