Strengthening social dialogue in the local and regional government sector in the ‘new’ Member States and candidate countries


Introduction 1.1 Aims and objectives of the study



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1. Introduction




1.1 Aims and objectives of the study

The aim of this study is to support the sectoral social partners (CEMR and EPSU) in the local and regional government sector in delivering a Commission funded project on strengthening social dialogue in local and regional government in the “new” Member States and candidate countries. The project is to contribute to the ongoing sectoral social dialogue process between EPSU and CEMR and will culminate in a joint conference to launch the results of the study in October 2005.


The objectives are:


  • To gather baseline information on the different social partner organisations in the sector in the 10 new Member States, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey.




  • Following this primarily desk based exercise, 5 countries were selected for a more detailed, interview based assessment of the key issues facing the social partners in the local and regional government sector. These countries are Estonia Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Turkey.




  • To present a final report at a joint closing conference in Budapest on 14th October 2005.

This final report provides the findings from basic desk based research and questionnaires, which were sent to several national experts and relevant social partners in each country, as well as from the more detailed case studies carried out in five countries. Three of these case studies (Poland, Estonia, Hungary) were carried out through desk based research, face to face interviews and a limited number of telephone interviews1. Two further case studies (Turkey and Slovakia) were carried out through desk based research and telephone interviews. The chapters on the eight countries not covered by detailed case studies, which were presented in the interim report, have been updated with further information gathered through desk based research and questionnaire returns. All members of EPSU and CEMR have been sent their respective country chapters for comment and some amendments have been made on the basis of comments received on these draft chapters.



2. Organisations and experts contacted

2.1 First phase of the research

Following consultations with the steering group on the research instrument, the ECOTEC team originally sent out the expert questionnaires in the beginning February. Questionnaires aimed at social partner organisations in each country were translated to all relevant languages and they were sent out at the end of February. Questionnaires were sent to:




  • SYSDEM experts (European Employment Observatory) in each country and other contacts identified by them

  • EIRO experts in each country

  • ETUI collective bargaining research network members (Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Slovenia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Lithuania)

  • CEMR member organisations

  • EPSU member organisations

As the response rate was relatively weak, ECOTEC team contacted most of the above mentioned social partner organisations also via telephone in March/April 2005. Some telephone interviews were conducted and questionnaire was re-sent. Following the presentation of the interim report further clarifications were received by email and telephone regarding the eight countries not covered by detailed case studies.


Responses to the questionnaire have been received from the following organisations:

CYPRUS

  • Federation of Government Military and Civil Services Workers

  • SYSDEM expert

  • Pancyprian Public Employees Trade Union PA.SY.DY


CZECH REPUBLIC

  • Trade Union of Health Service and Social Care

  • Trade Union of Workers in Culture and Nature Protection –TUCNP

  • Firefighters Union of the Czech Republic TUFFCR

  • SYSDEM expert


ESTONIA

  • Association of Estonian Cities

  • State and Self-Government Institution Workers Trade Union (ROTAL)

  • SYSDEM expert


HUNGARY


LATVIA

  • Latvian Trade Union Energija

  • SYSDEM expert

  • Latvian Association of Local and Regional Authorities


LITHUANIA

  • EIRO expert

  • Lithuanian Trade Union of State Employees


MALTA

  • Public Sector Section of the General Workers’ Union

  • EIRO expert

  • Malta Council for Economic and Social Development

  • UHM

  • Malta Workers’ Union


SLOVAKIA

  • Fire-fighters Union of the Slovak Republic (OZH)

  • Slovak Trade Union of Culture and Social Organisations SOZKaSO

  • Marcela Gatciova, President, Slovak Trade Union of Public Administration - Sloves

  • Lubos Vagac, Centre for Economic Development


Candidate countries:
BULGARIA

  • SYSDEM expert

  • ETUI collective bargaining research network member

  • FITUGO

  • CITUB – Federation of Trade Unions – Health Services


ROMANIA


TURKEY

  • Public Services Employees Union of Turkey Genel-Is

  • Union of All Municipality Civil Servants Tüm Bel Sen

  • SYSDEM expert

  • Aise Akpinar / private consultant in Turkey – Edusar

Other individual experts have also been consulted, either via email and/or telephone:




  • Mr. Enis Bagdadioglu / Research Director of TURK-IS (Turkish Workers Unions Confederation)

  • Mr. Ferhat Ilter / Deputy General Secretary of TISK (Turkish Employer Unions Confederation)

  • Mr. Ales Kroupa / Research Institute of Labour and Social Affairs in Czech Republic

  • Mr. Jan Puchovsky / Federation of Employers' Associations of the Slovak Republic

  • Mirela Vlad / Prime Management Romania

  • Béla Galgóczi / ETUI

  • Josef Krejbych / Central-Europe Office PSI

  • Vasily Shilov / North-East Europe PSI

  • Aise Akpinar / private consultant in Turkey – Edusar





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