Evaluation of ITC-ILO/EFBWW project on Strengthening Social Dialogue in Construction Industry Workshop 7 – 9 May 2007

1. Challenges and Achievements of Social Dialogue in Construction Industry Evaluation of ITC-ILO/EFBWW project on Strengthening Social Dialogue in Construction Industry Workshop 7 – 9 May 2007 Brussels - Belgium

2. ITC-ILO/EFBWW project on Strengthening Social Dialogue in Construction Industry

3. Structure of the project • two European seminars • training of trainers in Florence • exchange of trainers among national seminars • concluding seminar in Brussels • eight national seminars

4. Participating Trade Unions (1) • Cyprus Construction Workers' and Miners' Federation (SEK) – CCWMF • Eesti Metsatöötajate Ametiühing EMT • Epitô-, Fa- és Epitôanyagipari Dolgozók Szakszervezeteinek Szövetsége EFEDOSZSZ • Latvijas Celtnieku Arodbiedriba LCA • Lietuvos Statybininku Profesine Sajunga

5. Participating Trade Unions (2) • General Workers' Union, Technology and Electronics Section GWU • Zwiazek Zawodowy Budowlani - ZZ Budowlani • Sekretariat Budownictwa i Przemyslu Drzewnego NSZZ Solidarnosc NSZZ Solidarnosc • Sindikat Delavcev Gradbenih Dejavnosti Slovenije SDGD

6. Development Objectives • Support the development of sustainable trade union organisations affiliated to EFBWW • Promote • effective recognition of trade unions and trade union rights as fundamental pillars for implementing the European Social Dialogue model • technological innovation for trade unions • Promote exchange of practices and experiences amongst European trade unions in the construction industry

7. Development Objective 1 • support the development of sustainable workers’ organisations’ affiliated to EFBWW

8. Development Objective 2 • promote effective • recognition of trade unions, • freedom of association and • collective bargaining • technological innovation

9. Development Objective 3 • contribute to raise awareness and easier exchanges of practices and experiences amongst European workers’ organisations in the construction industry in the fields selected by the project

10. Question • comment briefly on the three Development Objectives of the project • support the development of sustainable workers’ organisations’ affiliated to EFBWW • promote effective • recognition of trade unions, • freedom of association and • collective bargaining • technological innovation • contribute to raise awareness and easier exchanges of practices and experiences amongst European workers’ organisations in the construction industry in the fields selected by the project

11. Immediate objectives of the project • strengthen capacity of trade unions to participate effectively in social dialogue with employers, both at company, national and European level • topics • social dialogue in the construction sector • health and safety • European Work Councils (EWC) • employment • free movement of workers • ILO fundamental rights and principles at work, i.e. freedom of association and the effective right to collective bargaining, protection against discrimination in employment, forced labour and child labour

12. Immediate objectives of the project – information technology • Introduction to information technology for trade unions aimed to • enhance networks capacities for trade unions • provide better access to relevant information and contribute to easier exchanges of practices and experiences amongst workers’ organisations in the “project countries” and those in other EU member states • identify best practices in the field of health and safety, workers’ rights, collective bargaining and employment