The fourth Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Social Dialogue Forum, which has been held virtually last week, focused on current and future priorities and challenges for social dialogue in the UfM countries, in the presence of experts from the UfM Secretariat, the European Commission, the International Labour Organisation and other regional organisations.
The Forum started with two parallel bilateral North-South sessions of the employers’ and workers’ organisations. During the two-day meeting, the 4th UfM Social Dialogue Forum gathered 117 participants who addressed the main key-issues of the Euro-Mediterranean labour market in times of Covid-19, the Role of Social Dialogue in addressing Migration and brain-drain issues, the multilateral cooperation as an engine for growth prospects as well as the state of play of Social Dialogue on and between the two shores of the Mediterranean and the way forward.
The European Commission presented the priorities of the EU’s regional programming and its involvement in the financing of an important programme on Social Dialogue (SOLID II). The second phase of the project, focused on promotion of social dialogue and exchange of best practices between Southern Mediterranean and European social partners, is about to be launched.
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