Transcript ITUC Human and Trade Union Rights DEpartment

ITUC
Human and Trade Union
Rights Department
PERC HTUR Network
SEE Subregion
Belgrade December 2009
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Context
• Reorganisation of the HTUR Department
• Steven Benedict, new director
• Nadine Thevenet in charge of PERC issues
• Set up of the HTUR Committee and Networks
• Strenghening of regional capacities on TURs
• Existence of legal networks within the region
• Build on former experiences
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Role of the Regional Networks
• At national level
• To report national issues/activities to the network
• To ensure transmission of network’s information at
national level
• Contribute to HTUR activities
• At regional level
• Exchange of good practices and experiences
• Develop regional activities on TURs
• Research
• Crisis and its impact on TURs in Europe
• New attack on TURs
• Etc
• Capacities building
• Legal support
• Report to HTUR Committee
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Role of the HTUR Department
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Coordination
• Follow-up of the PERC Network activities
• Follow-up of European issues impacting TURs (EU, ECHR, …)
in relation with ETUC and ETUI
• Regional cooperation to ITUC activities
• ILO supervisory mechanisms
• CEARC comments
• CFA complaints
• Annual Survey
• Protest letters and appeals
• Liaison with PERC
• Regular contribution to the PERC Newsletters
• Regular contacts between the 2 departments
• Exchange of information
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Contact point
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Information on TURs
Support and advise affiliates on issues related to HTURs and during the
adoption of new legislation
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Objectives of the HTUR Department
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Increase regional participation and autonomy
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Building regional activities on TURs
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ILO supervisory mechanisms
ITUC solidarity action
Exchange of experience
Campaigns
Seminars
Training
Research
Setting up regional reporting mechanisms
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Planning and communication channels
Report to the ITUC HTUR Committee each year
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Building on existing Networks
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Netlex
Composed by approx. 130 lawyers
Focus on UE labour/social laws ( + ESC and ILO when relevant)
One SEE Netlex
Activities:
Exchange of information and capacity building on UE Labour issues
Legal advice to new candidate countries
Annual conference -December 2009 Brussels
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SEE Human Rights Network
Other HTUR Networks
• Africa, Asia and Latin America
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HTUR Networks - Objectives
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A focal HTUR person per country to ensure
operational work and stability
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Objectives
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Enable operational work within the region on each
HTUR issue
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Ensure automatic dissemination and exchange of
HTUR information within the region
• Letters of protest and appeals
• Input to the Annual Survey
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Increase participation in and development of
campaigns
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Follow-up of activities within the region and report to
the HTUR Committee
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Last activities
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Idea of a PERC HTUR Network launched during a PERC Meeting
in April 2009 in Brussels
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PERC HTUR Network launched in September 2009 during the
PERC Summer School
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Meetings
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4 PERC HTUR Network members participated in a
Training in Turin in September 2009 and participated to
the Berlin HTUR Committee
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Presentation of the PERC HTUR Network to the Netlex
SEE Meeting in Zagreb in Sept 2009 – to build synergies
Circular for nomination of PERC HTUR member per
organisation sent in October 2009
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Around 50 members from PERC (Legal advisors and/or
members of international dept.)
Communication
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HTUR information included in the PERC Newsletter
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PERC HTUR List Serve created
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Annual Survey
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Objective: Improve the quality, the use of the survey and the visibility
of the ITUC Annual Survey
Reminder: the Annual Survey country profiles are sent to the CEARC
annually as well as used for other purposes (ESP WTO reports, etc)
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HTUR department - Revision of the Survey
– Content: Questionnaire on the Survey first semester 2009
– Format: New Structure being developed
– Legal part
Affiliates have/will receive(d) the legal part of their country profile in a new structure – Few
comments and feedbacks received
– Violations -Report on violations to be sent before the 4th of January
– Detailed and concrete information
– Sources of information
– Updated information (cases follow-up)
– A database will be developped
– Further analysis, « statistics » and transversal reports
– Need for comparable and reliable data
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Annual Survey (2)
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Role of the PERC HTUR Network
– Need to contribute to the enhancement of the information flow
and quality
• Regular reports
• Changes in legal framework
• Cases of violations (documented and followed-up)
• Weakness of current input
• More dynamic information gathering and checking by affiliates
• Need to enable a better visibility
• Communication tools
• Enlarge the audience
• National and regional promotion
• Affiliates
• Media
• Governements
• NGOs
• Regional reports/analysis
• Specific regional topics to be highlighted
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Solidarity Actions
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Protest letters and appeals - objective:
Increase affiliates' participation in HTUR actions to
ensure concrete results
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Protest letters
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Need to communicate relevant, clear and detailed
information to the HTUR Department
Elaboration of protest letters by the affiliates
How to ensure the protest letters have a real impact?
» Dissemination
» National networks
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Appeals
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Need to increase solidarity action within the
region and with other regions
» Regular respond to appeals
» Dissemination and follow-up
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Need to reach concrete critical mass with
appeals to have a real impact
» Today participation is rather low
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Solidarity Actions (2)
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Campaigns - Objective:
Increase research and analysis on specific countries
and issues
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Country campaigns
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In case of crisis / countries at risk
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Long term sustained campaign
– Subregional issues
Thematic campaigns
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Need to develop specific regional thematic campaigns
» New ideas for campaigns relevant for the region
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Increase visibility of campaigns - How to promote a
campaign?
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What kind of materials to be developed?
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Lead on a campaign by a specific country
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Targeted audience
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Input to ILO work
• Objective: Enhance affiliates' understanding and contribution
– Supervisory Mechanisms
• Submissions to CEACR
• Comments on Governments' Reports to the CEACR
• Within the ILO schedule – before September 1st
• Complaints to the CFA
• How the network could increase affiliates’
participation and quality of contribution?
• How to strenghen this participation?
• What capacities/means are lacking?
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Training
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Objective: training should enable
concrete capacity development within
the region and should be focused
Identify training needs for the region
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Specific regional topics
Building on capacities
TO BE DISCUSSED
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Steps forward – Working Group
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How to strenghen the work on TUR in the sub region by building on
existing networks and former experiences?
• Concrete and operational working plan
• Reporting mechanisms
• Communication channels
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What should the PERC HTUR Network focus on?
• Subjects
• Specific PERC TUR issues relevant for the sub region
• Activities at PERC regional level
• Training
• What issues remain unclear?
• To strenghten the capacity of the network
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How to concretly organize and work?
• What did not work so far?
• To make sure it works
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Specific activities, concrete commitments
• Building on existing networks, past experiences and concrete capacities
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Thank you and never hesitate to
contact us
Contact details within HTUR Department
Nadine Thevenet
HTUR Officer in charge of the PERC Region
Boulevard du Roi Albert II 5, B 1, BE-1210
Brussels, Belgium
Email: [email protected]
Tel (direct): 00 32 2 224 03 10
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