TRIPARTITE MEETING ON DEFINING PRIORITIES IN DECENT WORK PROGRAM 2014-2017

10/21/2014

On October 21, 2014 the President of the Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia, PhD Zivko Mitrevski participated on a tripartite meeting on defining priorities in the Decent Work Program 2014-2017.

The event was held in the hotel Alexander Palace organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO)- attended by the Director of the International Labor Organization for Central and Eastern Europe, Antonio Graciosi and several experts of the ILO.

Caption 1. President Mitrevski on the consultations with the ILO expert, Ovidiu Jurca

At the beginning of meeting each of the social partners had separate discussion with ILO representatives and set the priorities that are essential for the Decent Work Program 2014-2017.

Caption 2. President Mitrevski with the social partners

Also on the meeting the evaluation of the Decent Work Program 2010-2013 was presented by the evaluator Marija Nashokovska.

As a conclusion was emphasized that the main priorities agreed by the social partners which are necessary to be involved in Decent Work Program 2014-2017 are: employment, with particular emphasis on young people, social dialogue and informal economy.