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SOLID Exchange visits in Jordan

webmaster@businessmed-umce.org — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:44:14 +0000

SOLID Exchange visits in Jordan webmaster@busi… Thu 12/09/2024 - 23:44

On May 14, 2024, in Amman, Jordan, the exchange visits program between the social partners of the European Union and the countries of the Southern Mediterranean was launched as part of the SOLID project, aimed at promoting social dialogue. This initiative brought together representatives from trade unions and employers' organizations from both sides of the Mediterranean, providing them with a platform to engage in meaningful discussions, share experiences, and highlight their successes in various fields. The first day of the exchange featured visits to the Jordan Chamber of Industry and the Foundation for the Development and Advancement of Vocational and Technical Skills, as well as the Jordanian Economic and Social Council.

The program continued on May 15, 2024, with participants visiting the Jordanian Senate. Here, they had the opportunity to learn about the Senate’s role in strengthening social dialogue by enacting laws that address the needs of the labor movement. Representatives from both the European Union and Southern Mediterranean countries, alongside Arab federations, participated in these exchanges to gain a deeper understanding of the legislative frameworks supporting social dialogue in Jordan.

On May 16, 2024, the final day of the exchange visits, the participants visited the Jordanian Ministry of Investment to explore the business climate and investment opportunities in the country. This day also included visits to local economic institutions, such as Al-Durra Food Industries, where participants learned about successful economic models in Jordan.

The culmination of this exchange was a regional seminar held in Amman on May 18, 2024 and that presented a summary of the key takeaways from the exchange visits and provided an opportunity for participants to discuss future cooperation and regional coordination.

Quadripartite Regional Conference on social dialogue: Closing SOLID project south

webmaster@businessmed-umce.org — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:37:15 +0000

Quadripartite Regional Conference on social dialogue: Closing SOLID project south webmaster@busi… Mon 29/04/2024 - 22:37

The conference will bring together 100 representatives from social partners, the ILO, local authorities, and local communities from the target countries, along with other target groups from both shores of the Mediterranean, to review the results of the action and discuss future initiatives and joint actions as a community of practice. The activity will address the main challenges and perspectives of local authorities and their performance by leveraging existing best practices in the region. Additionally, the conference will serve as the primary visibility event for the action, disseminating results, and presenting the major milestones for the SOLID charter.

Seminar on the results of the SOLID Exchange Visits

webmaster@businessmed-umce.org — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:14:43 +0000

Seminar on the results of the SOLID Exchange Visits webmaster@busi… Mon 29/04/2024 - 22:14

The EU-South exchange visits will conclude with a regional seminar facilitated by the social partners involved. The aim is to share the results and recommendations of the exchange program, focusing on lessons learned and best practices. The seminar will involve European social partners, their counterparts from the South Mediterranean region, exchange coaches, and supporting partners.

SOLID EU-South social partners’ exchange Visits

webmaster@businessmed-umce.org — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:15:02 +0000

SOLID EU-South social partners’ exchange Visits webmaster@busi… Mon 29/04/2024 - 16:15

Building on the success of Tunisia-Germany social partners quartet exchange (UGTT - DGB - UTICA - BDA) organized in the framework of SOLiD 1, an exchange programme will be implemented with the support and involvement of the regional Euromed social partners (BusinessEurope, AHK, ETUC, GIZ, FES, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung) and the UfM.

It consists in study visits devoted to the Southern social partners and their EU homologues recognized for their outstanding experience in social dialogue. The Countries as well as the social partners’ organisations will be selected after a call of interest. A balance will be respected among pilot and new target countries.

The exchange programme is composed of 3 study visits dedicated to the representatives of the Trade Unions and Employers to the EU target countries.

Multipartite Social Partners Meeting in Jordan

webmaster@businessmed-umce.org — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:31:57 +0000

Multipartite Social Partners Meeting in Jordan webmaster@busi… Mon 15/01/2024 - 15:31

Under the auspices of the SOLiD II project and with the generous support of the European Commission, the Arab Trade Union Confederation (ATUC), in collaboration with BUSINESSMED and ANND, recently convened a multilateral meeting in Amman, Jordan. The event, which unfolded on the 16th and 17th of May 2023, focused on the theme of “Integrating the Charter on Promoting Social Dialogue in National Plans Established in Targeted Countries.” The primary aim was to deliberate on recommendations and proposals put forth by social partners concerning various aspects of the project charter.

The diverse array of attendees included experts, key stakeholders, government representatives, and local authorities from Jordan. A structured dialogue unfolded, centering on the modalities of implementing national action plans. This engaging discourse featured the active participation of European mission representatives, economic and social councils, and other pertinent stakeholders.

The agenda included a diverse range of subjects, starting with a thorough examination of the current status of national dialogue in Jordan. Subsequent sessions highlighted the progress made in formulating the SOLiD 2 charter. Workshops delved into multifaceted subjects such as the economic and trade policies of Arab countries post the Covid-19 pandemic, the informal economy, employment policies, and strategies for reducing unemployment in Arab nations. Further discussions took place in dedicated workshops addressing migrant workers’ rights, gender equality, education policies, vocational and technical training, social protection in the southern Mediterranean, and a conclusive workshop on climate justice.

The meeting culminated with a thoughtful discussion and the presentation of proposals stemming from the workshops. It was affirmed that ongoing meetings would be orchestrated within the SOLID project framework, continuing to facilitate comprehensive dialogues through the organization of workshops and seminars. This approach aims to empower a significant percentage of Arab societies by actively involving them in dialogues that address pertinent social issues. Emphasis will be placed on their pivotal role in decision-making processes and the articulation of priorities that directly or indirectly impact them. The overarching goal is to achieve tangible progress in fortifying social dialogue practices and institutions, ensuring the effective and sustainable implementation of reforms.

National multipartite meeting on the SOLiD Charter

webmaster@businessmed-umce.org — Mon, 08 May 2023 12:46:01 +0000

National multipartite meeting on the SOLiD Charter webmaster@busi… Mon 08/05/2023 - 14:46

About SOLiD II

The EU co-funded project “Promotion of Social Dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean Neighborhood” is the continuation of the SOLiD Pilot project, which aims at promoting multipartite social dialogue practices in the Southern side of the Mediterranean.

The SOLiD pilot project targeted Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia and the second phase includes three new countries Algeria, Lebanon, and Palestine. The goal is to support the efforts of the beneficiaries in building an inclusive and structured social dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean Countries, reinforcing economic and social councils, and gradually opening up the dialogue to civil society organizations.

To achieve this, the SOLiD Secretariat planned to conduct several field activities and exchange of best practices in each target country to build a common understanding of challenges related to social dialogue and to work towards harmonizing social development goals across the region. To further this effort, a second regional seminar is being planned in Lebanon that will bring together the main partners from local authorities, professional associations and social and economic councils to continue working and cooperating on specific aspects highlighted in the SOLiD charter and related to socio- economic challenges at national and regional levels.

Main objectives of the multipartite meetings

The multipartite meetings are one of the backbone activities of SOLiD 2, aiming at integrating the charter on the promotion of social dialogue into institutionalized national action plans in the target countries. Three National group meetings per pilot country are foreseen. The first group meetings will bring together experts on the thematic issues exposed in the SOLiD charter as well as the key stakeholders (TU, EMP, CSOs, ESCs, professional associations, etc.). The last National multipartite meetings will initiate a structural debate with the representatives of the governments and local authorities, on the means of implementation of SOLiD national action plans in presence of the representatives of the EU delegations, ESCs, etc.

The first meeting is scheduled to take place in Amman on May 16 and 17, 2023.

Structure of the event

The event will be a two-day meeting gathering social partners in Jordan along with civil society organizations in order to initiate a discussion on the preliminary outcomes of the thematic studies conducted by the experts mandated.

The format of the discussions will essentially be thematic working groups.

Participants will have the opportunity to confront the results of the situation in Jordan and determine key orientations for future discussions in order for the charter to be implemented.

Call for expressions of interest for the recruitment of a consultant within the framework of the SOLiD project: Promotion of Social Dialogue in Southern Mediterranean Countries

webmaster@businessmed-umce.org — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:08:32 +0000

Call for expressions of interest for the recruitment of a consultant within the framework of the SOLiD project: Promotion of Social Dialogue in Southern Mediterranean Countries webmaster@busi… Mon 06/06/2022 - 15:08

Context

Social dialogue has progressively become an essential element in the success of collective bargaining processes, thereby increasingly bringing social progress matters into professional relationships and business environment.

The concept, institutionalized by the International Labour Organization, has been the subject of several international conventions. While various structures of governance and support for policy-makers in terms of economic and social development have been put in place over the past decades, some countries are still lagging behind when it comes to adapting to new social constraints, which is critical for the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, the major political changes that have taken place in the Mediterranean region since 2011 have highlighted the limits of the economic and social policies in Southern Mediterranean countries, and brought the social imperative to the forefront of popular demands.

Finally, little consideration has been granted to social dialogue in the Mediterranean region by governments, which generally tend to confine the concept to collective bargaining, with priorities and strategic orientations being quite often unilaterally defined.

This has led the partners involved in this process to consider a rethinking of the mechanisms of dialogue in Southern neighborhood countries, with the dual objective of enhancing the practice within these countries themselves and narrowing the gaps with Northern Mediterranean countries.

Thus, in the continuity of the Barcelona process initiated in 1995 and institutionalized in 2007 within the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean, various initiatives were proposed by the European Union to strengthen social dialogue through a quadripartite approach involving governments, traditional social partners (Employers' Organizations and Trade Unions), but also Civil Society Organizations and local and regional authorities, which will play a leading role in advocating and implementing economic and social policies that take into account local development objectives.

It is in this context that the SOLiD initiative was born, aiming to promote social dialogue in the countries of the southern shore of the Mediterranean. The objectives of this project are to provide employers, workers' and civil society organizations in target countries, with the expertise needed to jointly identify priority issues that are able to meet the needs of each country for a more dynamic and balanced dialogue with governments. The ultimate goal is to strengthen the capacity for dialogue (both social and societal) of the different target groups.

The first phase of this project, initially implemented by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-CSI), the Arab Trade Union Confederation (ATUC), the Maghreb Union of Business Confederations (BUSINESSMED), and the organizations ANND and Solidar with the support of partners from the North of the Mediterranean like Progetto SUD Italy, was set up between 2016 and 2018 and covered three countries (Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan).

The project resulted in the drafting of a twelve-point charter that will further be translated into concrete reforms to promote social dialogue in the countries of the South Shore of the Mediterranean.

As the SOLiD project has entered its second phase (2021-2024), the consortium leading the project (composed of ITUC, ATUC, BUSINESSMED and ANND) has set itself the objective to extend the initiative to three new countries: Algeria, Lebanon and Palestine. The ambition of the consortium is to adapt the social dialogue charter to the respective national contexts and have it adopted by these new partners, as well as building the capacities of organizations involved in social dialogue at the level of each country and developing national action plans on each of the articles of the Charter.

To carry out this mission, the agenda of the SOLiD project includes the elaboration of a glossary on Social Dialogue. In this context, the project partners are to request the services of consultants to draft the glossary.

Mission of the consultant

The SOLiD project consortium wishes to hire an expert whose mission will be to support the Project Secretariat in drafting the glossary on social dialogue across the region. For this purpose, the recruited expert will have the following missions:

Determining a list of terminologies relating to social dialogue
Suggesting a definition for each terminology based on various references (to be determined with the project team)
Arranging the definitions following a predetermined classification
Delivering the glossary in its final format to the project Secretariat

Qualifications and requirements

Academic and professional skills

Graduate degree with university education, preferably in Human and Social Sciences, Legal or Economic Sciences; or related field.
Significant experience in supporting organizations and institutions (public and private); project management; coordination of inter-professional or associative networks, including capacity building activities; (cumulative experience of at least 5 years)
Experience in regional projects and regional and multi-sector data collection
Experience in social dialogue to assess the role and positions of different dialogue partners (4 types of partners: Governments, Employers, Employees, Civil Society)
Experience in conducting seminars and capacity-building workshops in the areas of work and social dialogue

Personal Suitability

Demonstrate enthusiasm and initiative spirit, as well as strong interpersonal skills
Ability to be mobilized and to move in the countries of the southern shore
Be able to support and conduct multiple activities simultaneously
Be able to evolve and adapt to an uncertain socio-political context
Demonstrate loyalty, trust, flexibility and diplomacy

Contract duration and compensation

The expert fees will be determined after contacting the candidate for a financial offer and in accordance with the grid of the European Commission, according to the level of study and experience in the field(s) of expertise.

Interested candidates are invited to send their applications to Hind.Benammar@ituc-csi.org.

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Call for expressions of interest for the recruitment of a consultant within the framework of the SOLiD project: Promotion of Social Dialogue in Southern Mediterranean Countries

webmaster@businessmed-umce.org — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 12:48:03 +0000

Context

To carry out this mission, the agenda of the SOLiD project includes the constitution of a database on collective agreements signed in each of the six target countries in the recent years. This information will serve as a historical basis on the advancement and realizations of social dialogue in the region.

In this context, the project partners are to request the services of consultants for the constitution of the database.

Mission of the consultant

The SOLiD project consortium wishes to hire a group of consultants whose mission will be to support the Project Secretariat in the constitution of database on social dialogue in the target countries. For this purpose, the recruited expert will have the following missions:

Collection of documents relating to the outcomes of social dialogue processes such as collective agreements, administrative decisions, sectorial agreements, etc.
Arranging the data compiled following a predetermined classification
Transferring the documents list to the project Secretariat to ensure timely publication on the website

Qualifications and requirements

Academic and professional skills

Graduate degree with university education, preferably in Human and Social Sciences, Legal or Economic Sciences; or related field.
Significant experience in supporting organizations and institutions (public and private); project management; coordination of inter-professional or associative networks, including capacity building activities; (cumulative experience of at least 5 years)
Experience in regional projects and regional and multi-sector data collection
Experience in social dialogue to assess the role and positions of different dialogue partners (4 types of partners: Governments, Employers, Employees, Civil Society)
Experience in conducting seminars and capacity-building workshops in the areas of work and social dialogue

Personal Suitability

Demonstrate enthusiasm and initiative spirit, as well as strong interpersonal skills
Ability to be mobilized and to move in the countries of the southern shore
Be able to support and conduct multiple activities simultaneously
Be able to evolve and adapt to an uncertain socio-political context
Demonstrate loyalty, trust, flexibility and diplomacy

Contract duration and compensation

Interested candidates are invited to send their applications to Hind.Benammar@ituc-csi.org.

Country(ies)

Call for expressions of interest for the recruitment of Experts within the framework of the SOLiD project: Promotion of Social Dialogue in Southern Mediterranean Countries

webmaster@businessmed-umce.org — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:16:22 +0000

Call for expressions of interest for the recruitment of Experts within the framework of the SOLiD project: Promotion of Social Dialogue in Southern Mediterranean Countries webmaster@busi… Mon 11/04/2022 - 12:16

Context

As the SOLiD project is entering its second phase (2021-2024), the consortium leading the project (composed of ITUC, ATUC, BUSINESSMED and ANND) has set itself the objective to extend the initiative to three new countries: Algeria, Lebanon and Palestine. The ambition of the consortium is to adapt the social dialogue charter to the respective national contexts and have it adopted by these new partners, as well as building the capacities of organizations involved in social dialogue at the level of each country and developing national action plans on each of the articles of the Charter.

To carry out this mission, the Secretariat of the SOLiD project has started this second phase with a program to raise awareness and mobilize the various social partners and civil society. This essential stage of upgrading between the partners of the countries joining the project and those of the first phase consisted essentially in conducting country studies on the issue of social dialogue, as well as a capacity-building program for target groups in Algeria, Lebanon and Palestine and convergence between the 6 countries of implementation.

In this context, the project partners are to request the services of independent experts for the constitution of an advisory group to assist them on the various points of the SOLiD charter, themselves constituting a translation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

These experts will subsequently be called upon for technical advice to the project consortium, to carry out thematic studies on each of the points of the charter, as well as to facilitate multipartite national meetings both social partners, civil society, local authorities, economic and social councils, professional associations, and government representatives.

Mission of the consultant

The SOLiD project consortium wishes to set up a group of experts whose mission will be to support the Project Secretariat on the themes of economic and social development relating to multipartite social dialogue in the Southern Mediterranean countries. For this purpose, the recruited expert will have the following missions:

Technical and programmatic assistance to the project team as a member of the SOLiD 2 advisory board (two meetings per year)
Development of thematic factsheets on one (or more) of the points of the SOLiD charter. These factsheets will intend to describe the situation of each country hosting a multi-stakeholder meeting on the subject in question. The scheduled multi-stakeholder meetings are 6 in total and will see the participation of social partners, civil society, local and governmental authorities, as well as economic and social councils of each target country
Development of presentations on the theme of expertise which will serve as support for the animation of thematic sessions during the multi-stakeholder meetings
Conduction of thematic sessions during multi-stakeholder meetings
Drafting the minutes of multi-stakeholder meetings
Formulation, in the long term and jointly with the entire group of experts, of the group meetings’ outcomes in a summary document which will serve as a basis for the development of action plans around the SOLiD charter

Qualifications and requirements

Academic and professional skills

Graduate degree with university education (Ph.D. or Masters’ degree), preferably in Human and Social Sciences, Legal or Economic Sciences; or related field.
Significant experience in supporting organizations and institutions (public and private); project management; coordination of inter-professional or associative networks, including capacity building activities; (cumulative experience of at least 5 years)
Experience in regional projects and regional and multi-sector data collection
Experience in social dialogue to assess the role and positions of different dialogue partners (4 types of partners: Governments, Employers, Employees, Civil Society)
Experience in conducting seminars and capacity-building workshops in the areas of work and social dialogue.

Personal Suitability

Demonstrate enthusiasm and initiative spirit, as well as strong interpersonal skills
Ability to be mobilized and to move in the countries of the southern shore
Be able to support and conduct multiple activities simultaneously
Be able to evolve and adapt to an uncertain socio-political context
Demonstrate loyalty, trust, flexibility and diplomacy

Contract duration and compensation

Interested candidates are invited to fill out the form below no later than June 9, 2022.

Link to the form: Click here.

Download the terms of reference here

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Premier Séminaire National sur "Le Dialogue Social et le Développement Durable"

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:36:24 +0000

First National Seminar on "Social Dialogue and Sustainable Development" admin Tue 24/08/2021 - 11:04