On the 1st of April, young trade unionists gathered in the capital of Hungary to attend the 1st training and exchange module of CESI’s WEP project.

The training session provided participants with the opportunity to discuss about the role of the EU in the promotion of rights, the functioning of the European Institutions, the EU law-making process, and the importance of the European social dialogue.

Young people from all over Europe exchanged on ways to defend individual and collective rights -both at national and EU level- and gained insights in the deliverables of the European Pillar of Social Rights and its Action Plan.

The training showed that the interlinkage and permeability between European and national level social dialogues can help trade unions come together and enhance their cooperation in the effective representation of workers.

About the project

The WEP project aims to address the needs of investing in young trade unions representatives by establishing a Workers Exchange Platform (WEP) that will deliver training, shadowing and networking sessions. The target group are young CESI workers’ representatives who are very active in their country, aged between 18 and 35 years old and coming from different Member States of the European Union and neighbouring countries. They work in different sectors but they are mainly employees of the public services.

The impact on the participants will strengthen the entire network of young workers’ representatives providing them with a solid understanding of the European legislative processes, the European Pillar of Social Rights’ action plan, priorities and activities of the European social dialogue, the European Semester, the work programmes of the EU cross-industry and sectoral social dialogue committees, youth engagement strategies, capacity building and communication tools.