DialogueS

April 19, 2019 - Previous Projects

The DialogueS project aims to strengthen the capacity of social partners in social services (not-for-profit and for profit) to engage at both national and European level, in order to set up the adequate (national and EU) sectoral social dialogue structures.

Duration

February 2019 – October 2020

Project consortium

Sozialwirtschaft Österreich (SWÖ)
European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD)
Federation of European Social Employers
European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
Asociace poskytovatelů sociálních služeb (APSS CR)

Funding

European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, Support for social dialogue

Project activities and final results

One report on the benefits of social dialogue for Employers in social services
Five County Reports, highlighting the main workforce-related issues in social services in five EU Member States in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe: Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania & Bulgaria; as well as the outcome of the national capacity building events in those five countries
A European Report bringing these Five Country Reports together, in view of targeted use for the European Semester process
Three Joint Papers between the Social Employers and the European federation of Public Services Unions on three priority areas of common interest: Digitalisation, Recruitment & Retention and Public Procurement
A series of National Capacity Building events focusing on presenting the report on the benefits of social dialogue for employers and highlighting major workforce issues in each country, as well as discussing European Social Dialogue and cooperation with the Social Employers or EPSU
A series of EU Capacity Building event focusing on the three topics: digitalisation, Recruitment & Retention and public procurement
1 European Parliament event, to promote the outcome of the National Capacity building events
1 Final Conference to present project outcomes

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