WIM: WORKERS’ INVOLVEMENT FOR BETTER AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT IN UNDERTAKINGS IN SLOVENIA, MACEDONIA, MONTENEGRO AND SERBIA

12/20/2012–12/19/2013

On the basis of the project’s result and its awareness raising activities social partners will be stronger involved in the national debates on modernisation of law on employee involvement. The project shall contribute to better adaptation of legislation in the field of employee involvement and will have a multiplier effect on governments and all social partners on national level including other trade unions.

The involved employers’ organizations, trade unions, their branch associations and members will increase their expertise and hand on knowledge in this field. Improved knowledge will help companies to deal with involving employees in decision making processes and will therefore enable positive management of change in this region. As a result of the project we expect better and stronger bipartite social dialogue and social dialogue on company level in the future, which is still underdeveloped in involved candidate countries.

Activities

Kick off meeting in Ljubljana, 5 February 2013
Survey on employee involvement in Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, 1 February – 30 April 2013
Study tour to Ljubljana, 1 May - 31 May 2013
Survey analysis and Publication, 1 June – 31 August 2013
Workshops on employee involvementin Ljubljana, Beograd, Skopje, Podgorica, 1 September – 31 October 2013
Partners' meetings in Ljubljana and Beograd, 1 May - 31 May 2013, 1 September – 31 October 2013
Final Conference in Ljubljana, 1 November - 19 December 2013

Partners

Employers organisations:

ZDS – Association of Employers of Slovenia
BCM - Business Confederation of Macedonia
MEF - Montenegrin Employers Federation
UPS - Serbian Association of Employers
IV - Federation of Austrian Industries

Trade unions:

ZSSS – The Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia
SSM – The Union of Trade Unions of Macedonia
CTUM - Confederation of Trade Unions of Montenegro
TUC NEZAVISNOST - Trade Union Confederation Nezavisnost

With support by the European social partner organisation:

BUSINESSEUROPE

The project "WIM: Workers involvement for better and sustainable management in undertakings in Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia" is co-funded by the European Commission.

KICK-OFF MEETING IN LJUBLJANA

In the framework of the project WIM ("Workers’ involvement for better and sustainable management in undertakings") partners from the employers’ organizations and trade unions from Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Austria met at the kick-off meeting on 5 February 2013, in Ljubljana.