Social Dialogue
With many of CESI’s members being representative trade union organisations at the national level, CESI has been a recognised EU-level sectoral social partner since 2005, in line with the criteria required to this end under the European Commission’s Decision of May 20 1998 on the establishment of sectoral social dialogue committees (98/500/EC).
Next to advocacy-based interest representation, social dialogue is a second channel for CESI to pursue overarching as well as yearly work priorities.
In its capacity as social partner CESI is, directly or via representative member organisations, actively engaged in six EU-level sectoral social dialogue committees, which run topical joint social partner projects, exchange best practices, try to influence EU policy making and negotiate own social partner agreements on employment and working conditions within the remit of their respective sectors:
The agreements adopted in the sectoral social dialogue committees with the participation of CESI and/or its members are available in the resources section.
More information about EU-level social dialogue and the sectoral social dialogue committees can be accessed through the website of the European Commission.
Further questions about CESI’s involvement in social dialogue can be addressed to the General Secretariat of CESI by email via [email protected].
